Please don’t miss our Chanukah section to learn about the holiday, candle-lighting and more — even latke recipes! Ever notice that many traditional Chanukah foods have oil in them, or wonder why? [For the health conscious, Olive oil is high in healthy monounsaturated fats.] Find your answer in our Chanuka pages!
Edutainment Weekly
In Edutainment Weekly, Jon Erlbaum takes a lesson from the weekly Torah portion, puts a modern spin on it, and delivers a product that’s practical, powerful and entertaining!
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Jewish Values
This fascinating series will discuss the laws in the Torah that focus on our relationships with other people. Discussing both laws and philosophy we will discover the tremendous relevance of the Torah’s teachings. Discover how to lead happier and more tranquil lives by improving our relationships with the people around us.
This course is presented by: Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen, a writer and educator in Jerusalem who has been teaching Torah there for many years. He has written extensively for the popular Hamodia newspaper.
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Live and Let Live
By Jon Erlbaum
In the first verse of his classic James Bond theme song – just before the song shifts into its ominous frenzy – Sir Paul McCartney uses his sweet, melodic vocals to extol the virtues of a youthful “Live and Let Live” ideology. This philosophy of tolerance that he is referring to is one that enjoys widespread appeal in Western Societies. And while most ideologies are not perfect, the “Live and Let Live” value system would probably fare well in a morality competition against its similar sounding alternatives, such as 1) “Live and Let Die”, championed by DESPOTS, AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES, etc.; and 2) “Die and Let Die”, popularized by SUICIDE/HOMICIDE BOMBERS, CULT LEADERS WHO MANDATE MASS SUICIDE, and others.
