Galilee Diary: Fish Stories
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally posted in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
These you may eat of all that live in water: anything in water,, whether in the seas or in the streams, that has fins and scales - these you may eat.
-Leviticus 11:9
Last week I
A Memorable Conference Call
Shoftim: Five Kinds of (Animated!) Justice
Sometimes, It Takes a Village
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The URJ's Rabbi Jonah Pesner on CNN
Galilee Diary: Roots
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Galilee Diary and Ten Minutes of Torah)
When in your war against a city you have to besiege it a long time in order to capture it, you must not destroy its trees, wielding the ax against them. You may eat of them, but
"May That Bullet Destroy Every Closet Door"
The Launch of Jews For Health Care Reform! (& a Call with the President)
Galilee Diary: Tradition, tradition
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
NFTY's Spreading the Word About Refugees in Need
Refugee camps are often overlooked in Jewish youth programming. While teens love to talk about conflicts, they rarely concentrate on actual life inside of the refugee camps that are a result of those conflicts. Teens work tirelessly to stop major conflicts like genocide (which is great!), but refugees continue to suffer with little recognition.