After the initial thirty Shofar blasts are blown, the chazan recites three verses from Psalm 89, the first of which is the most familiar to us. Ashrei ha’am yod’ei terua, it begins. “Happy is the ...
As Rosh Hashanah draws near, a solemn question lingers over Israel and the Jewish people: Where is the world’s voice in demanding the return of our hostages? These innocents, dragged into Gaza’s ...
Ok, time for less pleasant words now. In Polish you can say Żydzisko (some would say humorous, some would say offensive, a Jewish man, the word stresses the negative stereotypes, including, possibly, ...
The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present by Oswyn Murray, writes: A “myth of the past” is necessary to justify “contemporary preoccupations,” writes Oswyn Murray, an emeritus fellow at ...