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RABBI ADIN
EVEN YISRAEL STEINSALTZ (1937-2020) 19 August 2020 Elio Passeto, nds The Jewish world loses one of the most prominent names in Judaism today, Rabbi Adin Even Yisrael Steinsaltz. He left as a legacy a colossal work in which he addresses religious Judaism in its various dimensions. He wrote more than 60 books in the field of Israel's religious tradition concerning education, instruction, training and interpretation. The President of the State of Israel, Rubens Revlin, paid his last tribute to Steinsaltz with those words: “[…] a man of spiritual courage, depth of mind and depth of thought. He plunged into the depths of the spiritual treasures of the pearls of the people of Israel and made the Talmud accessible to the people of Israel in limpid and clear Hebrew, as was Rashi in his day. He did not hesitate to make his own way in total dedication to the Torah of Israel and to the people of Israel ”. (Yedioth Ahronoth 9.8.2020 (heb.) READ MORE>> ........................... |
HAGIA SOPHIA
July 24, 2020 USA TODAY "Lessons from Jerusalem: The Hagia Sophia in Turkey is too disputed to turn back into a mosque." READ MORE>> ........................... July 24, 2020 Crux "As Hagia Sophia opens as mosque Orthodox observe day of mourning." READ MORE>> ........................... July 11, 2020 Aljazeera News "World reacts to Turkey reconverting Hagia Sophia into a Mosque." READ MORE>> ........................... June 30, 2020 His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's comments: “The conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque...our Modesty has repeatedly expressed the position of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and its spiritual children all over the world... that it had served as a place of the worship of God for 900 years..." READ THE FULL ARTICLE>> |
THE ABRAHAM ACCORD
August 29, 2020 The Jerusalem Post "Is the UAE-Israel deal a manifestation of Abraham's Legacy?" READ MORE >> .......................... August 17, 2020 www.ec41.org "ECI Welcomes Normalization Between Israel and UAE - Time for Europe to Adapt to Major Paradigm Shift in the Middle East" READ MORE>> ........................... August 15, 2020 DW "Mixed Reaction to Historic Agreement Between Israel and UAE" READ MORE>> ........................... August 14, 2020 CUFI "CUFI Applauds Historic Normalisation of Ties Between Israel and UAE" READ MORE>> ........................... August 13, 2020 New York Times "Israel and United Arab Emirates Strike Major Diplomatic Agreement" READ MORE>> ........................... |
