The Guardianadded this to Comment is FreeOpinion (UK) Why are some on left and right still seduced by the ‘noble savage’ myth?The Guardian - Nick CohenThe Labour leader's embrace of reactionary elements in Judaism and Islam gives cover for the racism of the white right You learn much about people by the company they keep. The regressive left justified
TPFadded this to IN-DEPTH MAGAZINE: CONTEXT • BACKGROUND • LONGFORM • STORIES •ESSAYS & MORE — FEED YOUR BRAIN!Isaac Newton The little known fascination Newton had with the Jewish Templejpost.com - SHARON COHEN / NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL A brilliant scientist as well as a prophet of doom counting down to the End of Days. A gifted physicist and a messianic mystic. Isaac Newton was a …
The Times of Israeladded this to The Times of IsraelAbortion Physician says Jewish values drive her to provide circumcisions — and abortionstimesofisrael.com - By Ron Kampeas FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (JTA) — It comes, Sara Imershein says, when the folks are noshing after the deed is done — once she has performed a brit …
The Independentadded this to Life & StyleLifestyle (UK) The openly gay rabbi who’s working to change the face of Judaismindependent.co.uk - Dan Bilefsky When Rabbi Lisa Grushcow, the first openly gay rabbi of a large synagogue in Canada, was preparing to begin rabbinical school, she faced a daunting …
Cancer In Jerusalem, Cancer Is the Ultimate Equalizeraish.com - Jul 20, 2019 | by Ann Goldberg I am at Shaare Tzedek hospital, waiting for the results of my blood test to see if I was healthy enough to receive my chemotherapy cocktail, when a …
Bernard Bangonadded this to Catholic News agency Southern Italy St. Lawrence of Brindisicatholicnewsagency.com St. Lawrence of Brindisi, whose feast we celebrate on July 21, is a Doctor of the Church. He was born Caesar de Rossi in 1559 in Naples. As a boy, he …
Holocaust Dare to compare: The ‘second Holocaust’ hornet’s nesttimesofisrael.com - Elise Ronan Want to stir a controversy? Start a discussion about someone who has stirred a controversy. Over the last few days, I’ve been embroiled in one long, …
Defenseless Children’s Voices And Scarstimesofisrael.com - Helen Maryles Shankman Yesterday was the 17th of Tamuz, when we traditionally fast and start the three-week period of mourning for the destruction of Jerusalem and the …
DD Porteradded this to TheoReligion Tai chi with tefillin: Inside New York’s quirkiest yeshivatimesofisrael.com - By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — If you walked into Romemu Yeshiva on a weekday morning, you would be forgiven for thinking it’s an urban ashram. Students sit on …
DD Porteradded this to TheoBible Word for Word | Paul V. Mankowskifirstthings.com - by Paul V. Mankowski The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary by robert alter norton, 3500 pages, $125 In 1582, Catholic scholars in exile at Rheims published an …
Marko Budimanadded this to My IsraelOrthodox Judaism On charismatic rabbis and cultstimesofisrael.com - Joel Avrunin The term “cult” is associated with religious movements led by a charismatic leader who controls the behavior of the cult’s members. Orthodox Judaism, …
The American Spectatoradded this to The American SpectatorShabbat Throw Her Out | The American Spectator | Politics Is Too Important To Be Taken Seriously.spectator.org Three provocations in my life have impelled me to to use my hands and related limbs to resolve a disagreement. Back in my college years, I rode two …
KK Kadded this to Religion & Middle EastReligion The Lubavitcher Rebbe died 25 years ago, but his impact lives on across all Jewish denominationstimesofisrael.com - Tzemach Yehudah Richter SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — When the last Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, died in July 1994, I was one of many journalists in the Jewish …
Jewish Culture The Joy Of Interactive Torah Study For All Peopletimesofisrael.com - By Rabbi Michael Levy This blog is written in memory of Mr. Izaak Sturm, who passed away on July 10, 2019. His kindness, faith and strength through years of suffering …
