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48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #9
Hillel GoldbergJun 21, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #9, “Purity” The alert reader will notice...
Everyday anti-Israel hate at the UN
Jonathan TobinJun 21, 2018
It was just another day at the office for UN officials. As it has done innumerable times in the last 50 years, on June 12, the General Assembly devoted an entire day of...
Give me your tired, your poor…
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 21, 2018
There was a song I used to sing a lot when I was little. Its melody was very beautiful, truly stirring, “shalach teshalach et ha-em, ha-banim tikach lach, lema’an...
Sewers
Shana GoldbergJun 21, 2018
When I drive, I’m all about the “traffic sewers.” Wonder what those are? It’s a term I picked up from Jonathan Fertig, a cycling advocate on Twitter, who defines...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #9
Hillel GoldbergJun 14, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #9, “Joy” Rabbi Isaac Orlansky (1898-c.1992)...
Lose-lose
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 14, 2018
“Netiv Ha’avot,” the Path of The Forefathers. Until this past week, it was a neighborhood of about 15 homes and families in Gush Etzion, Israel. Two days ago the...
Multi-tasking
Shana GoldbergJun 14, 2018
They say that men are not great multi-taskers. I have experienced this firsthand in various jobs, although a friend just told me that whether this is innate or learned...
Bill of Rights
Shana GoldbergJun 07, 2018
I am not a gun person. I’ve never handled a gun, nor do I want to. But when I see calls for the repeal of the Second Amendment I am very concerned. A detail often lost...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #8
Hillel GoldbergJun 07, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #8, “Humility” You ask for my opinion?...
Reeducation camps — Jewish ones
Jonathan TobinJun 07, 2018
According to some young American Jews, it’s time to start telling kids the truth about Israel. Upset about what they consider to be a steady diet of pro-Israel...
