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The Torah and Life: What We Need to Learn Now

The Torah and Life: What We Need to Learn Now
By Bambi Sheleg  |  07/01/2010
I will permit myself a personal comment here: in my opinion, the Torah is the deepest, inner-most voice of the Jewish people because it is the language of their unique and ancient culture. Thus, if we want to recover our national, social and cultural identity, we must reclaim the Torah and enter into discourse and nego...

The universal school of the House of Ishmael
By Marc Hirschman  |  07/01/2010
In complete contrast to the prevailing view today, among our sages there were those that believed that the Torah does not belong exclusively to Israel, but rather that it is intended for all of humanity. This view has very strong roots in the Bible and the literature of the Second Temple period, but over the years, cam...

A demand for total obedience
By Anat Zuria  |  07/01/2010
“New Year's Resolution” by film student Ayala Zamir-Glick accurately portrays the “values trap” of religious Jewish bourgeoisie. This is a film about the fate of those who have so completely internalized the cultural and social norms of that bourgeoisie that they bury with their own hands the spark of humanity ins...

A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin - Conversion on the dance floor
By Amit Epstein  |  07/01/2010
Honestly, the time between Christmas and Sylvester is my least favorite. Apart for the 1 of May (and I might elaborate on THAT another time), staying in town for those "holidays" brings out the misanthrope in me. It's not because there's nothing holy about it – as much as I am concerned, anything th...

A Letter from London - the cruellest joke
By Antony Lerman  |  07/01/2010
When I heard that the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign over the gates of Auschwitz had been stolen I was appalled. And yet even as commentators suggested that it might have been a devious antisemitic act, I experienced a flicker of relief that this symbol of evil had disappeared. I certainly want the Holocaust to be remembered...

Blog - 7 January 2010
By Agata Pełeszuk  |  07/01/2010
Jewish cemeteries in Europe are exceptional places. Regardless of the season, whether hidden under snowy caps or golden and reddish leaves, bathed in sunlight or dusky fog, they always carry the same secret. The poetry of broken matzevot has a chance to reborn thanks to various initiatives for renovation of old Jewish ...

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