Following on the same Path April 18, 2005 Shalom. In a few days we will all be celebrating the holiday of liberation and redemption, the conclusion of Israel’s exile in Egypt. The Passover holiday is a really bright star on the Jewish calendar. It represents the end of our cold winter and the commencement of spring and summer, bringing with […]
Read moreThe Real Tel Aviv April 10, 2005 Shalom. The year was 1979. Ten women and forty children had recently moved into the basement floor of Beit Hadassah in Hebron, and set up house, as best as possible. Sort of like an urban kibbutz. A large eating area and several rooms for the mothers and their children. Swings hanging between […]
Read moreChop off their tongues? April 3, 2005 Shalom. I was aghast, reading an article titled “Disengagement and Halacha” by Eitan Kastner. [http://www.yucommentator.com/news/2005/03/29/News/Disengagement.And.Halacha-900453.shtml– username: dwilder; password: eretz] Posted a few days ago, this article summarizes a program recently held in New York, concerning the current ‘disengagement’ and its status in Jewish law (Halacha in Hebrew). Sponsored by the Yeshiva University Israel […]
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