What Shavuot teaches about Israel’s haredi military service debate
On Shavuot, we recenter Torah study as our supreme value, even as we divert some of its precious human resources toward protecting our people and defending our land.
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Shavuot 2026: Why the Torah still matters in the age of AI and technology
Six Israeli hiking trails and natural sites to reconnect with nature this Shavuot
Parashat Bamidbar: ‘Machar Chodesh’
This week’s haftarah offers a timely message about longing, loyalty, and the enduring bond between the Jewish people and their homeland.
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Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective
When the Torah counts the people by tribes and families, it teaches the art of integration: Each individual is counted on his or her own, yet as part of a larger structure.
'From Alienation to Monarchy': Ruth and the architecture of loving-kindness - book review
Yael Ziegler’s 'Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy' is a 534-page book on a four-chapter megillah.
'Eishet Chayil': Who is the biblical woman of valor? - book review
Eishet Chayil is re-examined as a theological statement about women’s role in Jewish survival, leadership, and destiny.
Parashat Behar-Behukotai: Quality vs quantity
Shmita teaches that true blessing is found not in abundance, but in satisfaction, faith, and learning to focus on what truly matters.
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'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice - review
Zionism is too often framed as a late 19th-century Eastern and Central European, largely secular movement, born in response to modern nationalism and antisemitism.
Making it official: Inside the Nativ program training IDF soldiers to 'join the tribe'
Nativ began with a Trustee Committee in 1998 and was adopted as a military program in 2000. To date, over 58,000 soldiers have begun the program, and close to 20,000 have completed conversion.
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