By Clarion Project— Shifting sands between Trump, the Middle East and Israel brought some surprising and striking changes for the recently celebrated Jewish New Year. Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, was observed September 30-October 1. With the Jewish New Year came greetings and blessings to Jews in Israel and around the world from officials…
By: Dexter Van Zile, Breaking Israel News— During the weekend between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a Methodist church in Lexington, Mass., will host a gathering of well-known anti-Israel commentators including Ilan Pappé, Noam Chomsky, and Stephen Walt. The event is organized by an Arlington, Mass.-based group called the Society for Biblical Studies. The organization…
By: Caroline Glick, JPOST— As we approach Rosh Hashana, the people of Israel need to recognize how lucky we are. True, today, we find ourselves largely alone, set apart from our traditional partners in the Western world. But standing alone isn’t always the worst option. Today it is certainly not the worst option. Over the…
Musical video-essay by Inna Rogatchi featuring VIOLIN GARDEN (1994 – 2014) collection of the oil painings by Michael Rogatchi, the world-renowned master of ‘the metaphorical expressionism’. The works from this collection belong to some of the world’s leading museum and to the notable private art collections in Europe and the USA. Music have a special…
Happy Rosh Hashana from the entire Latma team!
By RABBI TULY WEISZ, TEACH FOR ISRAEL— Don’t be surprised if you hear Jews wishing each other a “Happy New Year” over the next few weeks. It’s not that we are confused or have our watches set three months fast, but, because on Wednesday, September 4, is the holiday of Rosh Hashana (Hebrew for “Head…
Think on this: “I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye at…
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— With the onset of Rosh Hashana, it is difficult to recall the last time that the High Holy Day season seemed as rife with so much uncertainty. Indeed, the coming months promise to be fateful ones, as Israel grapples on several fronts with momentous strategic and diplomatic challenges whose repercussions will…
