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Seeing the Light To the Editor: In her review of Andrea Pitzers Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the Word (Jan. 10), Rachel Slade concludes by writing: Icebound is a reminder that there was once a time when things were unknown. And when their ships bumped up against the edge of the Arctic, the Europeans gazed with horror and awe at the sparkling ice and wondered what Edens lay beyond, waiting to be discovered.
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admin | January 28, 2021
Who is the wise person? The one who foresees the consequences, the Talmud sagely tells us.
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admin | January 28, 2021
Parashat Bo recounts the harshest of the plagues that were inflicted upon the Egyptian people in the course of the Exodus story, but it also describes the beginning of our ancestors journey toward freedom.
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(JTA) On Jan. 27, 1969, nine Jews were hanged in Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad as half a million people looked on. It was the climax of a campaign ofpersecutionthat followed the establishment of Israel, which in turn hastened an exodus of what had been a strong and flourishing community.
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admin | January 28, 2021
Is it ever appropriate to get drunk? The Talmud (Megillah 7b) cites Ravas opinion that one must become drunk on Purim to the point that one is unable to tell the difference between cursed be Haman and blessed be Mordecai.
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admin | January 28, 2021
For many in Israel and across the world who have been confined to their homes weary from a constant diet of political drama and itching to extricate themselves from coronavirus woes a new year is about to begin: Tu BShevat, the New Year for the Trees. Many rabbis describe this as a particularly important time to appreciate the land of Israel.
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By Carol Goodman Kaufman| Correspondent Millennia before Nebraskan J.
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admin | January 28, 2021
Tzippi Sha-ked: We nearly broke up. It came that close
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admin | January 28, 2021
Rosh Chodesh Shevat began at sundown, Jan. 13.
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admin | January 28, 2021
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 1950 film Harvey, James Stewart plays a middle-aged man named Elwood whose best friend is a tall invisible rabbit named Harvey. The relationship causes problems with the people in Elwoods life. At one point a psychiatrist tries to convince him to struggle with reality.
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