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Community Code Blue: The Sydney Jewish Community's Medical Preparations and Response to the Bondi Beach Terror Attack of December 2025

open access: yesMedical Journal of Australia, Volume 224, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Ethnocultural minority communities may require specialised emergency response frameworks during mass casualty incidents (MCIs). This article describes the Sydney Jewish community's preparation for, and medical response to, the Bondi Beach terror attack of 14 December 2025.
Aidan Baron   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Was a Sacred Curtain (Parokhet) Depicted on Portable Shrines in the Ancient Near East?

open access: yesReligions, 2020
The Parokhet, or sacred curtain, was an important item of cultic paraphernalia in the ancient Near East. It is known from the Sumerian and Akkadian texts, the biblical tradition, the Second Temple in Jerusalem, Greek temples, and synagogues of the Roman ...
Madeleine Mumcuoglu, Yosef Garfinkel
doaj   +1 more source

Disruptive Repentance: Protesting in the Morning Service at Waitangi in 1983

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 96-109, March 2026.
In 1983 on Waitangi Day, nine Pākehā Christian protesters (including Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers) were arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour for interrupting the morning church service at Waitangi. In solidarity with Māori activists and wider protests, they sought to draw attention to the longstanding failure of the ...
Michael Mawson
wiley   +1 more source

The Faint Traces of the Jewish Mystical Tradition: The Kabbalah in 15–18Th-Century Architecture

open access: yesArchitecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
This article investigates the influence of the Kabbalah on Jewish architecture and synagogal art. Due to the destruction of the Eastern European kabbalist-related architecture and the preservation of only two indisputably “kabbalist” synagogues, the ...
MALEC Tomasz Eugeniusz
doaj   +1 more source

Israel in Bureaus of Jewish Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
A report on the track record of bureaus in Israel education, and recommendations for partnerships with other community organizations to allow BJEs to be successful in intensifying, disseminating, and improving Israel education throughout North ...
Daniel J. Margolis, Shlomo Shimon
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Genetics of infertility and “assisted fertilization” in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family

open access: yesAndrology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 641-650, March 2026.
Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Presents survey findings on Americans' religious practices such as types and frequency of services attended and types and prevalence of mystical experiences and beliefs.

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“One Is a Frontier”: Settler Migration as Transmogrification

open access: yesSociological Forum, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 105-121, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the trajectories and framing strategies of American Jewish migrants to Palestine–Israel. Drawing on original in‐depth interviews with immigrants who migrated between 1976 and 2021, alongside interviews with and observations of an “aliyah” agency, it examines meaning‐making around spatial relocation in relation to the ...
Joseph Kaplan Weinger
wiley   +1 more source

Jewish Education (Chapter 26 of The World of the New Testament: Cultural, Social, and Historical Contexts) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The nature of Jewish education in the first century has clear relevance for a number of issues in NT interpretation. How did Jesus learn Torah—at home, at school? Could he even read and write? Were his disciples illiterates?
Yinger, Kent
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Doing Good in American Communities: Congregations and Service Organizations Working Together [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
A Research Report from the "Organizing Religious Work Project," Hartford Institute for Religion Research Hartford ...
Ammerman, Nancy T.
core   +1 more source

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