When I was writing, I promised myself I wouldn’t ask where particular elements came from, now I see that I was co-creating all along, drawing on elements from the ancestral past.
On an interfaith mission to Poland, a rabbi finds new friendships with evangelical leaders as they confront Holocaust history and explore Jewish life together.
We believe that the most important lesson of Jewish history is that an independent Jewish state is not something that can be taken for granted.
For the first time, I truly understood what it means to mourn for the destruction of the Temple, for the loss of our homeland, and for the countless lives that have been taken in the name of hatred.
'Jerusalem through the Ages' is a wonderful survey of what became, uniquely, a holy city to three of the world’s major religions.
The President of Israel commemorated the eve of Tisha B'Av with a message to the Israeli public, highlighting the importance of unity in these crucial times.
'Any generation in which the Temple is not rebuilt is considered as if they themselves have destroyed it' (Talmud Yerushalmi Yoma 1:1).
A relatively modern city by Polish standards, Katowice was just a village less than 200 years ago. It grew into the beating heart of Polish heavy industry until the end of the 20th century.
Tisha B’Av, the traditional day of national mourning for the Jewish people, on which the destruction of the two Holy Temples.
There are always those who believe that they can explain tragedy and encompass it in some positive overview.
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