Dara Horn introduces a new theory on who exactly Jacob wrestled with in this week’s parsha Vayishlach. Want to know what it is? Watch the video: Copy and paste this code to embed the Parshat...
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Zohan and the Quest for Jewish Utopia
That’s the title of an essay by Michael B. Oren that appeared in the latest issue of Azure Online. Oren manages to weave together Herzl, the First Zionist Congress, Emma Lazarus, Henrietta...
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel…
Good lord. The holiday season is upon us. Eran Baron Cohen: Songs in the Key of Hanukkah Eran is a musician who scored the Borat movie starring his brother, Sacha Baron Cohen. Didja see Y...
Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg buried in Jerusalem
Yesterday night, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were buried together on the Mt. Of Olives in Jerusalem, in a plot overlooking the Kodesh Kedoshim. I’ve tried to write this post so many times...
International AIDS Day in Jerusalem
Yeah, this is Jerusalem! Just got back from The International AIDS Day celebrations at a bar called Katzeh in Jerusalem. Proceeds of the evening’s party went to fund the Open Clinic a medical...
Can I Mourn the Jews Now?
Usually, I read something interesting, I make a comment and cite a relevant paragraph with a link to the story. Now however, words fail me. I can go on and on about barbarity and inhumanity, but what...
Today, we are all Chabadniks
As soon as Shabbat was over in Jerusalem, I rushed to my computer to see what the updates were from Mumbai. It didn’t take long for me to realize that my prayers over Shabbat had not been...
Economy Limiting your Post Grad Options? How about 5 Months Free in Israel?
Five months free in Israel? That’s crazy! I mean 10-days is audacious enough as it is, but 5 months? Crazy or not I spoke to Momo Lifshitz, founder and owner of Oranim Educational Initiatives...