admin | September 22, 2021
From Noah to Joshua: the Hebrew Scripture is Extraordinarily Accurate & True to History For preliminary background information on the dispute about biblical maximalism vs. minimalism, and the dates of the patriarchs and major OT events, see my article on those topics
admin | September 22, 2021
Nancy Stoppe| The Daily American Hebrews 11:3, By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God…. I dont know about you but I know very little about science and how things work. If we had science in school I dont remember it
admin | September 22, 2021
Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:152)By Jessica Spencer | Sepember 15, 2021 Haazinu is a swansong, a poem declaimed by Moses before he dies and leaves the Israelites to face their future. At this time of year, a time of both reflection and new beginnings, it calls us to remember our past and to take these words to heart for the new year. Maimonides draws attention in particular to the last line of the first aliyah: Remember the days of old; understand the years of generations; Ask your father and he will tell you; your elders, they will speak to you [Devarim 32:6] For Maimonides, the aliyah finishes here for a reason: to induce the community to do teshuvah, return or repentance.
admin | September 6, 2021
A 700-year-old illustrated and annotated Hebrew prayer book that provides a window into the lives and rituals of Jewish communities in medieval Europe is expected to fetch up to $6m when it is sold at auction next month.
admin | September 6, 2021
By Sam GelmanCommunications Manager The renowned journalMegadim, which offers original analyses of the Hebrew Bible from top Israeli scholars, published its first Hebrew-English edition in August 2021 in partnership with Yeshiva University Press.
admin | September 6, 2021
For the first time in their young lives, Im taking my two children my 5-year-old daughter and my son, who just turned 4 to Rosh Hashana services this year. Even though Im certain its going to be impossible for them to sit still that long in the synagogue.
admin | September 6, 2021
As part of her capstone project at her Tel Aviv-area college, graphic artist Michal Shomer revamped the Hebrew alphabet adding a dozen new letters to make the 3,000-year-old language more inclusive of both women and non-binary people. She made what she calls multi-gender Hebrew free to anyone in the past year, and 10,000 have downloaded it from her website so far.
admin | September 6, 2021
By Samuel L. Boyd University of Colorado Boulder THE CONVERSATION - Over the next few weeks, members of the Jewish faith will observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, usually in September and October
admin | September 6, 2021
Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun Im thinking a lot about hope and moving forward in really difficult times, in uncertain times, Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen said. Im also thinking about what are the opportunities, and how do we find those opportunities? Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen knows her words will carry a little extra weight this year during Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year
admin | September 6, 2021
Joel Charny, who's been a humanitarian aid worker for 40 years, talks to students at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka in 2005. It's one of his favorite photos, he says, "because this is what I did hundreds of times: interview people about what they were going through and what they needed for their lives to improve." Courtesy of Joel Charny hide caption Joel Charny, who's been a humanitarian aid worker for 40 years, talks to students at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka in 2005.
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