History
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They slipped through Nazi-occupied Holland like ghosts. Three teenaged girls, a quiet red-haired law student and two sisters on bicycles who looked so harmless they glided past checkpoints with a smile. Their innocence was a mask. Behind it stood a trio bound by nerve, discipline, and an iron refusal to bow. Hannie Schaft gathered intelligence […]
Human Interest
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Jim Collins is best known for his research on leadership and business strategy. But his newest book, What to Make of a Life, is different. It's personal. It digs into the cliff moments and major transitions that all of us will face in our lives. Jewish wisdom teaches that all beginnings are hard. Here are […]
Some 20 years ago I was walking from my home in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City to pray at the Kotel (the Western Wall), Judaism’s second holiest site, second only to the Temple Mount itself that towers above it. On the steps to the Kotel Plaza, I passed an Arab tour guide speaking […]
What would the world look like if the Torah had never been given? Join me, if you will, for a tour of New York City in a hypothetical world where the revelation at Sinai never took place. We drive across the Brooklyn Bridge, speed down the FDR Drive, and park our car in a massive […]
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And what happens to a person's soul with he converts?
