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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 […]
History
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On the holiday of Purim, Jews worldwide celebrate the salvation of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian empire. Haman, royal vizier to the Persian King Achashverosh, plotted “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jewish people, young and old, men and women, in a single day” (Scroll of Esther, 3:13). In the face of […]
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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