WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here. play worship עבודה The Western Wall is almost empty and pretty […]
For a few hours yesterday I was in Africa, right here in Jerusalem. Seeg’d – the annual holy day of the Ethiopian Jewish Community was celebrated on Wed. Nov 14, the last day of the month of Heshvan, on the Jerusalem Promenade, overlooking the Temple Mount. Seeg’d, which means ‘day of worship and prostration’, marks […]
Published by Quartz: www.qz.com When the sun rose over Jerusalem four years ago I sobbed for joy because of the poetic justice of a black man’s triumph. I remember driving on streets named for American icons whose work had led to that triumph—Lincoln Street, then Martin Luther King Rd—as the early morning November fogs […]
WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here. Play 3. Altar מזבח/Lech Lecha Driving through Jerusalem last night with out of town guests I point out landmarks: […]
WORD: A Word a Week from the World’s Best Seller. Follow the Annual Torah Re-Run Series with Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Newest Year-Long Blog. To subscribe via email click here. To listen to the audio version click here. Audio version: Listen Here 2. Noah/Divide פלג My new bedroom opens to a balcony overlooking breathtaking views: the southern edges […]
