Happy 60th!
As Israel prepares to celebrate 60 years of ambiguity in this department, it’s been a big week for issues of religion and state. And here’s
This year’s Boston Marathon, traditionally held on Patriots’ Day (the third Monday in April), will be on the second day of Pesach. The Associated Press
(Crossposted to Mah Rabu.) One (solar) year from today, Wednesday, April 8, 2009, is birkat ha-chamah, the blessing for the sun that is said only
The Union for Reform Judaism has announced that its daily 10 Minutes of Torah email (with over 20,000 subscribers) is making every Tuesday “Mishnah Day”.
(Crossposted to Mah Rabu.) Here in Jerusalem (and theoretically in other cities that were walled at the time of Joshua), we just completed Purim Meshulash,
Talmud Bavli, Megillah 7b: à îø øáà îéçééá à éðéù ìáñåîé áôåøéà òã ãìà éãò áéï à øåø äîï ìáøåê îøãëé øáä åøáé æéøà òáãå ñòåãú ôåøéà áäãé
It’s not just the New York Times anymore — independent minyanim have merited a story on the influential progressive political blog OpenLeft! Amanda Milstein of
Haftarat Zachor (which is read twice this year here in Jerusalem) + Megillat Esther = The Lord of the Rings. One of them is totally