A Perilous "Fragile Calm" in Darfur
The New York Times on Saturday ran "Fragile Calm Holds in Darfur After
Galilee Diary: Health care
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
And if you do obey these rules and observe them carefully, the Lord your God will maintain faithfully for you the covenant He made on oath with your fathers...The Lord will ward
A Huge Step in the Right Direction
New Year's Resolution: Action by Earth Day
President Shimon Peres Visits Kibbutz Lotan
The recent President's Conference in Jerusalem opened with a video that showcased innovative research and development in the Negev and highlighted Reform Kibbutz Lotan's
Galilee Diary: Round and round
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die...
-Ecclesiastes 3:1-2
Last Thursday, after a long struggle with
Eight Nights, Redefined
For some children, finding out that the tooth fairy isn't real is the final straw. Despite our preteen protests and, yes, probably even tears, my parents' decision to tell me and my sister the "real story" of Hanukkah at a young age was one of the most
Galilee Diary: Laughter
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Thus said the Lord: Again there shall be heard in this place, which you say is ruined, without man or beast - in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate
8 Blogs of Hanukkah: Why did Antiochus' army ruin all the oil in the Jerusalem Temple?
8 Blogs for 8 Nights of Hanukkah Blog #1: Oil and the Secret of the Jew
Galilee Diary: Rabbis II
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
I have indeed removed them far among nations and have scattered them among thecountries and I have become to them a diminished sanctity [or small sanctuary]in the countries