by Sarah | f 21, 2021 | News, DI
In 1946, a Bedouin shepherd fell into a cave in Qumran and discovered a number of papyrus scrolls in pottery jars that he took back to his family. The shepherd sold a number of scrolls to an antiquities dealer for 7 Jordanian pounds. This discovery of the “Dead Sea...
by Admin | f 14, 2021 | News, The Portion of Vayeira, DI
It is hard to imagine the fear and panic during the “Hamtana” waiting period in the weeks leading up to the Six Day War. Israel’s five larger and better armed neighbors were all threatening to push the Jews into the sea and wipe Israel off the map. The leadership of...
by Tuly | f 24, 2021 | Uncategorized, News, DI
When Shabbat occurs during Sukkot, rather than reading from the weekly Torah portion, there is an ancient, yet unusual, Jewish tradition of reading about the famous war of Gog and Magog from the Book of Ezekiel in chapters 38 and 39. The terrifying battle is described...
by Tuly | f 9, 2021 | News, DI
Archaeologists in Israel uncovered evidence from nearly three thousand years ago, proving the existence of Gedaliah, a relatively minor character mentioned in the Bible, whose life is still commemorated till this very day by Jews every year through an annual fast day....
by Tuly | f 9, 2021 | News, DI
Like most Jews, I spent the last two days of Rosh Hashana in prayer. We heard the powerful blasts of the Shofar and recited Hebrew prayers that focused on coronating Hashem as King over the entire universe. However, I couldn’t stop thinking of the recent survey that...
