Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
The High Holidays during war? "That is what our tradition is built for"—a conversation with Tel Aviv's Rabbi Joe Wolfson
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The High Holidays during war? "That is what our tradition is built for"—a conversation with Tel Aviv's Rabbi Joe Wolfson

For our ancestors, the question of "who will live and who will die" were not metaphorical abstractions. And now, they aren't for us, either.
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In the minds of many, Jerusalem is the Israeli city where “the religious stuff” happens, while Tel Aviv is, if not “sin city,” then at least a much more secular, European metropolis. There is some truth to that, of course, but reality, not surprisingly, is more nuanced. There is plenty of culture in Jerusalem that is not religion-based, and a number of …

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