InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Ha'atzmaut
In preparation for the upcoming Israel National Holidays of Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Rabbi Jon Leener has curated a collection of thought-provoking texts, interesting…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Hazikaron
What does Yom HaZikaron look like and feel like in Israel? Everyone has lost someone. Flags fly at half staff. Television broadcasts cease, replaced by…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Hazikaron
At least in Israel, maybe this is the one year to let it go. A few weeks into the war, when the young adults I…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Ha'atzmaut
A teaching from Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo addressing Israel’s uniqueness among the global community. He shares his thoughts on the paradox of Israel’s reality:…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Ha'atzmaut
Jews have been praying for the governments of the countries they lived in since the time of the Babylonian exile. Yet the founding of a…
Parshiot Acharei Mot-Kedoshim speak of a land intolerant of sin. But can a land, soils and stones, be holy? In this podcast, Rabbi Alex Israel…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Ha'atzmaut
We are at the point in the Jewish Calendar: Yom HaShoa, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, where the meaning and spiritual purpose of Jewish People-hood…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Ha'atzmaut
Rabbi Dr. Levi Cooper and his community in Zur Hadassa – in honour of Israel’s Seventieth Year – are exploring different aspects of Jewish law…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Ha'atzmaut
The following is a Facebook post written by Pardes faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel. As soon as Pesach ends, Israel’s attention turns to our national…