How Leonard Cohen mined sacred texts for lyrics to his songs – The Guardian
admin | October 17, 2021
She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne and she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah...
6 Hanukkah Traditions to Celebrate the Festival of Lights – PureWow
admin | October 17, 2021
Although it does often fall around the same time of year,Hanukkahis not just the Jewish equivalent of Christmas. This yearly celebration (Hanukkah will take place on November 28 to December 6 in 2021) is actually a commemoration of a religiously significant eventnamely, a successful revolt led by the Maccabees (i.e., the heroes of Hanukkah) against their Syrian-Greek oppressors, and the subsequent rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
Our Reward for Settling the Land | Sharona Margolin Halickman | The Blogs – The Times of Israel
admin | October 17, 2021
In Parshat Lech Lecha (Breisheet 13:17), Avraham is told: Rise, walk (hithalech) the land through its length and breadth, for to you I will give it.
1,500-year-old winery discovered in Israel – NPR
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Avshalom Davidesko, from the Israel's Antiquities Authority, examines a jar in a massive ancient winemaking complex dating back some 1,500 years in Yavne, south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption Avshalom Davidesko, from the Israel's Antiquities Authority, examines a jar in a massive ancient winemaking complex dating back some 1,500 years in Yavne, south of Tel Aviv, Israel. Near a soccer pitch and a suburban neighborhood in central Israel, archaeologists say they discovered the world's largest known Byzantine-era winery.
Pearce’s Potshots #49: Homer & the Gospels | Dave Armstrong – Patheos
admin | October 17, 2021
Mythmaking Scholar Suggests the Story of Priam in the Iliad as the Model for a Fictional Joseph of Arimathea Atheist anti-theist Jonathan M. S. Pearce is the main writer on the blog,A Tippling Philosopher.HisAbout pagestates: Pearce is a philosopher, author, blogger, public speaker and teacher from Hampshire in the UK.
Origins and Evolution of Zionism – Foreign Policy Research …
admin | October 15, 2021
This essay is based on a lecture she delivered to FPRIs Butcher History Institute on Teaching about Israel and Palestine, October 25-26, 2014. The Butcher History Institute is FPRIs professional development program for high school teachers from all around the country. One of the key forces in shaping the history of Palestine was the Zionist movement
What is Zionism? Meaning explained – The US Sun
admin | October 15, 2021
FOR Jews, Jerusalem is a symbol of the return to Zion, their ancient homeland. But criticism of Zionism is often slammed as anti-Semitic. So what exactly is it
Smotrich at Knesset: Ben-Gurion should have finished the job, thrown out Arabs – The Times of Israel
admin | October 15, 2021
Speaking from the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, far-right Religious Zionism MK Bezalel Smotrich said David Ben-Gurion, Israels first prime minister, should have finished the job and kicked all Arabs out of the country when it was founded. During comments on a contentious immigration bill proposed by the opposition, Smotrich shouted about the need to maintain Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state. Yes, Jewish, with a Jewish majority, he called out.
Thanking God for 50 years of living in Israel – The Jerusalem Post
admin | October 15, 2021
Our children and grandchildren were born in Israel, says Ben-Zion. How can they grasp the meaning of aliyah? How can they understand what a privilege they have to be born here
Personal Letters by Rabbi Known as ‘Hazon Ish’ Come to National Library of Israel – Algemeiner
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JNS.org Fourteen letters penned in the 1940s by the legendary rabbi known as the Hazon Ish have been donated to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem by the family of their recipient, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda, one of the rabbis students. The Hazon Ish (Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, 1878-1953) is considered to be one of the most influential rabbis of the 20th century. The letters reveal a very personal side to the revered spiritual leader
