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When Rabbi Tzvi Graetz was a little boy in the Israel of the 1970s, he would visit the shuk, or market, with his father every High Holiday season to buy flags to wave during Simchat Torah, when the giving of the Torah is celebrated. “It was something we would wait for,” reminisced Graetz, the executive […]
Click here to see a pdf version with pictures. Now that I have left Ukraine and the powerful experience that I and the other mission participants from Israel, England, France, Germany and USA had, I must share with you some of the incredible moments, bittersweet history and positive signs of Jewish renewal we witnessed. This […]
Rabbi Ari Oliszweski of Porto Alegre, Brazil, writes about the four very important mitzvot that we have to fulfill on Purim. Read his article in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 י”ב אדר, תשע”ב Jewish Identity in the time of Achashverosh and today Sitting here in Jerusalem, thinking about the Megillah that Jews all over the world will read several times in the next few days, I am struck by the historical context in which the story of Achashverosh, Esther and Mordechai […]
Roger Rosenthal, Lech Lecha Coordinator for the Chavaya Isrealit, writes about the new year of the trees. Read his article in English, Spanish orPortuguese.
Last Friday, February 3rd, Reuven Stamov was ordained as the 82nd graduate of the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary for Masorti Rabbis in Jerusalem. In his Dvar Torah, Reuven told the assembled guests of faculty staff, family and friends, that completing his rabbinic studies was a personal miracle. Reuven is now a graduate of the Schorsch Fellowship, […]
Rabbi Efraim Rosenzweig of the Jewish community in Valparaiso-Vina del Mar, Chile writes about Sukkot. Read his article in English, Spanish orPortuguese. Back to Top Back to Top Back to Top
Rabbi Joshua Kullock of Comunidad Hebrea de Guadalajara, writes about the true meaning of celebration on Chanukkah. Read his article in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Back to top Back to top Back to top back to top of the page Printer-friendly version