Guest post by Rabbi Shai Held. I have said countless times before: the meaning of the Exodus is that anything is possible, that there is
On this Inauguration Day, one Israelis citizen’s letter to President Obama…
Judaism has blessings for just about everything–smelling fragrant trees, seeing a rainbow, hearing good news, hearing bad news, encountering a friend one hasn’t seen in
“Israel recruits ‘army of bloggers’ to combat anti-Zionist Web sites,” Ha’aretz reports: The Immigrant Absorption Ministry announced on Sunday it was setting up an “army
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is currently collecting sermons and orations delivered this week about the inauguration of Barack Obama. They’re
The fighting in Gaza has come to a halt as Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire, despite more rockets hitting Israeli territory after the cease-fire went
From the New York Times this morning: Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Gazan and a doctor who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation
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
Apparently, according to the Guardian, even the United States is not thrilled about what Israel is doing in Gaza. The Pentagon has suspended the delivery
Progressive Jews across the country are energized for the change arriving in just a few days in Washington, and the Avodah/AJWS Partnership (a league of