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In December, twenty-seven Jews from North America toured the land of Israel for ten...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_130,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440436/Jewishaction/musical-birthright/musical-birthright.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_276,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440436/Jewishaction/musical-birthright/musical-birthright.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440436/Jewishaction/musical-birthright/musical-birthright.jpg?_i=AA 2007w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440436/Jewishaction/musical-birthright/musical-birthright.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "uri": "/inside-the-ou/every-student-has-the-right-to-learn-in-a-safe-environment/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/inside-the-ou/", "name": "Inside the OU" } ] }, "title": "Every Student Has the Right to Learn in a Safe Environment", "excerpt": "By Roslyn Singer On a Tuesday afternoon in mid-April, the Orthodox Union, together with parents...", "featuredImage": null }, { "uri": "/inside-the-ou/have-birds-will-travel-ask-ou-spreads-its-kosher-knowledge/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/inside-the-ou/", "name": "Inside the OU" } ] }, "title": "Have Birds, Will Travel: ASK OU Spreads Its Kosher Knowledge", "excerpt": "It’s a weekday morning and Rabbi Chaim Loike, rabbinic coordinator for the Orthodox Union and...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_251,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440185/Jewishaction/nikkur_10884d7549/nikkur_10884d7549.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_531,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440185/Jewishaction/nikkur_10884d7549/nikkur_10884d7549.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440185/Jewishaction/nikkur_10884d7549/nikkur_10884d7549.jpg?_i=AA 1051w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440185/Jewishaction/nikkur_10884d7549/nikkur_10884d7549.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "uri": "/inside-the-ou/ou-advocacy-leads-albany-mission/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/inside-the-ou/", "name": "Inside the OU" } ] }, "title": "OU Advocacy Leads Albany Mission", "excerpt": "Assembly Members Todd Kaminsky (center left) and David Weprin (center right) were among the many...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_158,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440434/Jewishaction/albany/albany.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_335,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440434/Jewishaction/albany/albany.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440434/Jewishaction/albany/albany.jpg?_i=AA 1678w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440434/Jewishaction/albany/albany.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "uri": "/inside-the-ou/ou-launches-womens-affinity-group/", "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/inside-the-ou/", "name": "Inside the OU" } ] }, "title": "OU Launches Women’s Affinity Group", "excerpt": "&nbsp; In November, the Orthodox Union launched the OU Women’s Affinity Group, a forum for...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_139,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440432/Jewishaction/womens-affinity-group/womens-affinity-group.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_295,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440432/Jewishaction/womens-affinity-group/womens-affinity-group.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440432/Jewishaction/womens-affinity-group/womens-affinity-group.jpg?_i=AA 1730w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440432/Jewishaction/womens-affinity-group/womens-affinity-group.jpg?_i=AA" } } } ] }, "regularPosts": { "nodes": [ { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" } ] }, "title": "People of the Book: Five Hundreds Years of the Hebrew Book From the Beginning of Printing Until the Twentieth Century", "excerpt": "<p>The Internet is only the latest, and probably not the last, of many information upheavals due to technology. An important change began over 500 years ago with the invention of the printing press.</p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/people-of-the-book-five-hundreds-years-of-the-hebrew-book-from-the-beginning-of-printing-until-the-twentieth-century/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_210,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440430/Jewishaction/people-of-the-book/people-of-the-book.jpg?_i=AA 210w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440430/Jewishaction/people-of-the-book/people-of-the-book.jpg?_i=AA 611w", "sizes": "(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440430/Jewishaction/people-of-the-book/people-of-the-book.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/history/", "name": "History" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" } ] }, "title": "A Passion for Rare Sefarim: Q & A With Rabbi Eliezer Katzman", "excerpt": "<p>Expert collector Rabbi Eliezer Katzman, a consultant and appraiser of Judaica and Hebrew books for Kestenbaum &amp; Company, has also worked for Sotheby’s, Christie’s and other auction houses. Rabbi Katzman, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, has appraised the collections in the Rare Book Room of the Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebraica/Judaica at Yeshiva University, [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/history/a-passion-for-rare-sefarim-q-a-with-rabbi-eliezer-katzman/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_144,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411248/Jewishaction/rare-sefarim/rare-sefarim.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_306,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411248/Jewishaction/rare-sefarim/rare-sefarim.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_400,h_190,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411248/Jewishaction/rare-sefarim/rare-sefarim.jpg?_i=AA 400w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_348,h_168,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411248/Jewishaction/rare-sefarim/rare-sefarim.jpg?