Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Sections → Books → Book ReviewsYou’ll never get anything you need or want if you don’t ask. You have to ask the questions. Treasure this advice, because it’s one of the best you’ll get in life. At times it’s thorny and complicated to ask another for something – what if he says no and your request is rebuffed. Rejection is hard to take. And what if you’re imposing or the requestee has a hard time saying no? But you’ll also never get a “yes” without first asking.
Giving Up On Rebellious Children? (Part One)
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointBased on the response to my recent columns, it seems the problem of parents struggling with rebellious children may be more prevalent than even the pessimists among us had assumed. As we approach Pesach, the great yom tov during which we confront the Haggadah’s four sons –one wise, one wicked, one simple and one who does not know how to ask – we need to remember that these sons are in our midst in every generation and that we invite all four to join us at the Seder.
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Rabbi Lord Jonathan SacksJudaism is less a philosophical system than a field of tensions – between universalism and particularism, for example, or exile and redemption, priests and prophets, cyclical and linear time, and so on.
Christians Recognizing Themselves In A Jewish Mirror
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsA popular aphorism had it that “wie es sich Christelt, so Juedelt es sich” – as things go for Christians, so they go for Jews. In 2013, however, the conditions for some 200 million Christians can be read from the pages of Jewish history.
The Most Important Jewish School-Funding You’ve Never Heard Of
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsThe challenge of day school affordability is not just an economic but an existential one; it is about the continuity and vitality of the next generation of Jews. While enrollments are at an all-time high, so are tuition bills.
When An Introductory Essay Becomes An Intellectual Tour De Force
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsThis is essentially a review of an introduction to a book. Not a few readers are no doubt wondering just how much one can say about an introduction, especially an introduction to a machzor of nearly 1,300 pages. The answer: a lot.
Community Currents – March 22, 2013
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Sections → Community → Community Currents.
Shir HaShirim: The Love Between God And Israel
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsWe have a custom of reciting Shir HaShirim (the Song of Songs) on the Shabbat during Pesach. Many reasons have been offered to explain why.
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialPresident Obama will finally follow up his June 4, 2009 visit to Cairo with one to Israel. Though he was just a stone’s throw from Israel at the time, he chose not to go the Jewish state and it is not too hard to figure out why.
Mr. Obama Has Made Up His Mind
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialThe Obama administration, from Mr. Obama on down, has made every effort to assure that the agenda for the president’s Israel trip and discussions with Prime Minister Netanyahu would center around burnishing the U.S.-Israel relationship and the issues of Iran and Syria.
A Special Winery’s Special People
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Sections → FeaturesJERUSALEM – Since he was a kid growing up in the town of Kiryat Tivan, Roy Itzhaki would regularly see them in the street, on their way to work, in coffee houses, as free as anyone else in the village to live their lives.
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
News → The KnessetJERUSALEM – After almost two months of tense negotiations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government was sworn in on Monday evening, less than 48 hours before the much-anticipated arrival of President Obama.
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
InDepth → Front Page“Therefore we are obligated to give thanks…to the One Who performed all these miracles for our forefathers and for us. He took us out from slavery to freedom…and from servitude to redemption.” – Haggadah shel Pesach
As Islamic Groups Replace Traditional Foes, Israel Faces Long-Term Border Instability
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
News → Israel → IDFHERZLIYA, Israel – Three weeks ago, militants in Gaza landed a rocket near the Israeli city of Ashkelon.
Refreshing and Healthy Pesach Meals
Posted on: March 15th, 2013
Food → RecipesWith our focus now turned to the upcoming Pesach holiday, I wanted to share with you some lighter and healthier meal ideas. We have some baked, not fried eggplant, low-carb “rice” created in a unique way, a nice salad and a refreshingly light dessert. I hope this will enhance your Pesach and bring you many nice compliments.
Posted on: March 15th, 2013
Sections → FeaturesWe will start our tour at Agripas No. 12, exactly where the first round stone pot-plant of pansies stands, on the same side of Binyan Klal, but walking towards King George Street and opposite the traffic circle. Entering HaRav Chaim Elboher Alley, we find ourselves in Even Yisrael.
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Jerusalem, Divided or United?
