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Here’s the thing, whether or not you agree with who is in charge of Israel, sweeping 85% of the Jews under the rug and declaring that they are no longer members of the family is a lot of power to give to one group of people. Click here to send an email to Prime Minister [...]
Michael מִיכָאֵל Sabani Kirtan is a part of bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion. It is done in call-and-response format, and is used to bring the chanter into and altered state of consciousness, “at once ecstatic, contemplative and — most of all — playfully improvised”. In kirtan, the goal is to chant to G-d and [...]
(Originally posted here) By Jeremy Wood Al-Ramla was built in the beginning of the 8th century on dunes and sometimes I like to think you can feel that here, that there is nothing under this place but sand, that there are no hungry zombie hands of history. Yehuda Amichai said that the air above Jerusalem [...]
By Jeremy Wood On August 1 2009, a gunman entered the “Aguda” building in Tel Aviv where an Israeli Gay Youth event was being held and opened fire on the crowd, killing two LGBT activists, one of them just 17 years old. The gunman has been suspected to be ultra orthodox; regardless the ultra orthodox [...]
By Patrick Aleph I was thrilled when my friend Russell from the Atlanta Jewish Music Festival told me about an Israeli hip hop/reggae group he was helping called Axum (named after the Ethiopian city which folklore says holds the Ark of the Covenant). The duo features two MCs, Tedros (of Ethiopian descent) and Judah, whose [...]
We saw this today and wanted to share it with all of you. Remember, “Judaism is not theirs alone.” We need to stand up and defend ourselves. Sending an email will only take literally five seconds. I sent three in that time. We can make our voices heard! -Patrick and Michael Dear Friends of IRAC, [...]
