October 2022

Hakhel: Jews, assemble! The once every seven years ceremony – opinion

October 21, 2022 Hakhel: Jews, assemble! The once every seven years ceremony – opinion By Barbara Sofer In modern Israel, the ancient Hakhel ceremony is reenacted in Jerusalem every seven years on the second intermediate day of the Sukkot holiday. I wanted to go. I consider myself a youthful septuagenarian but can’t count on being […]

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Yom Kippur: Remember the debt Israel owes to its soldiers – opinion

October 7, 2022 Yom Kippur: Remember the debt Israel owes to its soldiers – opinion By Barbara Sofer Moshe Levy. The name is so common, you might think it’s John Doe or Everyman Israeli. Even a pseudonym. The man on stage is indeed Moshe Levy. I’m in the trendy Tel Aviv nightclub and music venue

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