Seven days in hell
By Naomi Ragen
Translated from an article that appeared in Yediot Ahronot on June 4, 2002
A week has
By Naomi Ragen
Translated from an article that appeared in Yediot Ahronot on June 4, 2002
A week has
By Naomi Ragen
Friends
Tonight we will gather fasting in the synagogue, sit on the floor, tear our clothes,
“For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name
“These are the designated times of the LORD, the holy convocations you are to proclaim at their designated times.”
The Jewish calendar includes many special occasions which are not sanctifed as holy convocations as are the biblical feasts,
Custom: a particular established way of behaving.
Tradition: a custom, opinion or belief handed down to posterity especially orally
Have you ever wondered why the Bible contains so many long lists – called genealogies – tracing lines of descent
Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a

By Jan Willem van der Hoeven
“Christianity is Jewish.” The title Edith Shaeffer gave to her book may be

By Mark Twain
If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race.
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