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Life is so inconceivable without the Temple, that the only reasonable approach is for the world to literally end, to stop producing food or procreating “until the seed of Abraham will disappear..."

From the blog of Naomi Graetz at The Times of Israel

We have two yearly communal periods of mourning—the Three Weeks and the Omer. Both were caused by dysfunctional interpersonal relationships. The Three Weeks commemorate the churban (destruction) of the Beit HaMikdash and our exile from Eretz Yisrael. Chazal1 attribute the churban to the sin of sinat chinam (baseless hatred).2 Though the Jews of the Second […]

The problem with brinkmanship is that you risk reaching the brink. We’re not there, and hopefully will never be, but this cannot continue.

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on Deuteronomy and the significance for the Israelites of entering the Promised Land.

What Will Happen to Judaism if Israeli Democracy Is Destroyed by Supremacist Zealots

From Tisha B’Av, it is possible to gain an understanding of Jewish history after Jerusalem and during the rabbinic era.

From the blog of Israel Drazin at The Times of Israel

Hundreds of visitors flocked to Shiloh in Samaria’s Binyamin region last Thursday to welcome what is said to be a biblically pure red heifer. The 22-month-old cow, which was brought to …

National Unity chief shot down by both sides after proposing negotiations on 'reasonableness' bill in exchange for PM agreeing to only pass rest of planned shakeup by consensus