_i=AA 348w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411248/Jewishaction/rare-sefarim/rare-sefarim.jpg?_i=AA 750w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411248/Jewishaction/rare-sefarim/rare-sefarim.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" } ] }, "title": "Torah MiEtzion: New Readings in Tanach – Bemidbar", "excerpt": "<p>Yeshivat Har Etzion has earned a well-deserved reputation for breaking new ground in Torah commentary. Its new Torah MiEtzion series, recently completed with the publication of a volume on Bamidbar, firmly establishes this reputation but also lays bare a not-insignificant shortcoming. </p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/torah-mietzion-new-readings-in-tanach-bemidbar/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_207,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411210/Jewishaction/torah-mietzion/torah-mietzion.jpg?_i=AA 207w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411210/Jewishaction/torah-mietzion/torah-mietzion.jpg?_i=AA 392w", "sizes": "(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411210/Jewishaction/torah-mietzion/torah-mietzion.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/jewish-law/", "name": "Jewish Law" }, { "uri": "/category/uncategorized/", "name": "Uncategorized" } ] }, "title": "What’s the Truth about . . . A Woman Bentching Gomel?", "excerpt": "<p>Misconception: After childbirth, a woman’s husband should bentch Gomel on her behalf. Fact: According to most authorities, a woman after childbirth should personally recite Birkat HaGomel. Background: Birkat HaGomel is a blessing recited to thank God for His salvation after one safely emerges from a dangerous situation, of which one of the four prototypical examples [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/uncategorized/whats-the-truth-about-a-woman-bentching-gomel/", "featuredImage": null }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/tribute/", "name": "Tribute" } ] }, "title": "Missing Rabbi Gettinger", "excerpt": "<p>By Dovid Cohen “Shkiah” is the Talmudic term used to describe sunset. There is much controversy surrounding the definition of this period of time, and much ink has been spilled explaining the various debates, nuances and opinions. One of the works surrounding this topic, the Mnach Yoma, was authored by Rabbi Emmanuel Gettinger, my predecessor [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/tribute/missing-rabbi-gettinger/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_201,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440438/Jewishaction/gettinger/gettinger.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_426,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440438/Jewishaction/gettinger/gettinger.jpg?_i=AA 635w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440438/Jewishaction/gettinger/gettinger.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" } ] }, "title": "Healing in the Aftermath of Trauma: Livnat Farjun", "excerpt": "<p>When I heard the announcement regarding the evacuation, I thought, “How could our government demand the destruction of such a beautiful region—one that we had built with tremendous effort?”</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/healing-in-the-aftermath-of-trauma-livnat-farjun/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_253,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440441/Jewishaction/tree2/tree2.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_537,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440441/Jewishaction/tree2/tree2.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440441/Jewishaction/tree2/tree2.jpg?_i=AA 1341w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440441/Jewishaction/tree2/tree2.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/history/", "name": "History" } ] }, "title": "When Books Can Speak: A Glimpse Into The World of Sefarim Collecting", "excerpt": "<p>By Eli Genauer It all began with one book. A Gemara actually—a 1735 edition of Tractate Moed Katan, a gift from my beloved father-in-law, Dr. Eric Offenbacher. Ultimately, this Gemara led to my developing a passion for collecting antique sefarim, a hobby I have been very involved in for the past decade. What is it [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/history/when-books-can-speak-a-glimpse-into-the-world-of-sefarim-collecting/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_213,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440428/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.33.08-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.33.08-PM.png?_i=AA 213w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440428/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.33.08-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.33.08-PM.png?_i=AA 248w", "sizes": "(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440428/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.33.08-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.33.08-PM.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/inside-the-ou/new-books-from-ou-press/", "name": "New Books from OU Press" } ] }, "title": "Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible— Leviticus: The Book of Holiness/The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom—Volume 1: Chayot/Wild Animals", "excerpt": "<p>Covenant &amp; Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible— Leviticus: The Book of Holiness By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks OU Press and Maggid Books Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has become renowned as one of the foremost expositors of Judaism, and of religion as a whole, in society today. Covenant &amp; Conversation: Leviticus reminds us why this [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/inside-the-ou/new-books-from-ou-press/covenant-conversation-a-weekly-reading-of-the-jewish-bible-leviticus-the-book-of-holinessthe-torah-encyclopedia-of-the-animal-kingdom-volume-1-chayotwild-animals/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_190,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411215/Jewishaction/covenant-and-conversation/covenant-and-conversation.jpg?_i=AA 190w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411215/Jewishaction/covenant-and-conversation/covenant-and-conversation.jpg?_i=AA 403w", "sizes": "(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411215/Jewishaction/covenant-and-conversation/covenant-and-conversation.