Jewish Religion and Thought
“The term refers to a process, not a specific piece or cut of meat,” said Yoni Van Leeuwen, though the terminology battle was lost.
“Today, we have the same ability to strive to understand what it is that God demands of us—building upon the wisdom we have received from our ancestors while also adding our own,” says Rabbi Sarah Bassin of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, Calif.
“According to the Torah, there is no permission to take the law into one’s hands and act violently. The work of restoring order must be left to the police,” said the Chief Rabbinate.
With the vaccinations, people are starting to feel a sense of security, which Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles says is the “idea of finding ourselves once again, preparing to receive Torah anew, which we could not do together in the past year.”
Haredi residents of the city’s French Hill neighborhood are in shock following the revelation that a prominent local “ultra-Orthodox” family are actually non-Jews that entered Israel with forged papers.
The ceremony, first held in 2019 with some 1,200 people, was attended by hundreds of religious soldiers and members of the bereaved families.
A total of 33,771 Jewish victims were shot at the Babi Yar ravine by the Nazis during just two days, Sept. 29 and 30, 1941.
He is the first rabbi to have been honored with the Bronze Wolf Award and just one of a handful of Jewish recipients worldwide.
For International Bird Day, we introduce you to some of the 220 species of birds chirping their way around Israel, from gravely endangered vultures and eagles to common songbirds.
The American Jewish Committee expressed concern “about those on the other end of the political spectrum who deny Israel’s very right to exist, even as they are elected via Israel’s democratic system, and embrace such terror groups as Hamas.”
“Proponents of terrorism who deny Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state are not legitimate partners in any government,” says Betzalel Smotrich.
The party is projected to garner six or seven Knesset seats, making it indispensable in any right-wing government.
