“I am the Lord thy G-d, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage” (Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6)

Our G-d intervenes in history and does so in order to free us, so that we can shape our own history, which is, Jaime Barylko maintains, “the story of what we do with our freedom in private life, in society, in national affairs.”

By Judith Berinstein

A Storyteller's Guide to the Torah

This Material was created by Lisa Lipkin for Jewishprograms.org

By Muki Jankelowitz for JCCenters.org
The rivalry between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv cuts to the essence of Israeli society. Jerusalem in the mountains is our “eternal city”, the site of great Holiness and generations of longing. Tel Aviv on the other hand is a cosmopolitan Mediterranean City. What is the impact of these two specific cities on Jewish life historically and especially today? What do these cities stand for? How are these cities and all that they stand for still relevant to Jews around the world today?