Circumcision Why do Jews circumcise their sons? - Jewish World - Haaretz - Israel News |haaretz.com - www.haaretz.com The traditional answer to why Jews circumcise their sons is that the ceremony marks the covenant between God and Abraham. But the story of the …
Jpost.comadded this to Israel NewsAruba Chabad couple detail life as full-time members of Aruba's Jewish communityjpost.com - Zachary Keyser The current modest Aruban Jewish community entails 120 full-time residents, timeshare holders, cruise ship tourists and visitors from all over the …
Bread Anya and the Dragonpublishersweekly.com - www.publishersweekly.com In this charming historical fantasy set in an alternate 10th-century Kievan Rus’, an 11-year-old Jewish girl seeks to save her family home from …
Shabbat Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and U.S.jpost.com - JPOST.COM STAFF Dear Reader, As you can imagine, more people are reading The Jerusalem Post than ever before. Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer …
The Times of Israeladded this to The Times of IsraelSexual Health Confessions of a unicorntimesofisrael.com - Reuven Chaim Klein My name is Ema and I’m a sex addict. I have been sober for 27 hours. I read that people think about sex 15 times a day. Only 15? Really?! Fifteen …
The Forward Jewish Culture AOC’s Squad Is Being Targeted For Calling Out Our Hateful Immigration Policiesforward.com - Sandra Lawson Our country has a long, sordid history of telling black and brown people and other racial minorities to “go back to where they came from.” The …
Guide Dogs Israeli rabbis ban dogstimesofisrael.com - By Cnaan Liphshiz In the latest reminder that man’s best friends are not Orthodox rabbis, more than a dozen rabbis from the city of Elad near Tel Aviv issued an edict …
Religion Torah For Today: Equal pay at Wimbledontimesofisrael.com - By Rabbi Ariel Abel At Wimbledon, Simone Halep (pictured left) took just 58 minutes to crush Serena Williams in the ladies final. Novak Djokovic needed almost five hours …
The Times of Israeladded this to The Times of IsraelPlay buttonBabe Ruth Parshat Pinchas — Girl powertimesofisrael.com - Chana Tannenbaum Last week, the US women’s soccer team won the World Cup final. But their victory was dampened by the fact that three months earlier they had filed a …
Hanukkah Summer in Israel: Sea, sun… and Hanukkah donuts?israel21c.org - www.israel21c.org In a move that's dividing the nation, Israeli patisserie Roladin has opened up a pop-up shop serving winter's favorite carb months ahead of schedule.
Religion Balak: Learning from everyone, even our enemiestimesofisrael.com - By Rabbi Robert Scheinberg Like many synagogues around the world, my synagogue in Hoboken is adorned with the most famous words from this week’s Torah portion of Balak. Painted …
Refugees Blessing and Prayer for the Protection of Immigrants and Refugeestikkun.org - By Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub & Cat Zavis | 14 mins ago Shomer et Gerim/Guardian of the ‘Others’ Among Us We turn to You with deep concern for the immigrants and refugees — those who have come seeking …
The Times of Israeladded this to The Times of IsraelPetitions Ethiopian-Israeli parents petition against Haredi schools’ rejection of childrentimesofisrael.com - By Sue Surkes A group of Ethiopian-Israeli parents has petitioned a court against the refusal of four ultra-Orthodox schools in Jerusalem to register their …
Jpost.comadded this to Israel NewsWorld News Upcoming Canada federal elections scheduled on Jewish holidayjpost.com - JERUSALEM POST STAFF Two Jewish candidates in the Canadian federal election appeared before a court to challenge the chief electoral officer’s decision to schedule the …
Orthodox Judaism Orthodox Jew Wears Yarmulke While Winning ‘Million Dollar Mile’jewishjournal.com - Erin Ben-Moche Twenty-six-year-old Michael Neuman of Miami Beach, Fla, became the first and only Orthodox Jew to defeat a pro-athlete on the CBS show, “Million …
The Conversation USadded this to Conversation USBible The Bible says to welcome refugeestheconversation.com - Mathew Schmalz Mathew Schmalz is a Friend of The Conversation. The Trump administration will stop accepting asylum applications from migrants who could have claimed asylum in a different country before entering …
