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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys dance around a bonfire as they celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Ome

Parashat Tzav: How is a continuous flame preserved?

A marital relationship can sometimes seem like an outburst of flame. The mutual attraction, feelings of love, burst out in force initially.

By SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
16/03/2022

Words of Rabbi S.R. Hirsch made more accessible in new book

In answer to the Enlightenment sweeping Europe in his day, this bold and brilliant German scholar shepherded Orthodox Judaism into modernity.

Purim: Shushan and the culture ‘carousel’

There is a thin line between tolerating other cultures and erasing national and cultural identity.

By MOSHE TARAGIN
16/03/2022

Aguna Day: 274 sanctions issued against get refusers in 2021

The courts arranged a divorce from 134 husbands in the former USSR, Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia, in 2021.

16/03/2022

The Pope and Haman in Renaissance Italy

The only known manuscript of The Chronicle of Pope Paul IV is at the National Library in Jerusalem.

By MARTINA MAMPIERI/NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ISRAEL
15/03/2022

National Library unveils largest collection of Esther scrolls in the world

As the nation marks Purim, the National Library provides a rare glimpse into part of its collection of Esther scrolls.

Jewish groups call for pre-Purim fast for Ukraine, Zelensky

The day before Purim is known as Ta’anit Esther, or the Fast of Esther, when many observant Jews fast from sunrise to sunset.

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
15/03/2022
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Bills attacking LGBTQ rights are an assault on Jewish values, teens

Among over 100 pending anti-LGBTQ bills are the recently passed “Don’t Say Gay Bill” in Florida and the terrifying equation of trans-affirming health care with child abuse by the governor of Texas.

By IDIT KLEIN , IS PERLMAN/JTA
15/03/2022

How did Chabad go from hassidic subgroup to global Jewish phenomenon?

Ramash was truly following in the footsteps of his predecessors.

By LEVI COOPER
10/03/2022
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