(Author: Bernard Levinson, Vol. 69, No. 3, Chanukah 2014)   ‘There are many events in the wombof time, which will be deliver’d’ Shakespeare. Othello, 1, iii.   Everything that makes my life possible and meaningful I learnt in my mother’s womb. An intense nine months

(Author: Aryeh Newman, Vol. 69, No. 1, Pesach 2014)   By Israeli law the validity of Jewish marriage, divorce and Orthodox conversion is governed by halacha as determined by the country’s chief rabbinate. In recent years, however, the Israeli chief rabbinate has become increasingly dominated

(Author: Gwynne Schrire, Vol. 69, No. 1, Pesach 2014)   Jewish identity can be shown in different ways, of which one is Gastronomic Judaism - defined as ‘unattached Jews with an attachment to Jewish foods’. A good example is the poet Heinrich Heine who, having

(Author: Bev May, Vol. 69, No. 1, Pesach 2014)   La mode n’est pas quelque chose qui existe dans les robes seulement. La mode est dans le ciel, dans la rue, la mode a à voir avec les idées, notre façon de vivre, ce qui