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Ecclesiastes
Korin Allal in the sukkah of Shira Hadasha on Saturday night, October 22, 2016 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 23, 2016, 2:17 pm
For Israeli rocker Korin Allal, a time to go acoustic
Veteran singer brings her latest album, ‘Ecclesiastes,’ to the sukkah at Shira Hadasha, a Jerusalem liberal Orthodox synagogue
By Jessica Steinberg
Gil Reich
October 21, 2016, 3:20 pm
Gil Reich
Reading the feminine voices into Kohelet
The apparent nihilistic message of Ecclesiastes is transformed when you imagine the responses that refute its claims
Edmon J. Rodman
October 16, 2016, 1:40 pm
Edmon J. Rodman
Wise King Solomon, on the US election
Maxims from the biblical Ecclesiastes shed light on the presidential candidates and their remaining debate
Corinne Allal sings Ecclesiastes at the Oud Festival (photo credit: Itamar Cohen/Yoki Photographers)
November 5, 2014, 3:48 pm
Corinne Allal sings the Ecclesiastes blues
The veteran rocker opens the Oud Festival in Jerusalem on Thursday
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: An Ecclesiastes scroll that survived the Holocaust found in western Poland. (photo credit: courtesy/Shem Olam)
October 19, 2014, 6:57 pm
Scroll that survived Holocaust reaches Israel for first time
Nearly complete Book of Ecclesiastes parchment from western Poland is now being studied by researchers
By Lazar Berman
Baruch Sterman
January 31, 2013, 12:21 pm
Baruch Sterman
Something new under the sun
Every day brings new experiences and the potential to innovate — all you need is the hutzpah to put your ideas out there
A young woman riding her bicycle by the Azrieli Center near the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur, when the road is car free. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/JTA)
September 23, 2012, 1:39 am
The un-Orthodox approach to Yom Kippur in Israel
Cycling is still secular Israel’s most popular pursuit on the calendar’s holiest day, but a focus on traditional texts that highlight self-improvement and forgiveness is proving increasingly resonant
By Ben Sales
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