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/jewish-law/", "name": "Jewish Law" } ] }, "title": "Halacha and the Fallen Rabbi: Q&A with Rabbi Hershel Schachter", "excerpt": "<p>Rabbi Hershel Schachter is a rosh kollel in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University’s Marcos and Adina Katz Kollel, holds the institution’s Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud, and is a senior halachic consultant of OU Kosher. Jewish Action: Can one still follow the piskei halachah of a fallen [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/religion/jewish-law/halachah-and-the-fallen-rabbi-q-a-with-rabbi-hershel-schachter/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_237,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411267/Jewishaction/schachter/schachter.jpg?_i=AA 237w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_150,h_190,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411267/Jewishaction/schachter/schachter.jpg?_i=AA 150w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411267/Jewishaction/schachter/schachter.jpg?_i=AA 458w", "sizes": "(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411267/Jewishaction/schachter/schachter.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/shabbat-holidays/churban/", "name": "Churban" }, { "uri": "/category/opinion/", "name": "Opinion" } ] }, "title": "Making Tishah B’Av Personal", "excerpt": "<p>Like many contemporary Jews, I approach Tishah B’Av with difficulty. Not because of the myriad restrictions in the Three Weeks, the mourning period that precedes the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, but because of the holiday’s spiritual significance, which can seem far removed from our contemporary lives. I do Tishah B’Av every year. I [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/opinion/making-tishah-bav-personal/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_103,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411216/Jewishaction/lasting4/lasting4.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_217,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411216/Jewishaction/lasting4/lasting4.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_307,h_104,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411216/Jewishaction/lasting4/lasting4.jpg?_i=AA 307w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411216/Jewishaction/lasting4/lasting4.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" } ] }, "title": "To Fill The Sky With Stars: Women Explore Their Midlife Challenges and Triumphs", "excerpt": "<p>“Then comes a new stage in life . . .” Miriam Liebermann writes poignantly in her new anthology, To Fill the Sky with Stars. The book, a sequel to The Best Is Yet to Be, is rife with essays, by familiar voices in the Jewish world as well as some newcomers, reflecting </p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/to-fill-the-sky-with-stars-women-explore-their-midlife-challenges-and-triumphs/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": null, "sizes": "(max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679428494/Jewishaction/fill-the-sky-with-stars/fill-the-sky-with-stars.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/faith/", "name": "Faith" } ] }, "title": "When Leaders Fail: Healing From Rabbinic Scandal", "excerpt": "<p>In Bernard Malamud’s novel The Natural, an extremely talented ball player, Roy Hobbs, is discovered to have taken a bribe to throw a baseball game. He is barred from baseball for life and all his records are expunged. In a poignant final scene, a young boy turns to Roy with pleading eyes and says, “Say it ain’t so.” But Roy cannot. He simply weeps.</p>\n", "uri": "/religion/faith/when-leaders-fail-healing-from-rabbinic-scandal/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_217,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411206/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.49.45-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.49.45-PM.png?_i=AA 217w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411206/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.49.45-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.49.45-PM.png?_i=AA 431w", "sizes": "(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411206/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.49.45-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.49.45-PM.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/health/wellness-report/", "name": "Wellness Report" } ] }, "title": "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream", "excerpt": "<p>Q: I toss and turn for hours every night, just staring at the clock. Is there anything I can change in my diet to help me get some rest? &nbsp; A: You’re not alone; insomnia affects almost half (48 percent) of Americans, according to the National Sleep Foundation. This inability to get a good night’s [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/health/wellness-report/to-sleep-perchance-to-dream/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_211,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411208/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.03.21-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.03.21-PM.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411208/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.03.21-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.03.21-PM.png?_i=AA 591w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411208/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.03.21-PM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-4.03.21-PM.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" } ] }, "title": "The Pioneers of Gush Katif: Ten Years After the Disengagement", "excerpt": "<p>At the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, the nearly 10,000 residents of Gush Katif had succeeded in building a paradise on Earth.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/israel/the-pioneers-of-gush-katif-ten-years-after-the-disengagement/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://jewishaction.com/content/uploads/D917-089-300x247.jpg 300w, https://jewishaction.com/content/uploads/D917-089-635x524.jpg 635w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://jewishaction.com/content/uploads/D917-089.jpg" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" } ] }, "title": "A Child of Gush Katif: Yael (Cohen) Haramati", "excerpt": "<p>Yael and her family’s true home was in Ganei Tal in Gush Katif.