Category Archives: Judaism

Chag Kasher Vesame’ach – Happy Pesach

Posted on 14 April 2014 by

This blog is going on semi-vacation over the next week during the Pesach (Passover) festival until after the chag (it finishes on the night of 21st April).  If you would like to learn more about Pesach, have a look at … Continue reading →

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Simon Schama’s The Story of the Jews, now on PBS

Posted on 23 March 2014 by

The renowned British Jewish historian Simon Schama produced an excellent BBC series last year on The Story of the Jews.  This was given a passing mention in Brian Goldfarb’s guest post on London Jewish Book Week in 2013. The series … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 21 March 2014 by

It seems that Friday’s come round quicker every week! So here is this week’s Good News Friday installment. We’ll start with water, or rather, the lack of it. As we know, Israel has overcome its water shortage with recycling and … Continue reading →

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Purim Same’ach! Happy Purim!

Posted on 16 March 2014 by

The festival of Purim began this evening as soon as Shabbat went out. We’ve already been to shul and heard the *Megillah being read, with the ra’ashanim of various sorts – from toy gun caps to bells, whistles, rattling keys … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 14 March 2014 by

Continuing on from yesterday’s good news, here is today’s bumper crop of Good News Friday in honour of the upcoming Purim. In Jerusalem, 9 tiny unopened Dead Sea Scrolls have been discovered – or re-discovered: An Israeli scholar turned up … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 13 December 2013 by

This week’s edition of Good News Friday is going to be a bit of a mixed bunch.  I will start with noting that today is a sad day: Asara BeTevet, the fast of the 10th of Tevet, commemorating the start … Continue reading →

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