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The Almost Obsessive Presence of the Letter

The Almost Obsessive Presence of the Letter
By Laurent Cohen  |  17/03/2011
Early Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah, which developed in a later era, give the alphabet a crucial role: In effect, the roots of all reality, of all that is, are letters and combinations of letters, names and words. The letter is the track leading from nothing to something. Laurent Cohen reveals for the Israeli audience ...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  17/03/2011
The circle of vendetta is turning and turning; time and again horrible deeds are carried in the name of protest or resistance, vengeance reactions are repeatedly in demand, frivolous decisions are declared and symbols are being used and abused, formed and refrained

The religious slaughter - Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  17/03/2011
Recently a legal ban of a ritual slaughter has triggered a debate in Netherlands. While Dutch members of parliament debate on whether make a decisive move against Jewish and Muslim traditions of the animal slaughter, the European Union is rather inclined to exclude the religious slaughter from an obligatory food labeli...

Antony Lerman
By Letter from London – Israel doesn’t reciprocate Diaspora Jewish devotion  |  17/03/2011
Clear signs of changing attitudes towards Israel among British Jews have been emerging in recent years. And yet old thinking dies hard. Whereas a very significant proportion of British Jews who want to declare their attachment to Israel also want to be able to voice their criticism of Israeli government policies in pub...

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