dive deeper into Ḥanukah & celebrate the valor of our women 🧕🏻🏹

Published: Thu, 12/22/22

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Ḥag HaBanot

Ḥag HaBanot honors the heroism of our women in the struggle to free Judea from Seleucid-Greek rule.

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Mikeitz: Egypt's Hebrew Viceroy

Did Yosef seek to transform Egypt into a civilization built on Hebrew values that would repair the world?

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Going Deeper into the Ḥanukah Story

Explore the hidden meaning behind the Greek 'defilement' of the Temple oils (and the subsequent armed resistance led by Matityahu and his sons).

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A Jewish Democratic State

The tension between Israel's 'Jewish' & 'democratic' features should force us to become more of both.

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Mashiaḥ ben Yosef

What is the force of Yosef in in the collective Hebrew identity and what is its relevance to contemporary cultural conflicts in the State of Israel?

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Missionary Irony: Battle of the Titans

Rather than fight against missionaries, Israelis instead often fight one another over the question of missionary activities.

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They Didn't Teach Me Ḥanukah

It wasn't until some years after I had left the Jewish education system that I realized I didn't actually know the story behind Ḥanukah.

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Parshat Mikeitz: Mashiaḥ ben Yosef

Israel's collective soul can only fully manifest itself through an earthly nation that reveals the Divine Ideal in all spheres of national existence.

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Ḥanukah & the Number Eight

What's the special significance of the number eight in Hebrew thought and what's its unique connection to the Maccabean festival of Ḥanukah?

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Greek Wisdom & Cultural Sovereignty

What happens when a people attains national independence but doesn't follow up material liberation with psychological liberation from the ideological paradigms of dominant empires?

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