As we approach Tisha B’Av, Israel is in a period of turmoil and BINA is part of the chorus of voices talking – shouting when we need to – about social responsibility, pluralism and the future we yearn to build. What do the traditions of Tisha B’Av offer us in this moment? Read more in this article by Marcie Yoselevsky, the newest member of BINA’s External Relations team. […]
My parents’ house in Omer. Every Shabbat evening my grandmother would light Shabbat candles on the tea cart that stood between the kitchen and the dining room. Perfumed. Her white hair combed back. She brought her palms together, covered her face. Closed her eyes and blessed. The house became silent. Listened. […]
How is it already the end of the summer? How are we again preparing for Rosh Hashanah? I am going into Rosh Hashanah this year thinking about traditions and repetition. Marcie Yoselevsky In an article for Rosh Hashanah about Finding the meaning of rituals […]
Gili Dvash Yeshurun takes a look at Megillat Ruth and sees the parallel between Ruth’s experience finding her footing as a displaced person and how her community helps her gain a sense of belonging. This Shavuot, how will holiday celebration traditions be maintained, evolve, or change? […]
Marcie Yoselevsky, External Relations Associate at BINA speaks with Ayala Dekel, Head of the BINA Secular Yeshiva. Can you describe for us what life has looked like for you, both at home and at work, since Oct 7? […]
Spies or messengers? Full of promise or impending disaster? In this week’s parasha, BINA guest writer Ran Oron explores the story of those sent ahead to gather information on the promised land. How do we understand the message of their story in their time and in ours? […]
Marcie Yoselevsky, External Relations Associate at BINA speaks with BINA MITF Program Participant Jeremy Brian Randall. Jeremy, How has the past month been for you? Did you consider returning to the States? […]
The long days of summer have somehow added up to short months and we are approaching a year since the events of October 7. In the midst of this time of tension and pain, we encounter Tisha B’Av. Marcie shares her reflections on Tisha B’Av and how the day feels this year. […]
Parashat Toldot, presents a painful model of togetherness – “together we will prevail” is the togetherness of difference. Of those who recognize and give space to the differences among them and yet still are able to come together for common goals. […]
At the beginning of the parasha Moses tells the nation how God refused to hear him. Later he will ask them to hear and listen to him, he will repeat the Ten Commandments to them and remind the people in front of him how their hearts did not have enough faith and love to hear and listen to God. Their disbelief, causing him to be a mediator before God for forty years in the desert, exhausted him. […]
