The Afghan Geniza

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The past few weeks the world has been watching the Israeli Elections—but there’s a host of culture and comedy out there beyond the Knesset. See below for my personal picks.

The Afghan Geniza, or Afghan Archive, hosts a collection of documents surrounding Jewish Life in Persian Afghanistan from the 11th Century.

Pranking the Jerusalem Light Rail. I always felt pressure to throw a cardigan over my shoulders in J-Lem, so clearly a story about no pants plus tzit tzit pretty much made my Monday morning.

Bobby Fischer says he’s not a Jew, but the Lubavitcher Rebbe disagreed!

Rabbi Shlomo Brody discusses the halakha on gun control. “The word keshet not only describes the violent arrow employed by Ishmael and others but represents God’s rainbow, His promise to protect the world from further destruction.”

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