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Surviving Winter
Posted on 10/11/2012 by Gila Rose in News & Updates
Sitting in my apartment in Israel, I feel it. No, not the winter chill—that’s a long way off in this hot country, where 80-degree days are still the norm. I’m talking about the thick layer of...
A Laughing Matter
Posted on 09/24/2012 by Gila Rose in Beliefs and Practices
o I was on YouTube, watching an incendiary video featuring one of the world’s major religions, a video full of horrific lies, reprehensible distortions and inflammatory, provocative dialogue. In case you...
Happy New Year! (x2)
Posted on 09/09/2012 by Gila Rose in Holidays
September brings with it two New Years—the Jewish one, better known as Rosh Hashanah, and the beginning of the new school year. I love how, for most of the world at least (sorry, Australians), the school...
Brit Milah: The Healthier Choice? (And Does It Matter?)
Posted on 08/28/2012 by Gila Rose in Beliefs and Practices
Circumcision can’t seem to keep itself out of the news. First, the court in Cologne, Germany declares circumcision illegal. Then last week, a German rabbi who performs circumcisions found himself facing...
Summer in the City (With Kids!)
Posted on 08/06/2012 by Gila Rose in News & Updates
As my good friend Facebook says, “What’s on your mind?” And this week, it’s two things. Kids. Summer. Specially, the intersection of the two.Some context: The two big kids (nine and...
Post Tisha B'Av Musings
Posted on 07/30/2012 by Gila Rose in Holidays
Yes, I know that the fast was over yesterday. But since it’s been a number of years since I’ve actually been able to properly prepare for a fast day prior to the fast – lately it’s...
A Thousand Silences
Posted on 07/23/2012 by Gila Rose in News & Updates
Forgive me for being morose today.It’s hard to feel something other than saddened, devastated and ultimately, weary. Because it happened again.As we are lobbying for a moment of silence at the upcoming...
A Look Back
Posted on 07/09/2012 by Gila Rose in News & Updates
In June 2011, I started blogging for Jewish Values Online. Now (approximately) one year later, I bring you a where-are-they-now retrospective on some of the newsy topics from the past year:Gilad ShalitThe...
When Israel is Not Your Home
Posted on 06/18/2012 by Gila Rose in News & Updates
Israel is familiar with planeloads of people from Africa. But this week, we are not bringing them to Israel, a la Operations Moses and Solomon, but sending them home. During operation “Returning...
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