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I spent the night in a bomb shelter with my kids from This link opens in a new window Fire erupts at an energy facility in Ashkelon, Israel, after it was hit by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, May 12, 2021. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Advertisement Last night was the second time that I hugged my children in a bomb shelter. The first time was on Nov. 12, 2019. That day, I heard a siren indicating that rockets were headed to my new home in the city of Modiin, having just moved to Israel in 2018. I picked up my kids early from school and brought them to a play date at a friend’s house. I wasn’t sure what the protocol or etiquette was for a situation like this. ....
Jewish journalist Suzi Brozman We’re in the middle of counting the Omer, the period of time during which Jewish tradition mourns the passing of 12,000 pairs of Rabbi Akiva’s students. On April 7, another “student” of Rabbi Akiva passed away: Suzi Brozman, who spent much of her journalism career reporting for the Atlanta Jewish Times. Of course, Suzi did not study with Rabbi Akiva, at least not literally. And when one looks for a figure in Jewish history with whom to associate Suzi – who was born in Jacksonville, Fla. in 1947 – the second century rabbinic sage is likely not the first to come to mind. Nevertheless, I feel the connection is strong. ....
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Dr. Mira Neshama Niculescu is a Teacher of Jewish Meditation. She received her Doctorate in Sociology of Religion from the Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, and her certificate of “Jewish Mindfulness Teacher” from the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. She learned Torah at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Studies and is a Rabbinic Fellow at Beit Midrash Ha’ El in Jerusalem. She chairs the Clergy Council at Roots/Shorashim, and she teaches Torah and Jewish Meditation with Akadem, Applied Jewish Spirituality, Or Ha Lev, Pardes, Moishe House Europe and at various institutions internationally. Contact Me ....
Many of my fellow rabbinical students and friends are enthusiastic about a new strategy for elevating women’s voices in Torah study into the beit midrash this fall. Danielle Kranjec The Kranjec Test named for Danielle Kranjec, the Jewish educator who created it holds that collections of texts known as source sheets used in Jewish learning must include at least one non-male voice. It’s the Jewish studies equivalent of the well-known Bechdel Test for film, in which movies pass if they include two women having a conversation about something other than men, and it quickly gained currency among my colleagues. ....