Avi Bass
By Avi Bass
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Life This Sukkot, Let’s Celebrate Our Material Blessings, Not Reject Them
Apparently, at the top of the financial ladder, some people are spending upwards of $10,000 to build a sukkah with opulent flower arrangements, lush centerpieces, to build a sukkah with opulent flower arrangements, lush centerpieces, and ornate chandeliers. It all seems like a bit much. The editor of this paper commented: But is Sukkot really…
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The Schmooze You Never Would Have Failed Hebrew School With This Teacher
You’ve never heard the Aleph Bet like this. A new music video released by Israeli artist Victoria Hanna flies through the sounds of the Hebrew alphabet with an energy you couldn’t imagine as your mom drove you to Hebrew school on Sunday mornings. Hanna performs the various sounds in a rhythmic chant, dressed as a…
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Opinion 7 Israeli Laws America Should Pass Right Now
Life’s good when you’re floating in the Dead Sea / Thinkstock Avital Burg’s recent post “If America Had Laws Like Israel” imagines an American parallel to Israel’s nation-state bill, and invites the reader to deplore what would happen if this bill became law here in the U.S. Though this probably wasn’t the writer’s intention, the…
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