Monthly Archives: June 2023

20 Years A Jew: One Convert’s Observations in Seven Installments

By Athena DeRasmo


Installment 7 – “And then there was Israel…”

Haifa Shrine of the Bab

Haifa. I sat in a tiny office in a government building – bleak, institutional, and oppressive. Like most Israeli government buildings, it could have been a set for a… Continue reading

Recipes from Peter Fritz

By Peter Fritz


Stress Baking

Jun 10, 2020

By Peter Fritz

Looking for a distraction that provides comfort? Try baking bread. When you are making bread, the only thing you are thinking about is your bread. You are not thinking… Continue reading

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Shabbat Times

  • Menachot 13
    On today’s daf, we begin the second chapter of Menachot, and the opening of its first mishnah might sound curiously ... The post Menachot 13 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • Menachot 12
    We know that when a priest offers a meal offering with wrong intentions, it invalidates the offering. But not all ... The post Menachot 12 appeared first on My Jewish Learning.
  • Torah is Pedagogy
    The Torah commands animal sacrifice, and in painstaking detail  — which animals, which altars, which procedures. Yet the prophets seem ... The post Torah is Pedagogy appeared first on My Jewish Learning.