Ezra's Blog Archive

Dear Friends, As some of you may already know, this is my last month working for the organization. Let me start therefore by emphasizing how wonderful an experience the last 19 months have been for me, exploring the legacy of Rabbi Dr Louis ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, What a month it has been since my last blog post! The deliverance from the bondage of Egypt is only the beginning of a much deeper transformation in the Jewish spirit leading up to the encounter with the divine at Mount Sinai… Or is ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, This month’s blog comes a bit earlier than usual, in order to offer you some food for thought in preparation for Seder night. Our website is full of material than can help you engage in a thought-provoking and exciting journey from ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, I hope all of you are enjoying a joyful and exciting month of Adar! I recently discovered that a (not very widespread) custom existed, in certain circles, of sending books of Torah for mishlo'ah manot on Purim, instead of edible ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, I’ll start my regular update with a highly symbolic figure: 22. What is the significance of this number? Or, in more familiar terms, who knows 22? The answer is very simple. Some of you might recall the blogpost I sent in March last ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, It took me a week to recover from Limmud, but rest assured, January has been a productive month as Project Manager nonetheless! Here are some exciting updates. It should not come as a surprise to many of you that a scholar of ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, This email actually marks the completion of my first year working for the Friends of Louis Jacobs! With that in mind, I have to make sure the content matches my own level of excitement… By all means, it does. Some of you might ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, We’ve had quite a few additions to the website over the past month, as some of you will have noticed. As an editor, I get to discover new pieces written by Rabbi Louis Jacobs nearly on a daily basis. And each time, it’s a new facet ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, The High Holy Days have passed, promptly giving way to Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simhat Torah over the next two weeks. The succession of yamim tovim can be quite challenging, even when working for the Friends of Louis Jacobs! ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, The month of Ellul is upon us, and the yamim nora’im (High Holy Days) are nigh. The time is ripe, according to our tradition, for introspection, repentance, and good deeds. Thankfully, our website has plenty of inspirational reading ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, It has been two months since my last blog post! This is because the organization of the Memorial Events over the months of June and July took so much time that Ivor and I could not dedicate ourselves to the content of the website. ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, Another busy month has passed. The time has come, therefore, for a new blog post, with big events coming your way! First of all, many new documents have been uploaded on the website. It is certainly worth highlighting some of the ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, Some important events ahead of us over the next few months, which are the main topic of this blog post! Ivor and I have been busy uploading more files on a weekly basis on the website. The number of located book reviews written by ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, How time flies! I took the opportunity in my last blog post to wish you all a purim sameach. Now pesach is upon us! That time, fortunately, has been well spent. We've been uploading dozens of new articles on a weekly basis, ... Continue Reading ➨

Dear Friends, It has been another exciting month working for the Louis Jacobs project! Compared to February, a relatively small number of new articles were put online. The fallback, however, should enable us to take many more steps forwards. ... Continue Reading ➨

Hello everyone! Here is a second blog post from the Louis Jacobs Project editor, reviewing some of the exciting news and events which took place in the last month... And what a busy month of February it's been so far! Where should I start? A ... Continue Reading ➨

Hi Everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday! Here's the first post for the new editor's blog on the Louis Jacobs.org website, with some exciting news about the month of December and some announcements. I started working for the Project ... Continue Reading ➨