Galilee Diary: Fitting in II
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
Since its earliest days, Reform Judaism has asserted that a Judaism frozen in time is an heirloom, not a living fountain.
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
Since its earliest days, Reform Judaism has asserted that a Judaism frozen in time is an heirloom, not a living fountain.
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
Rabbi Abba said in the name of Samuel: for three years the School of Shammai and the School of Hillel were in disagreement, each insisting that the halachah was according to its
Rabbi Johanan said in the name of Rabbi Simeon bar Yohai: If Israel were to keep two Sabbaths according to the laws thereof, they would be redeemed immediately.
- Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Shabbat, page 118b
When Shorashim was founded by about a dozen
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. -Psalms 118:22
Every morning I take my "constitutional" (yes, even now that the dog has died) up the
I couple weeks ago, I told you about American Apparel's announcement that the clothing company would send free "Legalize Gay: Overturn Prop 8 Now!" shirts to any organization in the D.C. area working for LGBT equality.
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
And they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
They combined against Moses and Aaron and said to them, "You have gone too far! For all the community are holy, all of them, and the Lord is in their midst.
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
When she saw that [Joseph] had left [his garment] in her hand and had fled outside, she called out to her servants and said to them, "Look, he had to bring us a Hebrew to dally
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Who is the mightiest of the mighty? ... Some say: he who is able to turn his enemy into a friend.
-Avot d'Rabbi Nathan version A chapter 23
One of the obstacles to the creation of
As I suggested in my last entry, in thinking about what it will take for Jews and Arabs to live together in peace in Israel, there are (at least) four different dimensions to consider: the political, the historical, the cultural, and the personal.