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Scholars at Tel Aviv University are using digital technologies to piece together more than 350,000 fragments of the famous Cairo Geniza, a collection of ancient and medieval Jewish writings…

Very much so, Pamela. We also had them at our door just a few evenings ago.

McCarthyism - Israeli style | The Jewish Chronicle

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When did Standard Bank’s Internet Banking become so bloody useless? Just tried to log on and got the error message “Technical Error: Please try again later”. Fair enough. A split second later,…

Great. Now we just need a little more emphasis on getting Israelis out of their cars, and (back) onto busses, trains and light rail!

Herzl and the municipal rabbis - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

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Israel’s ‘self-delegitimization,’ apartheid and the settlement building boom | The Jewish Week

Jeff termed actions like these “Israel’s self-delegitimization movement,” which is the inverse of…

What Victory Looks Like

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Bullshit. A person who converts and does not fulfil the mitzvot may be considered a bad Jew, but he or she is still a Jew.

Israel Eichler, a former Knesset member from the haredi…

As College Crisis Looms, Time To Rethink Goals | The Jewish Week What should Jews do about this? First, Jews and others should recognize the situation for what it is. Private colleges and…

I never thought I’d see the day when reports like this from Israel would become commonplace (from the latest Women of the Wall newsletter):“Along with commemorating the anniversary of the first…

You’re absolutely right when it comes to electrical appliances and electronic devices! I was thinking more of things like clothing, furniture, mechanical devices, etc. Also devices such as PCs with…

Shalom Hartman Institute - Jewish Scholarship, Education, Leadership for Israel, Diaspora

The ultra-Orthodox community understands the political process and recognizes the need for compromise but…

The Chief Rabbinate Is Over | The Jewish Week

The Rabbinate’s resolution, besides transgressing the biblical prohibition of oppressing converts, (reason enough to reject it), clearly demonstrates…

Some people ask questions, not to be enlightened, but to give themselves a platform. I attended a Torah Breakfast at my synagogue on Saturday and a number of times had to combat the urge to ask “is…