Israel: a theological experience.
Living in Israel is such a rich experience that those who live here are able to enter theoretically and physically into the world of the Bible.
Living in Israel is such a rich experience that those who live here are able to enter theoretically and physically into the world of the Bible.
As today Israeli people celebrate Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), and the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the city, here are a few thoughts about what Jerusalem means to Rabbi Sacks:
Of all the symbolic acts of a Jewish wedding, perhaps the most well-known and well-loved is breaking the glass.
Yom Ha-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, opened in Jerusalem on the eve of April 24 at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem. A present exhibition at the Israel Museum, entitled “Behold the Man,” portrays Jesus as a Jew.
Of course we all know what Pesah means: “to pass over” (cf Ex: 12,13: I will see the blood and I will pass over you’’. In fact, Pesah celebrates several “pass overs”… several “passages”. In the Pesah Haggada, the central Midrash on Dt 26:5-8 is introduced by two Biblical references: the first one is Read More
The umbrella organization of the Conservative Jewish Congregation in the United States for the first time encourages communities to officially accept non-Jewish friends.
The classic Fiddler on the Roof is an adaptation of a Broadway musical of the same name, created in 1964 by the American composer Jerry Bock. The play, which takes place in Tsarist Russia in 1905, is based on the play Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem. The story revolves around Tevye, the father Read More
Traditional Judaism firmly believes that death is not the end of human existence. However, because Judaism is primarily focused on life here and now rather than on the afterlife, Judaism does not have much dogma about the afterlife, and leaves a great deal of room for personal opinion. It is possible for an Orthodox Jew Read More
The Five Scrolls or The Five Megillot (מגילות in Hebrew) are parts of the Ketuvim (“Writings”), the third major section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). The Five Scrolls are the Song of Songs, the Book of Ruth, the Book of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and the Book of Esther. These five relatively short biblical books are grouped together Read More