A Rare 1860 Reform Siddur

Photo Credit: Jewish Press I just acquired a pair of extraordinarily rare prayer books published in New York in 1860 that offer insight on the wave of change that overcame American Jewry at this time. Titled Seder Tephilah: The Order of Prayer for Divine Service, and based on Leo Merzbacher’s German siddurim, it was the […]

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The United States: The Next Decade

Photo Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Samuel Guerra President Donald J. Trump {Originally posted to the BESA website} “Trumpism” Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); Trumpism is a phenomenon of unprecedented populist presidential behavior. Trump is the least presidential president in modern history. […]

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Report: Strikes on Iranian Militias, Iranian Missile Warehouses at Syria-Iraq Border

Photo Credit: IAF Israeli, US and UK F-35 participate in the Tri-Lightning joint exercise. June 2019 Air strikes reportedly targeted Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) forces at Suwayyah and Hiri, near Abukamal at the Iraq-Syria border late Saturday night. There are unconfirmed reports of several dead and others wounded after […]

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Living In Mitzrayim

Photo Credit: Jewish Press In this week’s parsha, Yaakov Avinu and his family migrated to Mitzrayim, and remained there for many years. The Gemara in Kiddushin 82a says that Avraham Avinu kept the entire Torah, even the mitzvos that may not have applied. The meforshim assume that this was the practice of the other Avos […]

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