Tu BiShvat for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on Wednesday, 24 January 2024, and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 25 January 2024. Are there any trees for shade in Gaza? We remember what lies under the ground there . . . we will not forget. The Jewish tradition regards trees as a symbol of … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 1/17
Our children in the Auschwitz Birkenau camp of Gaza . . . kidnapping, murder, torture, rape, sexual assault . . . and our children in American Universities -- "How Long oh Lord, how long?" Tell our parents that you saw us, they said, but don’t tell them everything. Save their souls from the ghastly … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 1/3
The Ivy League and American Academia: DEI as a new lesson in Jew-Hate Please tune in this evening at 7:00 PM -- we have returned from Egypt just as the Israelites in this week's Torah portion have arrived. Pharoah has helped us to understand a bit of what is happening as the pages of the Torah … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – Wed 12/20
From this week's Haftara (taken only from the Prophets): Ezekiel Chapter 37 And you, O mortal, take a stick and write on it, “Of Judah and the Israelites associated with him”; and take another stick and write on it, “Of Joseph—the stick of Ephraim—and all the House of Israel associated with … [Read more...]
Weekly Torah Gatherings – 12/3
'Proportionality' in a historical context -- and just what of that 'Joseph the Dreamer' -- A savage beast . We speak of Jospeh's path, "homeward" and "bound". . . Kislev, it could be a month of illumination . . . And just what of the Biblical Joseph, 'the Dreamer' -- "A Savage Beast has … [Read more...]
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