What the words of ancient rabbis could and couldn’t teach ... and values like Tikkun Olam (healing the world) and Rodef Shalom (pursuing peace). Growing up, I went to Hebrew school on Thursday ...
For many Jews across the United States and globe, memories of last year’s Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah will forever ...
The siren went off at 8:45 last Friday morning. I had just gotten back from a 4-mile jog around Haifa’s Mercaz HaCarmel and was drenched in sweat. The sustained wail sounded strangely muted, as ...
The prayer is among the most iconic in Judaism and dates back to ancient times ... In 2024, Yom Kippur falls on Shabbat, so the greeting of "Shabbat shalom" may also be used.
Hassan also explored Christianity, especially the Coptic church, the ancient Egyptian autochthonous ... and they said Shabbat Shalom and welcome. And it’s not like immigration officers in ...
I began to think of Jewish texts as an ancient technology ... On Friday nights, as we settled into our Shabbat meal with our young children, we could hear "Shalom Aleichem" sung to different tunes, ...
Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem ... and powerless people would somehow reclaim its ancient homeland. The second was that, in the long interim ...
Israel National News' Israel desk is stopping its round-the-clock news updates at this time in honor of the Sabbath. Jerusalem candle lighting time is 17:49 on Friday. Israel National News' North ...
Ancient DNA analysis has revealed a detailed picture of the life of a toddler who died in southern Italy 17,000 years ago, possibly due to a congenital heart condition. In 1998, researchers ...
The ancient Greeks made good use of passive solar design as well. None other than Socrates was an early promoter of solar architecture, even going so far as to hold classes, teaching his students the ...