Terry Newman, BINA’s Chairman of TSD Investments and Holdings, shares his thoughts on Israeli democracy 26 years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabi. This article is part of BINA’s special Rabinretrospective – an essay collection gathered in partnership with the Forward. […]
This week’s Parashat HaShavua, ‘B’chukotai’, is the last one of the Book of Leviticus (Vayikra) , and is perhaps even the most daunting. It is not a coincidence that it is called ‘the blessings and curses’. […]
After a lifetime of thinking that ‘Jewish creativity’ is an oxymoron and that there is only one way to be Jewish, I was dazzled by the shades, the possibilities, the self-expression that Jewish spaces invite, and the joy of receiving and giving Torah. […]
According to the classic Jewish tale of Rabbi Hillel, the entire idea of the Torah can be taught in one minute to someone standing on only one foot through the line, “That which is hateful to you do not do unto others”. […]
I’m driving to school on a December morning, thinking about the Chanukah party I attended the night before, and decide […]
When I lived in Israel for my gap year, one of the biggest shocks I encountered was how differently Israeli […]
In the summer of 2018, over 81,000 kids attended Jewish sleep-away camps in North America. Why are so many kids […]
Shabbat has always been a point of contention for hiloni (secular/cultural) Jews in Israel. The buses don’t run, most stores are closed, and restaurants that are open are few and far in between. If you’re not observant, Shabbat in Israel can feel like a major inconvenience. […]
Furthermore, identifying with a specific sect of Judaism can feel limiting to all of the nuances that come with connecting to religion and being religious. Furthermore, what if none of the Jewish labels fit? It can make you feel lost and unsure of where you fit into Judaism. […]
I want to talk about the reality of Jewish guilt, specifically the way it relates to self-expression. Jewish guilt is […]
