Parashat Behaalotecha: “Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets”
True greatness isn’t measured by how indispensable we make ourselves, but by how successfully we cultivate the very gifts that might render us unnecessary. Moses understood that the highest calling of any leader is to dream of a day when everyone can hear the divine voice for themselves
By
Lior Tal Sadeh
Parashat Naso: Drinking the Bitter Water
The Torah’s ritual of the Sotah – where a woman suspected of adultery must drink a mixture with supernatural characteristics – represents one of scripture’s most disturbing passages. This ancient trial by ordeal forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about jealousy, patriarchy, and the persistence of domestic violence from biblical times till today
By
Lior Tal Sadeh
To Be with His People
When Leonard Cohen traded his Greek island idyll for the Sinai Desert during one of Israel’s darkest hours, he created an enduring legend. Now, fifty years later, Beit Avi Chai brings this extraordinary chapter to life through music, rare footage, and Cohen’s own wartime journals – a production that resonates even more profoundly in the wake of October 7
By
Alex Stein
The Genius
Between the ancient wisdom of the Talmud and the cutting-edge philosophy of the Islamic Golden Age stood Sa’adia Gaon – a brilliant mind who refused to choose between tradition and innovation. His extraordinary legacy spans continents and centuries, from his Arabic Torah translation still used by Yemenite Jews to his pioneering dictionary work that revolutionized Hebrew scholarship
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BAC Staff
Languages of the Soul
Professor Yoram Bilu, one of the pioneers of psychological anthropology, returns to the turning point when he abandoned Freudian clinical practice in favor of dream interpretation, folk Kabbalah, and Tzadikim worship rituals, and talks about the understanding that not every distress speaks the same language
By
Noa Sorek
Parashat Behar: The Fifty-Year Reset
The biblical Jubilee – a fifty-year economic reset that cancels debts and redistributes land – found an unlikely champion in Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the anti-socialist founder of right-wing Revisionist Zionism. Discover how this fierce defender of economic freedom came to embrace an ancient model of periodic wealth redistribution, and what his vision might teach us about balancing markets with morality today
By
Lior Tal Sadeh
Jews Living in Modernity and Not Merely Beside It
For two millennia, the Talmud – not the Hebrew Bible – stood at the center of Judaism. Discover how modern thinkers from Spinoza to Ben-Gurion revolutionized this hierarchy, placing the Tanakh at Judaism’s core through philosophical and secular reinterpretations
By
Melody Barron
Beyond the Beehive
The story of Alon Oleartchik is the story of Israeli music itself – rooted in immigration, blossoming through cultural fusion, and continuously evolving. From Kaveret’s beloved quirky rock to groundbreaking Mizrahi influences, his seven-decade-long journey reflects a nation finding its voice
