Posts Tagged: King Solomon
British Marine Archeologist Claims to Find Evidence of King Solomon’s Maritime Empire
A British marine archeologist says that he has found evidence of the existence of the biblical King Solomon — and that he was indeed the...
The Case Against Specialization and for General Knowledge
We live in an age of ever-increasing specialization. Up until the early 20th century, interdisciplinary experts abounded. Charles Darwin was renowned as a geologist and...
King David-Era Inscription Pieced Together From Broken Jug
JNS.org - A rare inscription dating back to the 10th century BCE, the estimated time of Jewish Kings David and Solomon, has recently been pieced together...
‘This Too Shall Pass’
"This too shall pass" is something I remember my mother, Penny Waga, saying to my sister and me as children. I remember so many great things...
Reading and Writing Separate the Statesmen From the Politicians
The parsha of Shoftim is the classic source of the three types of leadership in Judaism, which the sages called the "three crowns:" priesthood, kingship, and...
Jewish Warfare: A Traditional Perspective
In the timely hour of battle between Israel and its neighbors, it is helpful to recall the timeless principles of warfare set out in the...
Bnei Menashe Couple Reunite Upon Arrival in Israel After 7 Years Apart
Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport was the site of a heartwarming reunion on Thursday as 40 Bnei Menashe Jews from Manipur, India, including a...
The Sins of Leaders
Leaders make mistakes. That is inevitable. So, strikingly, our parsha implies. The real issue is how he or she responds to those mistakes. The point is...
How Leaders Fail: Courage to Oppose the Mob
Leaders can fail for two kinds of reasons. The first is external. The time may not be right. The conditions may be unfavourable. There may...
Jerusalem Home Harbors Buried Second Temple Artifacts
Miriam Siebenberg lives in a very unusual house - unusual because of the fact that her home was built on top of another home, one...
Making Friends With My Grey Hair
My big sister's hair went grey in her 30s My little brother Eddie also went grey early I was lucky that didn't happen to me My hair was...
Ed Koch: Netanyahu is Right, Red Lines Should be Drawn on Iran
On September 27, 2012, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu of Israel delivered a speech to the United Nations. That speech is well worth reading, if someone...
Rosh Hashanah Guide for the Perplexed
1. Rosh Hashanah and the Shofar (ritual ram's horn) symbolize and commemorate: *The annual reaffirmation of faith in God; *The first human-being, Adam, was created on Rosh Hashanah, the sixth...
The Legacy of Yitzhak Shamir
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, who died this week at age 96, was like his predecessor, David Ben-Gurion, in many ways. Both were men of...
