Here is an interview with Rabbi Aharon Ariel Lavi, of Hakhel: The Jewish Intentional Communities Incubator in the Diaspora, an expert on the biblical sabbatical year – shemitta. This is our first taste of a “future vision” for the Jewish people, as well as some stirring thoughts for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
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Part one of an in-depth look at the historical sources of the present issues in the Israeli elections for Knesset.
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Season six has finally begun! Here is a prologue to help frame the chapter to come. In it I touch on the power of prophetic sight, the book of Daniel and why in the month of Elul we say that the king is in the field. image from: www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbte…scope/52212049510license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
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The unity government wasn’t born yesterday, it has a long history in Israel. Tune in to this ongoing exploration of the evolution of Israel’s electoral system to learn about the government shared by ex-underground fighter Yitzhak Shamir of Likud and Shimon Peres of Labor through the 1980s, how it held together Mizrachi pride, religious tension…
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