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/a-child-of-gush-katif-yael-cohen-haramati/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_149,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679473683/Jewishaction/demonstration2/demonstration2.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_314,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679473683/Jewishaction/demonstration2/demonstration2.jpg?_i=AA 635w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679473683/Jewishaction/demonstration2/demonstration2.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" } ] }, "title": "The Miracle Worker Behind JobKatif: Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon", "excerpt": "<p>Rabbi Rimon founded JobKatif to help former residents of Gush Katif find jobs.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/the-miracle-worker-behind-jobkatif-rabbi-yosef-zvi-rimon/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_193,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679514267/Jewishaction/netzer-hazani/netzer-hazani.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_408,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679514267/Jewishaction/netzer-hazani/netzer-hazani.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679514267/Jewishaction/netzer-hazani/netzer-hazani.jpg?_i=AA 1163w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679514267/Jewishaction/netzer-hazani/netzer-hazani.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/", "name": "Jewish World" } ] }, "title": "Rabbis At Risk: What Can Be Done?", "excerpt": "<p>“This is a tough time to be a rabbi,” lamented Rabbi Shaul Robinson of Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue in a recent derashah following the latest rabbinic scandal. “All rabbinic reputations have been diminished.” Any unsavory incident that involves rabbis or community leaders is one too many. Rabbis are the people we look to as models [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/rabbis-at-risk-what-can-be-done/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_215,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679424752/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_454,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679424752/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM.png?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679424752/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM.png?_i=AA 832w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679424752/Jewishaction/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM/Screen-Shot-2015-06-03-at-11.42.43-AM.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" } ] }, "title": "On and Off the Beaten Track in . . . The Gush Katif Musuem", "excerpt": "<p>The Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem is relatively small—just five rooms—but it tells a huge story.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/israel/on-and-off-the-beaten-track-in-the-gush-katif-musuem/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_213,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411239/Jewishaction/menorah6/menorah6.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_451,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411239/Jewishaction/menorah6/menorah6.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411239/Jewishaction/menorah6/menorah6.jpg?_i=AA 1295w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411239/Jewishaction/menorah6/menorah6.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" } ] }, "title": "From “House of Faith” to Building the Negev: Yedidya Harush", "excerpt": "<p>Yedidya Harush’s seventeenth birthday was not a happy one. It was the day the people of the Gush Katif settlement of Atzmona were forced to leave their homes.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/from-house-of-faith-to-building-the-negev-yedidya-harush/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_270,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411228/Jewishaction/beach3/beach3.jpg?_i=AA 270w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_705,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411228/Jewishaction/beach3/beach3.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411228/Jewishaction/beach3/beach3.jpg?_i=AA 1580w", "sizes": "(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679411228/Jewishaction/beach3/beach3.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" } ] }, "title": "The Significance of Gaza in Jewish History", "excerpt": "<p>Gaza is located within the boundaries of Shevet Yehuda. Avraham and Yitzchak lived in Gerar, located near Gaza. In the fourth century, Gaza was the primary Jewish port of Eretz Yisrael for international trade and commerce. Yonatan the Hasmonean (the brother of Yehuda HaMaccabi) conquered Gaza and settled there in 145 bce. At various times [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/israel/the-significance-of-gaza-in-jewish-history/", "featuredImage": null }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/food/recipes/", "name": "Recipes" } ] }, "title": "Meatless Meals During the Nine Days", "excerpt": "<p>Preparing meatless meals during the Nine Days means no brisket, chicken or meatballs, except on Shabbat. However, you don’t need meat or poultry for a really great meal. Here are some scrumptious meatless dishes that are nourishing and satisfying, not to mention just plain delicious! Most of these recipes are plant-based to help hydrate your [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/food/recipes/meatless-meals-during-the-nine-days/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_196,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555372/Jewishaction/chef-table14/chef-table14.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_415,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555372/Jewishaction/chef-table14/chef-table14.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555372/Jewishaction/chef-table14/chef-table14.jpg?_i=AA 969w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679555372/Jewishaction/chef-table14/chef-table14.jpg?_i=AA" } } } ] } }
Volume # 0

