Who Was Rashi? | My Jewish Learning
admin | June 4, 2023
Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Shlomo Yitzhaki), known as Rashi (based on an acronym of his Hebrew initials), is one of the most influential Jewish commentators in history.
I did this myself: Officers describe confrontation with Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting defendant – CNN
admin | June 4, 2023
I did this myself: Officers describe confrontation with Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting defendant CNN Tree of Life Pittsburgh synagogue shooting survivors describe horrific scenes at trial Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Police testify on enormous gunfire exchange with shooter at Pittsburgh synagogue The Times of Israel
Who are the Real Jews? | My Jewish Learning
admin | June 4, 2023
During these weeks when autumn turns to winter, the weekly Torah portions relate the story of Jewish genealogy, from Abraham and Sarah to Isaac to Jacob and Esau, twin brothers who part ways leaving Jacob and his sons ostensibly as the exclusive inheritors of the Abrahamic message. It is perhaps serendipitous that we find ourselves at this point in the Torah cycle amid a contemporary controversy over a film claiming that Black Africans are the true Jews and white Jews are imposters. Setting aside for the moment the disturbing antisemitic tropes deployed in the film, and the fact that there is no shortage of Black Jews that fully and rightfully identify with the Jewish community, there is something here that should attract our attention: How do we who call ourselves Jews authenticate our own Jewishness?
