URJ Resolution on Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is itself an ancient phenomenon and a remarkably resilient form of hate. In its most terrible manifestation, anti-Semitism led to the Shoah and the murder of 6 million Jews. In the aftermath of this genocidal tragedy, the world said “never again.” Yet despite this pledge, we now see acts of anti-Jewish hatred on the rise.
From Gelt to Gimmel: A Personal Hanukkah Journey
Book Discussion: To the End of the Land
by Peter Shapiro
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When the Holy One Blessed be He created the first humans, he showed them all the trees in the Garden of Eden, and said to them: See how wonderful and pleasant are my creations! Everything I created – I created for you.
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When I moved to Israel, it was easy for me to forgo some of the holidays that I grew up with in America that I knew had a distinctly non-Jewish origin. It was also a pleasant surprise to discover other holidays here that unite Israelis across the spectrum – such as Tu B’Av, also known as the festival of love.
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Everyone will sit under their own vine and under their own fig tree, and no one will make them afraid… -Micah 4:4
Galilee Diary: Public Education II
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Galilee Diary: Pluralism and Relativism
Mar, the son of Ravina, made a wedding for his son. He saw that the rabbis were getting too merry so he took a glass that was valued at four hundred zuz and broke it in front of them and they sobered up. -Babylonian Talmud, Berachot 30b
Galilee Diary: Country Roads
Let every valley be raised, every hill and mount made low. Let the rugged ground become level and the ridges become a plain. -Isaiah 40:4