Israel & Overseas

Building Community - March 13, 2015

Dear Friends:

The double parasha of this week begins with Moshe assembling the whole Israelite community. The opening verse alerts us to the nature of community in Judaism. 

Over the past 10 days in Morocco,  I have gained a new perspective on how community is formed and enhanced.

Our …

ON THE ROAD TO MOROCCO: FROM MARRAKESH TO FEZ - March 10, 2015

Dear Friends:

On Shabbat, I walked to the Slat El Azuna Synagogue, one of  only two synagogues left in Marrakesh, once home to 35 places of Jewish worship. 

As I went through this fascinating medieval city with our wonderful guide, Michal Granot, through the "medina" and into the "mellah…

DON'T COUNT ON MIRACLES! COUNT ON OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER - March 5, 2015

"And Mordechai wrote these things...to command them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar...the days that the Jews had rest from their enemies...and turned from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning to a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladn…

PLUS CA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LE MEME CHOSE - February 16, 2015

In the aftermath of the massacre of 12 people at the Paris offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and then the Islamist terrorist attack at a kosher supermarket in the elegant suburb of Saint-Mande, hard against Paris's eastern fringe, two days later, when four Jews were murdered a…

From JFNA: Israeli Election Primer 2015

Israel and Overseas: Israeli Election Primer 2015

(As of, January 27, 2015)

Elections

  • In Israel, elections for the Knesset are held at least every four years.
  • As is frequently the case, the outgoing government coalition collapsed due to disagreements between the parties. As a result,…

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