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A silver half-shekel with three pomegranates on one side and a chalice on the other with the words “Holy Jerusalem” inscribed on it.

The book seems geared toward American Jews who may know little about their heritage or its conception of God, though any reader can gain much from its profiles of remarkable people.

Fox Emerges at Western Wall, Sign of Prophecy?

It Was Not Baseless Hatred That Led to the Destruction of the Temple in Antiquity. It Was the Arrogance of the Military and the Absence of Political Judiciousness – Precisely the Same Dangers We Now Face

In the 18 years since the withdrawal, Gaza has been transformed from a tactical nuisance into a strategic threat. Their range covers most of Israel.The post Present, past and the

As the Jewish world mourns the destruction of the Temple and a long list of other horrific events that have happened on this date to the Jewish people, it’s hard not to draw parallels between the lessons learned from Tisha B’Av and our current political climate.

“This tale of our forefathers, of our sages, is about how we went through this and we didn’t think our city and our society could end, no one thought of that as an option...  but it happened.” 

From the blog of B. Shira Levine at Atlanta Jewish Times

According to Jewish tradition, a string of calamities have befallen the Jews on the Ninth of Av. The destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE and the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.

Don’t be a tourist; be a traveler.