A decade in, Jewish digital library has revolutionized learning for 'people of the book'
(RNS) — Sefaria offers 3,300 Jewish canonical texts online for free.
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(RNS) — Sefaria offers 3,300 Jewish canonical texts online for free.
Think “Shark Tank,” with a Jewish communal spin.
Hazon, the Jewish Lab for Sustainability non-profit, officially opened submissions for The Shmita Prizes– an international arts competition with five different prizes. The goal is to draw attention to and raise awareness of the forthcoming shmita year (beginning Rosh Hashanah 2021). Categories include: ritual object, fine art, film or video, performance art/music/liturgy, plus a fifth category for the written word – essays and ideas. Shmita is “a year of letting go”. It takes place every seven years in the Jewish calendar – it is indeed where the modern notion of a “sabbaticalâ...
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