Summer 2015(5775)

In this issue
A Passion for Rare Sefarim: Q & A With Rabbi Eliezer Katzman
History

A Passion for Rare Sefarim: Q & A With Rabbi Eliezer Katzman

Expert collector Rabbi Eliezer Katzman, a consultant and appraiser of Judaica and Hebrew books for Kestenbaum & Company, has also worked for Sotheby’s, Christie’s and other auction houses. Rabbi Katzman, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, has appraised the collections in the Rare Book Room of the Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebraica/Judaica at Yeshiva University, […]

Torah MiEtzion: New Readings in Tanach – Bemidbar
Reviews

Torah MiEtzion: New Readings in Tanach – Bemidbar

Yeshivat Har Etzion has earned a well-deserved reputation for breaking new ground in Torah commentary. Its new Torah MiEtzion series, recently completed with the publication of a volume on Bamidbar, firmly establishes this reputation but also lays bare a not-insignificant shortcoming.

Jewish Law

What’s the Truth about . . . A Woman Bentching Gomel?

Misconception: After childbirth, a woman’s husband should bentch Gomel on her behalf. Fact: According to most authorities, a woman after childbirth should personally recite Birkat HaGomel. Background: Birkat HaGomel is a blessing recited to thank God for His salvation after one safely emerges from a dangerous situation, of which one of the four prototypical examples […]

Missing Rabbi Gettinger
Tribute

Missing Rabbi Gettinger

By Dovid Cohen “Shkiah” is the Talmudic term used to describe sunset. There is much controversy surrounding the definition of this period of time, and much ink has been spilled explaining the various debates, nuances and opinions. One of the works surrounding this topic, the Mnach Yoma, was authored by Rabbi Emmanuel Gettinger, my predecessor […]

