Faith leaders share perspectives on combating racism in local conference – CBC.ca
admin | October 18, 2021
Faith leaders of all backgrounds gathered on Sunday to address the root causes of racism and how society can combat the issue.
German Talmud translation from 1935 goes online – The Jerusalem Post
admin | October 18, 2021
When Lazarus Goldschmidt completed his translation of the Talmud into German, the world he had hoped to serve when he started 40 years earlier was in the process of being destroyed. Now, nearly 90 years later, German-speaking Jews are getting another chance to engage with Goldschmidts work. Sefaria, the website that makes Jewish texts available and interactive online, has added Goldschmidts translation to its library.
A pioneering German translation of the Talmud, finished in 1935, is now accessible online – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | October 15, 2021
(JTA) When Lazarus Goldschmidt completed his translation of the Talmud into German, the world he had hoped to serve when he started 40 years earlier was in the process of being destroyed. It was 1935, two years after Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, and Goldschmidt himself had already fled to London
Mickey Levy: Israel’s Knesset speaker is reaching out to the world – The Jerusalem Post
admin | October 15, 2021
At Mondays stormy debate between Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset plenum, Netanyahu mockingly asked Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy to be softer on Coalition MKs if they heckle him than he was with the Likud MKs who shouted at Bennett. Levy threw out a dozen Likud MKs, one after the other, in an effort to restore decorum in the plenum. But even those MKs admitted afterward that Levy was absolutely right, fair, balanced and statesmanlike under difficult circumstances.
Judaism often thrives on new technologies. That doesnt mean Impossible Pork should be kosher. – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | October 11, 2021
(JTA) The Orthodox Union wont certify Impossible Pork as kosher, representing a break from the way that decisions about certifying kosher food are normally made. But as someone who studies Judaisms long relationship with technology, I would argue that it is undoubtedly the right move.
Toward a More Inclusive Orthodox Judaism | JewishBoston – jewishboston.com
admin | October 11, 2021
Growing up, Reena Zuckerman 23 loved to read from the Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible. She did it the first time at her bat mitzvah and continues still today.
Writing Hebrew letters creatively is a Jewish tradition. This rabbi sees sacredness in doodles, too. – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | October 11, 2021
(JTA) When the pandemic kept Rabbi Emily Meyer stuck at home last year, she took up a hobby familiar to any elementary school student doodling.
Jerusalem: A city that gets your head spinning – The New Times
admin | October 11, 2021
This is Jerusalem. Some people even lose their mind when they come here, says Uri, a guide leading us on a lifetime tour inside the old city. This is my first time here, and my mind is being blown away by what I am seeing and hearing, as I, along with fellow journalists make our way through the stone walls of the city.
The problem with Corbyn, AOC and left-wing antisemitism – opinion – The Jerusalem Post
admin | October 11, 2021
Many eyebrows were raised when a small group of leftist anti-Israel congressional representatives successfully torpedoed their own presidents initial supplementary Iron Dome funding proposal. As Iron Dome is a defensive system that protects Israels civilian population from rockets fired by terrorists, the progressive Democrats who quashed the proposal were widely accused of not only being fierce opponents of the Jewish state, but of harboring hostile attitudes toward Jews and their words would seem to attest to such prejudice. How can the Left, which proudly champions the equality of all, be bigoted against Jews?
A viral conversion story and the paradox of choosing to leave modernity – The Week Magazine
admin | October 11, 2021
Tech entrepreneur and author Antonio Garca Martnez made wavesover the weekend with a Substack post about his decision to leave behind "cultural Catholicism" in favor of Judaism. The main reason the post has people talking is Garca Martnez's case for conversion has more to do with his hostility to secular modernity than a positive defense of specifically Jewish scripture or tradition. That makes his conversion story exceedingly modern.
