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The attack killed 85 people and wounded over 300 when a vehicle packed with explosives was detonated outside the Jewish community center.

During the Royal Commission, Jews have shared disturbing reports of Nazi salutes in classrooms, workplace bullying, and children being taunted with offensive slurs.

Her name, Haymanut, means “faith.” But, dad Tesfai Kasau, 54, told me that at home, they call her “tiger,” because she stands strong for what she believes. She is deeply religious, he says.

I’ll admit, this was the first time I’ve ever watched a sports game of any kind in my adult life, and I could not believe how much fun it was.

Life in limbo contradicts our Western “hurry up” culture, where waiting is greeted more with impatience than equanimity. 

“I’m functioning,” said Dana. “But I’m not myself. I can’t make simple decisions. I forget things. My brain feels stuck.” She wasn’t depressed. She wasn’t anxious. She was profoundly overloaded.

The event, founded initially 33 years ago by Rabbi Yoel Bin-Nun as a summer professional development program for teachers, has grown into a major annual gathering that is open to the public.

The Ten Commandments are not an independent list of fundamental principles, but rather the nucleus from which the entire Torah unfolds - its genetic code.

At Sinai, the people were instructed to remain outside the boundary. In the Sanctuary, the holiest place stood behind a curtain.

Yael Ziegler shows how the structure, rhythm and shifting voices of Lamentations hold grief, accusation and faith within the same biblical text.