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A Lousy Excuse
Participants of the Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) program study in a cave near the Madras Ruins just south of Jerusalem. Photo: Lisë Stern. “Ignorance of the law is no excuse,” we are...
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Memory
9th of Av at the kotel. Photo: SAIMI. Devarim is the Parsha (Bible portion) associated with Tisha B’Av, the Jewish National Day of Mourning. On this Shabbos, we hear the famous Haftarah of Chazon, the...
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‘Your Money or Your Life?’
Judaism’s most famous Prayer comes from this week’s Parsha (Bible portion). Shma Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad. Hear O Israel, Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is One. The verse continues, “And you...
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On Rosh Hashana, Mourning, and the Yom Kippur War, Revisited
All illustration of Jews praying in synagogue on Yom Kippur. Photo: Maurycy Gottlieb. 1. With the Jewish high holy days approaching, I’m nervous at the realization that this year will be the first...
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No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth Wisse (REVIEW)
"No Joke: Making Jewish Humor," by Ruth R. Wisse, Published by Princeton University Press. Photo: Princeton University Press. Count on Ruth Wisse, an interpreter of genius, a Daniel come to judgment, a...
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Darren Aronofsky Adds Psychological Depth, Little Else to ‘Noah’
JNS.org – Has the era of large-scale biblical epics returned? Not since “The Ten Commandments” has there been so much torrential water on the big screen (not counting weather-related disaster films...
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R.Michael Lerner – Embracing Israel/Palestine
Rabbi Michael Lerner. Photo: Facebook. I have been reading Michael Lerner’s book Embracing Israel/Palestine: A Strategy to Heal and Transform the Middle East during the week of Israeli Independence...
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On 75th Anniversary, Looking at the Jewish Influence on Gone With the Wind
Gone With the Wind. Photo: www.doctormacro.com.. JNS.org – The 75th anniversary of the premiere of “Gone with the Wind” on Dec. 15 presents an opportunity to examine the Jewish influence on one of...
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1,000-Year-Old Yom Kippur Prayer Book Fragment to be Put Online
A 1,000-year-old Yom Kippur prayer book fragment will be uploaded to the website of the National Library of Israel. Photo: National Library of Israel. JNS.org – A unique fragment of a Yom Kippur prayer...
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Israel’s National Library Turns the Page With an Eye on Community, Technology
The entrance to the National Library of Israel. Photo: National Library of Israel. JNS.org – The recent groundbreaking ceremony for the new building of the National Library of Israel (NLI), a major...
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