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13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
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Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
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Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
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Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
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Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
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Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
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Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)
11:38
Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)

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Portion of the Week

Exposing the ‘true face’ of God / Parashat Vayikra

A well-known parable in the Babylonian Talmud explains why Bilga's family, one of the priestly families in Jerusalem, was punished. A hint: It wasn't because Miriam, a daughter of Bilga, became an apostate or married a Greek officer.

By Yakov Meir | Mar 15, 2013 | 09:08 AM

Early 20th-century depiction of the Temple’s altar.

When prophet meets artist / Parashat Vayakhel Pekdei
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Dogma and dynamism / Parashat Ki Tissa
By Yakov Meir
'Trapped' and speechless texts / Parashat Teruma
By Yakov Meir

'The Tabernacle'

When prophet meets artist / Parashat Vayakhel Pekdei

Bezalel seeks the logic embedded in the source, and thus adapts the text as he has received; in doing so, the midrash argues, he succeeds in arriving at the original text that came from God's lips.

| Mar 8, 2013 | 10:29 AM

Moses and Ten Commandments

Dogma and dynamism / Parashat Ki Tissa

The Torah commandment concerning levying of taxes ends on that note but scholars present a dialogue between Moses and God on the subject.

By Yakov Meir | Mar 1, 2013 | 11:11 AM

Esther and Mordechai

Ahasuerus as the essence / Purim

The Mishnah's working assumption here is that the Scroll of Esther should be read until the end, but that it is possible that one is not required to read it from the very beginning.

By Yakov Meir | Feb 22, 2013 | 10:43 AM

The menorah in front of the Knesset.

'Trapped' and speechless texts / Parashat Teruma

Despite the efforts of thousands of scholars over the millennia to read and explain God's words, there are certain places where the words refuse to be read, where God's word has been inscribed but has gone no further.

By Yakov Meir | Feb 15, 2013 | 09:14 AM

The Covenant Confirmed

The secret of reincarnation / Parashat Mishpatim

God provides man with laws so that he can use them to manage the justice system, and man's failures return that privilege to God, who must intervene and correct the injustice that man creates.

By Yakov Meir | Feb 8, 2013 | 01:36 PM

Moses on Mount Sinai

For the greater good / Parashat Yitro

Rabbi Nachman seems to hint at a personal parallel - between himself and Moses. Although a tzadik sacrifices himself on the altar of the freedom granted his community, he is rewarded with a higher freedom; to intervene in, and change, God's words.

By Yakov Meir | Feb 1, 2013 | 09:48 AM

"Pharoah's Army Engulfed by the Red Sea"

A divine dynamicism / Parashat Beshalach

The homilist's journey started with an attempt to find an underlying principle that would unify all of the various and contradictory revelations of God. And that principle is found in God's name.

By Yakov Meir | Jan 25, 2013 | 01:10 PM

"The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt," by David Roberts (1830)

Commandments and market forces / Parashat Bo

Rabbi Matai interprets the phenomenon of redemption not as involving a relationship between God and the nation, nor in terms of a conjugal relationship, but rather as an economic process.

By Yakov Meir | Jan 18, 2013 | 09:52 AM

"Moses and Aaron Before Pharoah"

Leaders in spite of their ancestry / Parashat Va'era

The Book of Exodus highlights a new leader not emphasized in Genesis - Moses, the son of Amram, of the Tribe of Levi.

By Yakov Meir | Jan 11, 2013 | 08:57 AM

Finding of Moses

Women in a men's world / Parashat Shemot

In view of the absence of properly functioning males among the Israelites, the role of Israelite women is amplified.

By Yakov Meir | Jan 4, 2013 | 09:03 AM

Rembrandt

Food for thought / Parashat Vayechi

Scholars deduce that the verbs depicting Jacob's death might mean Jacob did not die.

By Yakov Meir | Dec 28, 2012 | 09:12 AM

"The Recognition of Joseph by His Brothers"

You can lean on me / Parashat Vayigash

The dramatic climax of when Joseph meets his brothers - what is the reason for their tears?

By Yakov Meir | Dec 21, 2012 | 10:46 AM

Anglo File

Participants in a Hebrew lesson in March 2013.

Tel Aviv alternative ulpan provides Hebrew classes to young, hip crowd

By Andrew Esensten | 03:20 PM

Jerusalem & Babylon

People watch Pope Francis on a giant screen in St. Peter's square

Separating Vatican myths from reality

By Anshel Pfeffer | 01:48 AM

Sayed Kashua

Sayed Kashua - A way out

Sayed Kashua's quest for another homeland

By Sayed Kashua | 05:32 PM

The Twilight Zone

Jo Berry and Pat Magee.

The IRA veteran and the daughter of a slain MP who preached peace to Israelis

By Gideon Levy, Nir Kafri | 04:08 PM | 2

Pen Ultimate

MK Yohanan Plesner

A biblical perspective on Israeli government without ultra-Orthodox

By Michael Handelzalts | 10:29 AM | 3

Doron Rosenblum

Illustration by Eran Wolkowski.

Bring the popcorn: It's Bibi's new government and the Holy Grail

By Doron Rosenblum | 05:23 PM

Portion of the Week

"Children of Jacob Sell Their Brother Joseph"

Illusion and allusion / Parashat Miketz

By Yakov Meir | 09:33 AM

The Makings of History

Ben-Gurion

Will we ever find out what the censor left out?

By Tom Segev | 10:08 PM | 2

Tal Niv

Ofer Shelah and Yair Lapid in the Knesset chamber ahead of Naftali Bennett’s maiden speech.

Snapshot: Friends, Romans and Yair Lapid

By Tal Niv | 03:27 PM | 2

Relatively Speaking

Yona Kronenberg and Anat Ornstein Kronenberg

Yona Kronenberg and Anat Ornstein Kronenberg – A generational and cultural gap

By Aviva Lori | 08:51 PM

Pleasure Hunting

Beet kubbeh soup

The kibbutznik-turned-entrepreneur who serves kubbeh to New Yorkers

By Ronit Vered | 05:01 PM

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