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Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

Ariel Picard

Rabbis have officiated at weddings for centuries, but the Talmud mentions no such practice. So how did Jewish clergy become an integral part of the ceremony? Ariel Picard Many human endeavors begin spontaneously but gradually...

ArticlesEuropeIssue 68 | March 2024JudaismLifecycleMedieval PeriodRabbis

Clothed in Kindness – Clothing Sabbath

Levi Cooper and Itai Cooper

Teaser: The Jews who dominated Thessaloniki’s garment industry celebrated Hanukka by displaying their best wares – and by ensuring the community’s schoolboys were well clothed for winter. This worthy example spread far and wide Levi...

ArticlesEarly modern periodGreeceHanukkahIssue 75 | December 2025Rabbis

Journey of an Idea – From Rabbi Bibas to Herzl

Yitzhak Krausz

Back to the article The First Zionist Visionary – Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai The concept of the Jewish people’s revival in its ancient homeland shuttled between a disintegrating Ottoman Empire and Balkan countries aspiring to independence....

19th centuryGreeceIssue 71 | December 2024RabbisZionism

The First Zionist Visionary – Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai

Yitzhak Krausz

At first glance, 19th-century rabbi Yehuda Alkalai’s writings seem like traditional Jewish interpretations of biblical prophecies, but closer scrutiny reveals a strikingly modern redemptive vision – which had yet to be dubbed Zionism Yitzhak Krausz...

19th centuryArticlesEuropeIssue 71 | December 2024Rabbis

Book Review | Maimonides in His World

Shai Secunda

Shai Secunda Maimonides in His WorldPortrait of a Mediterranean Thinker Sarah StroumsaPrinceton University Press 2009 Faced with a sophisticated yet uncomplicated gadget, the New York Times’ review of the iPad™ offers two assessments side...

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Rabbis

Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

Clothed in Kindness – Clothing Sabbath

Journey of an Idea – From Rabbi Bibas to Herzl

The First Zionist Visionary – Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai

Book Review | Maimonides in His World

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Who Invited the Rabbi? – Rabbis at Weddings

Clothed in Kindness – Clothing Sabbath

Journey of an Idea – From Rabbi Bibas to Herzl

The First Zionist Visionary – Rabbi Yehuda Alkalai

Book Review | Maimonides in His World

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