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Yom Kippur: a history
WHAT IS YOM KIPPUR? Yom Kippur, or Yom HaKippurim, is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. In English, “Yom Kippur” translates to the “Day of Atonement.” Along with...
Yom Kippur: a history
WHAT IS YOM KIPPUR? Yom Kippur, or Yom HaKippurim, is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. In English, “Yom Kippur” translates to the “Day of Atonement.” Along with...
who were the Canaanites?
DISCLAIMER: this post explores the origins of the Jewish people and our connection to the ancient Canaanites from an archeological, linguistic, genetic, and secular historical perspective. If that will...
who were the Canaanites?
DISCLAIMER: this post explores the origins of the Jewish people and our connection to the ancient Canaanites from an archeological, linguistic, genetic, and secular historical perspective. If that will...
go back to...Poland?
When my father was a boy in Poland, streets of Europe were covered with graffiti, "Jews, go back to Palestine." When my father revisited Europe 50 years later, the walls...
go back to...Poland?
When my father was a boy in Poland, streets of Europe were covered with graffiti, "Jews, go back to Palestine." When my father revisited Europe 50 years later, the walls...
Rosh Hashanah: a history
WHAT IS ROSH HASHANAH? Rosh Hashanah, which translates to “head of the year,” is the Jewish New Year, which falls on the first of Tishrei, the seventh month of...
Rosh Hashanah: a history
WHAT IS ROSH HASHANAH? Rosh Hashanah, which translates to “head of the year,” is the Jewish New Year, which falls on the first of Tishrei, the seventh month of...
Munich Massacre
WHO WAS BLACK SEPTEMBER? In the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jordan illegally annexed Judea and Samaria to Jordan and renamed it the West Bank, referring to the...
Munich Massacre
WHO WAS BLACK SEPTEMBER? In the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jordan illegally annexed Judea and Samaria to Jordan and renamed it the West Bank, referring to the...
are Jews from Eastern Europe?
DISCLAIMERS (1) “Are Jews from Eastern Europe?” is a multilayered question in the sense that “being from” somewhere can mean different things. Citizenship or nationality is not always equal...
are Jews from Eastern Europe?
DISCLAIMERS (1) “Are Jews from Eastern Europe?” is a multilayered question in the sense that “being from” somewhere can mean different things. Citizenship or nationality is not always equal...