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Roth Exit strategy Based on China, S. Korea, and Italy, Israel will see more COVID-19 over the next few weeks; then, if we’ve done successful social distancing, we can hope for the other side of this David Meyers From a Bush West Wing staffer: Trump is endangering lives How will the supporters of this president live with themselves when people they know begin dying due to his reckless decisions? Tanya White The radical irresponsibility of the Israeli Rabbinate The greatest, holiest religious act of moral responsibility we are called to do today is simply to sit at home and do nothing — it really isn’t that hard Allison Darcy The coronavirus has made me more Jewishly connected than ever We young people want to be more involved than you think — this scary time of isolation has given me exactly what I need, from connection to ritual to community Suzanne Patt Benvenisti Distance learning must be accessible for all Every Israeli child in the public education system needs a laptop or tablet, to ensure that even the lowest-income children can continue their studies during this challenging time Francis Nataf Maybe God is angry at us The panic corona has created in wealthy countries is an important wake-up call about the worth of human lives, wherever they are See all Featured Posts Blogs topics 2019-2020 Israeli elections Coronavirus US Politics Passover PARSHA POSTS: VAYIKRA Anti-Semitism Culture Cafe Holocaust Terrorism Israeli Politics Death and Mourning Chabad Israel: Jewish and Democratic Latest posts Gabi Kaltmann Mar 26, 2020, 3:14 AM Comments 0 Facebook 0 A Real Sacrifice The week we begin reading the book of Vayikra, the third book in the Five Books of Moses, which is also referred to as ’Sefer Hakorbanot’ (the Book of Sacrifices). Despite the majority of the Torah being filled with stories,... Yael Pasumansky Mar 26, 2020, 2:05 AM Comments 0 Facebook 0 Diversity in the State of Israel I am waiting for bus 240 to take me to work. I try to hide in the shade as the scorching sun hits my face. It’s 8:00 am and 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Beside me stands a religious Muslim woman,... Abraham Bril Mar 26, 2020, 1:59 AM Comments 0 Facebook 0 Passover, Sukkoth, the 2 Benjamins, Edelstein… The plan was that by now we would be packing our suitcases for our Passover trip to Israel. It was to be a big family event with our kids and grandkids and also with a Hachnasat Sefer Torah in... Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden Mar 26, 2020, 1:55 AM Comments 0 Facebook 0 Corona laughters, Israel edition Included: a brand-new happily stay home song! Yehuda Lave Mar 26, 2020, 1:39 AM Comments 0 Facebook 0 How can a finite human being connect to an Infinite G-d? How can finite human beings connect to the infinity of a spiritual being? This is the number one question that must be answered. If we are mortals and die and have no human soul, or if we are part of... Yoni Mozeson Mar 26, 2020, 1:34 AM Comments 0 Facebook 0 Midrash Tanchuma Vayikra – The soul: innocent bystander or a partner in crime? The Midrash focuses in on an easily overlooked word from the Parsha which radically changes assumptions we held about the relationship between body and soul: When a soul sins unwittingly” (Leviticus 4:2) Many would simply assume that in this context, the... Eliezer Shemtov Mar 26, 2020, 12:50 AM Comments 0 Facebook 2 Are you a Taurus, Capricorn or Aries? Vayikra No, this is not an article about astrology; it’s about the Parashá. Very often people become depressed when they realize how complicated their character is and how difficult it is to overcome. "I can’t achieve my goals because... I’m too... Peter Buchsbaum Mar 26, 2020, 12:43 AM Comments 0 Facebook 13 Edelstein’s Law So now comes Yuli Edelstein, once a prisoner of conscience, to decide alone who shall run Israel. Do we, in the U.S., thoroughly distracted by our problems, have anything to add? Defiance of the Supreme Court of the U.S. offers... Talli Rosenbaum Mar 25, 2020, 10:56 PM Comments 0 Facebook 0 Your Love Life in Lockdown The coronavirus has affected how we live, how we work, how we congregate and how we experience touch and intimacy. The world at large has had to renegotiate the common norms of social intimacy with distancing measures that are... Sarah Bechor Mar 25, 2020, 10:43 PM Comments 0 Facebook 2 When kindness unfolds in a miraculous way Tuesday, September 10th, 2019, Katamonin, Jerusalem Ariel Drei lives in a yishuv (settlement) in Gush Etzion called Bat Ayin and is a project manager for a building company that is based in Katamonin, a neighborhood in Jerusalem. On this particular... 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