Chayei-Sarah 5769 - November 21, 2008 |
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Tefillin on the Berm Between Iraq and Syria
By Etan Anthony
While I was deployed to Iraq, a lone Jewish Marine Corps Officer among hundreds of Iraqi soldiers in a remote region of the Syrian border, I had to live with keeping my religious identity to myself. I couldn't even have "Jewish" on my dog-tags |
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A Jewish Detective in Cyprus
By Judie Fein
Call me stubborn. Call me contrary. But I refuse to believe that there is anywhere in the world without a site or two of Jewish interest... |
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Are You Lovable?
By Sara Chana Radcliffe
What makes a person loveable? Being "loveable" is relatively easy to achieve during the dating process but becomes much more difficult a few weeks after the marriage... |
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The Parshah in a Nutshell
A bit about death, a lot about marriage and the art of storytelling. Also: 400 shekels, 10 camels, two bracelets and a ring, a third wife and six more sons -- in this week's Torah reading of Chayei Sarah |
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The Tree of Life
By Boruch Cohen
Oedipus, schmoedipus! When the Torah tells us that when Isaac married Rebecca and brought her home, "behold, it was Sarah, his mother" -- it means something else entirely |
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Love at Second Sight
By Yossy Goldman
"Love at first sight" is a monumental bobba meise |
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Abraham and the Hittites
By Lazer Gurkow
The death of Sarah, Abraham's negotiations with the Hittites for a "plot" of land, and the 400 pieces of silver paid for it -- as played out in the inner dynamics of our psyche and soul |
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Ring, Round and Roof
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Eliezer gave Rebecca a ring, betrothing her to Isaac; ever since, rings, circles and enveloping structures have facilitated the union of man and woman. The Kabbalistic masters delve into the mystery of the circle to understand the unifying force that violates all the laws of ego and identity |
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Meryl Lemeshow
By Chana Kroll
The cancer had returned after only five years. This time, Meryl chose to undergo a double mastectomy, in addition to chemotherapy and reconstructive surgery. It was the one choice that Meryl feels gave her the best chance at survival, and she has never had any regrets... |
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The Three Faces of Sarah
By Nechama Rubinstein
She fled into the desert with her husband, Abraham, to live a comparatively monastic existence as a nomadic tent-dweller and preacher of the One G‑d. Why would a cosmo-girl like Sarah do a crazy thing like that? |
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Change
By Hinda Schryber
I don't know anyone who isn't injured in some way |
