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Sh’mini: The Clean and the Unclean

Kosher creatures, non-kosher creatures, and what the difference has to do with the priestly calling. (Click here for source sheet.) DownloadLearning from the Popes

In the midst of its troubles, the modern Catholic church has recently produced a series of widely differing but extraordinary popes.  Can Israel’s chief rabbinate learn from their example?Learning from Herod

King Herod’s legacy is problematic, but his standing as a master builder is not.  The current Israel Museum exhibit on his architecture and artifacts would have made Herod himself proud.Learning Ladino

Ladino, the language of Sephardic Jews, is undergoing something of a revival.  But there is only one current example of Ladino journalism—in, of all places, Istanbul, Turkey.Learning Jazz

There was a jazz scene in Europe even under Nazi occupation.  Certain Nazis’ love of jazz even managed to save the lives of a few Jewish musicians.Learning with Harold Bloom

Critic Harold Bloom used the structure of the Kabbalah for his book analyzing 100 geniuses.  Now an Italian team of artists and graphic designers is translating the book into pictures. Sh’mini

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