Birkat ha-chamah (the once-in-28-years blessing on the sun) is just a few weeks away! See this post for a refresher on why it’s every 28
Online registration is now open for the 2009 National Havurah Committee Summer Institute! You can also apply for the Hollander Social Justice Fellowship (due March
The soldiers’ votes are in, and the Knesset election results are final! Here are the rankings: Kadima 28 Likud 27 Yisrael Beytenu 15 Labor 13
The results so far: Kadima 28 Likud 27 Yisrael Beytenu 14 Labor 13 Shas 11 United Torah Judaism 5 United Arab List 5 Hadash 4
Like many of us, I got addicted to election news in 2008 (and 2006 and 2004), and with the proliferation of blogs and websites devoted
The Israeli election is less than a week away! It’s not too late to make your predictions for the February Madness pool. Once again, here
The Israeli election is coming up on February 10! Following up on Mah Rabu’s successul March Madness prediction pool for the 2006 election, Jewschool and
The Gaza conflict, like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a whole, has no easy answers; there are many competing narratives and competing values. At uncertain times
Another diversion from Gaza: Israel has an election coming up in 5 weeks (though some would say this is the reason we’re in Gaza), and
Let’s take a break from all the Gaza news and remind ourselves that the universe is much, much larger than these conflicts. 2009 has been