Starting in the evening on Tuesday, May 10, Israelis and supporters of Israel around the world will mark Yom HaZikaron, the Day of Remembrance for Israeli fallen soldiers and victims of terror.
One of my favorite things about my family’s Passover Seder is the charoset selection. For as long as I can remember, my father has prepared different varieties of this seder plate staple. Charoset is meant to symbolize the mortar used by the Israelites when
In the book of Deuteronomy, we find one of the best-known social justice texts in our tradition: “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof,” “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (16:20).
After living in Israel for a year with my family, I imagine that we came back with a number of souvenirs. Nearly sixteen years later, though, the only one that I distinctly remember is a bumper sticker that we affixed to our family car.