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reviving the land

reviving the land

"Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. Over it broods the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its energies." Mark Twain, 1867   "Many are Israel's...

reviving the land

"Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes. Over it broods the spell of a curse that has withered its fields and fettered its energies." Mark Twain, 1867   "Many are Israel's...

afterlife in Judaism

afterlife in Judaism

THE LAND OF MOT The Canaanites were a group of ancient, Semitic-speaking cultures in the region of the Southern Levant (modern-day Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and parts of Syria and Lebanon),...

afterlife in Judaism

THE LAND OF MOT The Canaanites were a group of ancient, Semitic-speaking cultures in the region of the Southern Levant (modern-day Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and parts of Syria and Lebanon),...

Israelite & Jewish inventions during ancient times

Israelite & Jewish inventions during ancient times

THE ISRAELITES: JEWS & SAMARITANS As an ancient people dating back over 3000 years, many of the things societies take for granted today were actually the creation of our ancestors!...

Israelite & Jewish inventions during ancient times

THE ISRAELITES: JEWS & SAMARITANS As an ancient people dating back over 3000 years, many of the things societies take for granted today were actually the creation of our ancestors!...

Yiddish

Yiddish

WHAT IS YIDDISH? Yiddish is the language traditionally spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It is a fusion of Middle High German, Hebrew, and Aramaic, with elements borrowed from other languages depending...

Yiddish

WHAT IS YIDDISH? Yiddish is the language traditionally spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It is a fusion of Middle High German, Hebrew, and Aramaic, with elements borrowed from other languages depending...

why Eretz Israel?

why Eretz Israel?

INTRODUCTION  “What’s happening in Palestine is not complicated. It’s apartheid/settler-colonialism/genocide.” If you’ve been on social media for more than a few minutes, I’m sure you’ve heard this. I have, too,...

why Eretz Israel?

INTRODUCTION  “What’s happening in Palestine is not complicated. It’s apartheid/settler-colonialism/genocide.” If you’ve been on social media for more than a few minutes, I’m sure you’ve heard this. I have, too,...

where Jewish mythology & Jewish history meet

where Jewish mythology & Jewish history meet

THE ORIGINS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE Archeologists and linguists today widely agree that the ancient Hebrews and Israelites were an offshoot of the ancient Canaanites. Tensions arose between the Canaanites...

where Jewish mythology & Jewish history meet

THE ORIGINS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE Archeologists and linguists today widely agree that the ancient Hebrews and Israelites were an offshoot of the ancient Canaanites. Tensions arose between the Canaanites...