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When Moses Went Through DeMille
Cecil B. Demille's great film reminds us that Moses’s story is one of family loyalty…
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Ilan Ramon and the Words That Soared
Reflecting on the legacy of the man who sanctified God from the heavens.
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Moshe Dayan’s Tragic Blunder
The worst decision in Israel's history still has extremely negative effects today..
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Look On Our Works, Ye Mighty
How Percy Bysshe Shelley's “Ozymandias” is an oddly perfect Hanukkah poem.
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Thanksgiving Was Born From America’s Struggles
The history of the Pilgrims, the early Republic and the Civil War shaped a holiday…
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The Prime Minister and the Minyan
Among Israel's founders, only Begin sensed the key role that tradition would play in the…
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The Wedding Canopy in Abu Dhabi
There's no better symbol for the Abraham Accords than a remarkable Jewish wedding in Abu…
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The Meaning of a Yom Kippur Prayer
Kol Nidrei, one of the most awe-inspiring and misunderstood parts of Jewish liturgy, dramatizes the…
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The Bones of the Blood Libel
The popularity of the blood libel, in its very absurdity, captures the essence of anti-Semitism.
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The Little Nation That Could
A train ticket in Israel printed in Hebrew? The father of Zionism thought it was…