When Books Can Speak: A Glimpse Into The World of Sefarim Collecting
History

When Books Can Speak: A Glimpse Into The World of Sefarim Collecting

By Eli Genauer It all began with one book. A Gemara actually—a 1735 edition of Tractate Moed Katan, a gift from my beloved father-in-law, Dr. Eric Offenbacher. Ultimately, this Gemara led to my developing a passion for collecting antique sefarim, a hobby I have been very involved in for the past decade. What is it […]

Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible— Leviticus: The Book of Holiness/The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom—Volume 1: Chayot/Wild Animals
New Books from OU Press

Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible— Leviticus: The Book of Holiness/The Torah Encyclopedia of the Animal Kingdom—Volume 1: Chayot/Wild Animals

Covenant & Conversation: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible— Leviticus: The Book of Holiness By Rabbi Jonathan Sacks OU Press and Maggid Books Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has become renowned as one of the foremost expositors of Judaism, and of religion as a whole, in society today. Covenant & Conversation: Leviticus reminds us why this […]

Halacha and the Fallen Rabbi: Q&A with Rabbi Hershel Schachter
Jewish Law

Halacha and the Fallen Rabbi: Q&A with Rabbi Hershel Schachter

Rabbi Hershel Schachter is a rosh kollel in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University’s Marcos and Adina Katz Kollel, holds the institution’s Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud, and is a senior halachic consultant of OU Kosher. Jewish Action: Can one still follow the piskei halachah of a fallen […]

Making Tishah B’Av Personal
Churban

Making Tishah B’Av Personal

Like many contemporary Jews, I approach Tishah B’Av with difficulty. Not because of the myriad restrictions in the Three Weeks, the mourning period that precedes the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, but because of the holiday’s spiritual significance, which can seem far removed from our contemporary lives. I do Tishah B’Av every year. I […]

When Leaders Fail: Healing From Rabbinic Scandal
Faith

When Leaders Fail: Healing From Rabbinic Scandal

In Bernard Malamud’s novel The Natural, an extremely talented ball player, Roy Hobbs, is discovered to have taken a bribe to throw a baseball game. He is barred from baseball for life and all his records are expunged. In a poignant final scene, a young boy turns to Roy with pleading eyes and says, “Say it ain’t so.” But Roy cannot. He simply weeps.

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Wellness Report

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream

Q: I toss and turn for hours every night, just staring at the clock. Is there anything I can change in my diet to help me get some rest?   A: You’re not alone; insomnia affects almost half (48 percent) of Americans, according to the National Sleep Foundation. This inability to get a good night’s […]

Rabbis At Risk: What Can Be Done?
Jewish World

Rabbis At Risk: What Can Be Done?

“This is a tough time to be a rabbi,” lamented Rabbi Shaul Robinson of Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue in a recent derashah following the latest rabbinic scandal. “All rabbinic reputations have been diminished.” Any unsavory incident that involves rabbis or community leaders is one too many. Rabbis are the people we look to as models […]

Israel

The Significance of Gaza in Jewish History

Gaza is located within the boundaries of Shevet Yehuda. Avraham and Yitzchak lived in Gerar, located near Gaza. In the fourth century, Gaza was the primary Jewish port of Eretz Yisrael for international trade and commerce. Yonatan the Hasmonean (the brother of Yehuda HaMaccabi) conquered Gaza and settled there in 145 bce. At various times […]

Meatless Meals During the Nine Days
Recipes

Meatless Meals During the Nine Days

Preparing meatless meals during the Nine Days means no brisket, chicken or meatballs, except on Shabbat. However, you don’t need meat or poultry for a really great meal. Here are some scrumptious meatless dishes that are nourishing and satisfying, not to mention just plain delicious! Most of these recipes are plant-based to help hydrate your […]