Hanan Harchol is the creator of a free animated series for adults that teaches Jewish ethics through thought-provoking conversations between Harchol and his parents. His work is generously funded by The Covenant Foundation. Harchol recently released his first feature film, ...
Yiddish has a wonderful expression to describe the relationship between people whose children are married or partnered: “Mahatunim.” In South Africa, however, there is shortened form. The mother of your in-lawed new child is your Machi. By all kinds of wonderful coincidences my Machi is a childhood ...
It is not uncommon for one standing before a work of art to feel a sense of distance, as the works of great masters are humbling. It is natural for a viewer to feel intimidated in their presence. This is not the case in ...
These seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot, when the Jewish People wanders with purpose toward the base of Mount Sinai, are a time of wonder and amazement, a time of coming together in collective solidarity, a time of preparation for something new and something ...
Rabbi Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy teaches Talmud and the Social Justice Track at Pardes. Originally from Washington, D.C., Meesh completed her studies at Beit Midrash Har’el in 2015 and received ordination from Rabbi Herzl Hefter and Rabbi Daniel Sperber. ...
All Jews choose their Judaism from the Judaisms that came before; no one does everything. Animal sacrifice and its prayer substitutes, the Jerusalem Temple and synagogues worldwide, universalism and particularism and chauvinism and tolerance and openness, the Psalms and Yehuda Amichai’s poetry – they ...
Manashe is a fourth generation community organizer, serial entrepreneur, and social innovator who builds and consults organizations on Jewish diversity. Manashe is founder of the Bukharian Jewish Union, the founder of AskBobo.org, the only Bukharian online dictionary and the founder of ...
The first week of the Omer is associated with the midah (spiritual/ethical trait) Chesed, Loving Connection - a “judgment free zone” in which we mute our inner critic, and amplify our inner voice of acceptance, connection, and love. This week of chesed invites us ...
This image is taken from the 1524 edition of the Hebrew Bible published at the Bomberg press in Venice. Note the 'inverted' nun, inside the word "binsoa" at the left end of the first line as well as the similarly 'inverted' nun in the ...
The Omer is thought of as a verbal ritual, in which we announce the day in sequence. But what if we made it a creative ritual? For every day of the Omer, I illustrated and animated a number, sometimes in Arabic numerals, sometimes in ...
