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Essay My First Midrash Earlier this week, Julie Baretz wrote about leading Christian tours of Israel and why she decided to make aliyah. Her book, The Bible on Location: Off the Beaten Path in… Julie Baretz June 12, 2015
Essay Reading Tanakh with Christians Earlier this week, Julie Baretz wrote about why she decided to make aliyah. Her book, The Bible on Location: Off the Beaten Path in Ancient and Modern Israel, is now… Julie Baretz June 10, 2015
Essay Organic Zionism Julie Baretz received her license from the Israel Government Tour Guides training program in 1987. Since then she has guided thousands of Jewish and Christian visitors… Julie Baretz June 8, 2015
Essay The Doomed Generation Joshua Cohen’s most recent novel, Book of Numbers, will be published this week by Random House. He is blogging here today for Jewish Book Council’s Visiting Scribe… Joshua Cohen June 8, 2015
Essay Jewish Through and Through… Earlier this week, Talia Carner defined tzedakah and wrote about growing up as a a seventh-generation sabra among the Second Generation of Holocaust… Talia Carner June 5, 2015
Essay What Is Tzedakah? Earlier this week, Talia Carner wrote about growing up as a a seventh-generation sabra among the Second Generation of Holocaust survivors in Israel, thereby… Talia Carner June 3, 2015
