Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday 24 May 2015


 
        
May 24, 2015
 
       
 
 
NEWS
Naomi Zeveloff    
‘Abraham Path,’ a community-based tourism project in the West Bank, takes hikers on the ancient road of the patriarch Abraham. Naomi Zeveloff went on the journey into the rarely seen heart of the Palestinian territory.
 


CULTURE
Jay Michaelson    
The greatest irony of the Bible is that it stands for the opposite of irony — yet it is filled with it. Jay Michaelson examines a new study of Jews’ peculiar relationship with the holy book.
 


OPINION
    
A college student falls in love with a Lebanese woman. Now he’s afraid to tell his Zionist parents. He asks the Seesaw what he should do.
 


CULTURE
    
Faye Ginsburg and Fred Myers live in Greenwich Village with their 26-year-old daughter, who has a rare Jewish genetic disease. HomeLands opens the door to their apartment.
 

 


FOOD
Jo Ann Gardner    
A simple Shavuot meal is inspired by characters from the Book of Ruth.