Spirituality/Tradition
Bill Clinton as Father of the Year: Yes, Inadequate Husbands Can Still Be Great Dads
The news that Bill Clinton was chosen as father of the year by The National Father's Day Council has brought for the scoffers. Really,...
Disability is Not a Tragedy
How many times have we heard that a child has been born without the ability to walk, or with a physical defect, and he or she is written off before even receiving a name? The...
Deaf-Blind Israeli Theater Troupe Performing in Manhattan
Try to imagine what it's like to live your life not hearing or seeing. Imagine the difficulties of communicating with the other inhabitants of your world, who all seem to be chattering...
Jeff Bridges’s New Book Compares Iconic Big Lebowski Character to Kabbalah Concept
Jeff Bridges has written a book on Kabbalah! Well, not exactly. Before you go grouping the esteemed actor into that group of Hollywood-based devotees of the ancient Jewish tradition such as Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and Britney...
New TV Show Features “Christian Bar Mitzvah” (VIDEO)
The new TLC show "The Sisterhood" headed into controversial territory last night with its second...
Fighting to Keep Hebrew the Living Language of Israel
This past week, Israel celebrated the 155th birthday of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, considered by many...
‘Beethoven Was a Zionist’: A Memoir From Israel on the Eve of its Creation
"Today I saw The Land for the first time, and it was beautiful." With those simple...
Reclaiming the Values of the Kibbutz Movement
On Oct. 29, 1910, a group of 10 men and two women founded the first...
Bill Clinton as Father of the Year: Yes, Inadequate Husbands Can Still Be Great Dads
The news that Bill Clinton was chosen as father of the year by The National Father's Day Council has brought for the scoffers. Really, the...
Disability is Not a Tragedy
How many times have we heard that a child has been born without the ability to walk, or with a physical defect, and he or...
Deaf-Blind Israeli Theater Troupe Performing in Manhattan
Try to imagine what it's like to live your life not hearing or seeing. Imagine the difficulties of communicating with the other inhabitants...
Jeff Bridges’s New Book Compares Iconic Big Lebowski Character to Kabbalah Concept
Jeff Bridges has written a book on Kabbalah! Well, not exactly. Before you go grouping the esteemed actor into that group of Hollywood-based devotees of the...
New TV Show Features “Christian Bar Mitzvah” (VIDEO)
The new TLC show "The Sisterhood" headed into controversial territory last night with its second episode. The subject: a "Christian Bar Mitzvah" for Trevor Lewis,...
Fighting to Keep Hebrew the Living Language of Israel
This past week, Israel celebrated the 155th birthday of Eliezer Ben Yehuda, considered by many the father of modern day Hebrew. Google Israel honored Ben...
‘Beethoven Was a Zionist’: A Memoir From Israel on the Eve of its Creation
"Today I saw The Land for the first time, and it was beautiful." With those simple but moving words, veteran American Zionist activist Harold Manson began...
Of Lice and Men
Throughout all Egypt the dust turned into lice. But when the magicians tried to produce lice by their secret arts, they could not....
Reclaiming the Values of the Kibbutz Movement
On Oct. 29, 1910, a group of 10 men and two women founded the first kibbutz in Israel: Kibbutz Degania, not far from the Kinneret....
Accessing The Bible With 21st Century Technology
The Bible, the best-selling book in history, is transitioning into the 21st century. An online project which intends to produce the first grassroots Bible, Tanakh...
Expert: New Ancient Hebrew Manuscripts Could Have Major Impact on Taliban
The recent unveiling of 1,000-year-old manuscripts, found in caves in Afghanistan but written in Hebrew and penned by the Jewish community inhabiting the area a millennium ago, is...
A Sweet Story: Jews and Arabs Come Together to Sell Ice Cream
While Arab-Israeli political relations remain frosty, one store is managing to serve as an example of successful cooperation between the two sides while also making...
As Orthodox Christians Mark Christmas, Mideast Churches Fear for Future
As Orthodox Christians around the world marked their Christmas celebrations on Jan. 7, Christians in the Middle East are increasingly fearful of their future. Celebrating his...
Israeli Library’s Manuscripts Provide First Physical Proof of Ancient Afghani Jewry
The National Library of Israel of Jan. 3 introduced the "Afghan Genizah," a group of ancient manuscripts which were rescued from Taliban caves, the Associated Press...
