Thinking Shavuot, Torah and the Jewish people – The Jewish Star
admin | June 1, 2020
By Rabbi David Etengoff HaRav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik zatzal was one of the 19th centurys greatest European Torah scholars.
Are Conversion Standards In Israel Too Harsh? – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
admin | June 1, 2020
Photo Credit: Chabad.org Over 3,100 years ago, Ruth left her land and people to accompany her Jewish mother-in-law, Naomi, to Eretz Yisrael with the intention of joining the Jewish people. According to the Talmud (Yevamos 47b), Naomi attempted to dissuade her, but once she saw Ruths resolve exemplified by her statement your people will be my people, and your G-d will be my G-d (Ruth 1:16) she relented and Ruth formally became a Jew
To the Jewish community: You may not recognize me as a Jew but the antisemites do – Christian Post
admin | June 1, 2020
By Michael Brown, CP Op-Ed Contributor | Sunday, May 31, 2020 The ongoing controversy over GOD TVs Hebrew speaking channel in Israel has triggered an age-old debate: Are Jews who believe in Jesus still Jews? For decades now, religious Jews in particular have said to me, Youre not a Jew! Yet the antisemites of the world have no trouble identifying me as a Jew, flooding my social media pages with vile, Jew-hating comments
OMNIQ’s Artificial Intelligence-Based Quest Shield Solution Selected by the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore – GlobeNewswire
admin | June 1, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY, June 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OMNIQ, Inc. (OTCQB:OMQS) (OMNIQor the Company), announces that it has been selected to deploy its Quest Shield campus safety solution at the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore in Maryland. The Quest Shield security package uses the Companys AI-based SeeCube technology platform, a ground-breaking cloud-based/on-premise security solution for Safe Campus/School applications.
‘We stand in solidarity’: Jewish organizations respond to the protests over George Floyd’s death – JTA News
admin | June 1, 2020
(JTA) Jewish groups are expressing outrage over the death of George Floyd, a black man killed last week by a Minneapolis police officer who has subsequently been charged with second-degree murder, and solidarity with the sweeping national protests that have followed.
Around the (home) office with Finn Partners’ Go’el Jasper — and eight children – PRWeek
admin | May 29, 2020
Where do you work? Where is your work from home location?I am Finn Partners' managing partner and Israel country manager in Bet Shemesh, a Jerusalem suburb.
Mourning, healing, and proximity in a COVID world – Forward
admin | May 29, 2020
iStock Our experience of mourning during this grief-stricken period has been one of witnessing trauma layered with more trauma.
Sir Simon Schama the books that have shaped my life – Jewish News
admin | May 29, 2020
In the latest in our series of podcasts with Jewish people who are changing the world, Zaki Cooper talks to celebrated historian, writer and broadcaster Sir Simon Schama about his life, career and books that inspire him Sir Simon Schama is a historian and public intellectual. He is perhaps best known for his BBC series, A History of Britain, and, more recently, The Story of the Jews
Shavuot: The Holiday for the People of the Book – The Jewish Voice
admin | May 27, 2020
By: Rabbi Jonathan Feldman, PhD Shavuot could be considered the holiday of the book. Unlike Rosh Hashanah which has the shofar, Chanukah which has the menorah and Sukkot which has the four species and the sukkah, Shavuot has no concrete symbol
Whatever happened to the Ten Commandments? – The Jerusalem Post
admin | May 27, 2020
The Torah reading for Shavuot includes the Ten Commandments, following the opinion of one of the Tannaim (early Sages). This is, no doubt, the result of the rabbinic belief that the Torah was given on Mt. Sinai on Shavuot (Shabbat 86b).Even so, its very surprising that we read the Ten Commandments in public only on Shavuot and as part of the weekly portions of Yitro (Exodus 20) and Vaethanan (Deuteronomy 5).
