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by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

...How goodly, goodly are our tents;
We will yet return to an ancient melody.
-"Ancient melody," popular folk-song (anddance) by

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

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If you will it, it will not remain a fantasy.
-Theodore Herzl, Altneuland

In addition to The Jewish State, the manifesto that sort of

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

The country that we traversed and scouted is one that devours its inhabitants.

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

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But the people would not listen to Samuel's warning.  "No," they said.  "We must have a king over us, that we may be like all the

No essay in recent years as created as much debate and conversation in the American Jewish community as "The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment," by Peter Beinart.

Aliza Slavin Gazek is the 2009-2010 President of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY).

As you know, this year I've served as President of NFTY, the North American Federation of Temple Youth. NFTY encompasses 10,000 Reform Jewish teens from all across the US and Canada, serving as the youth movement for the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). So many moments from my Presidency have made me smile since I was handed the gavel last June. Now, as I reach the end of my term, I'm overjoyed to have attended the President's reception at the White House honoring Jewish American Heritage Month. The event was thrilling, and I'm excited to share everything. Here's my story.

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

...By virtue of our natural and historic right and on the strength of the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, [we] hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish

Yesterday, President Obama held the first ever White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. President George W. Bush proclaimed May as Jewish American Heritage Month in 2006.

Our own Rabbi David Saperstein, URJ Vice President emeritus Al

I'm a little behind in my reading, so I just caught the piece in the May 17 NY Times Magazine about the implicit message sent by the fact that the two most recent Supreme Court nominees are both female, unmarried, and childless.