Human Interest
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Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish home in the US, Yehoshua November chose an uncommon path for a Jewish boy. He had been writing poetry from a young age, and by the time he was a senior in high school, he knew that he wanted to be a poet. He studied poetry in college and […]
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If you think the Scroll of Esther is simply telling an ancient story, think again. Queen Esther fought hard to be sure that all of her descendants would hear her timeless story. The Scroll of Esther is last lecture to us, especially today. Esther is whispering to you: I have lived through the most difficult […]
I never had anything to do with guns. They weren't on the radar. All that changed two years ago when the United States Supreme Court ruled that individual states could not restrict individual citizens' right to carry guns. Maybe it was the "forbidden fruit" opportunity to do something which my deep-blue state had kept me […]
After a festive Simchat Torah meal with his family, 22-year-old Aner Shapiro went to an all-night dance party at the Nova music festival at Kibbutz Reim together with his best friend, American-born Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Aner, on leave from his elite Nahal Brigade of the IDF, did not expect to find himself in a situation more […]
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