“Body Language” in the Bible

Elisabeth E. Levy, Director of Caspari Center Creative Commons picture by gnuckx The biblical narrative of Exodus describes how, after ...
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Get to Know Our Staff!

My name is Tanja Shoshani, and as of December 2020, I am the Caspari Center’s newest project coordinator. I’m originally ...
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Cross-cultural Encounters With Shame

Sanna Erelä, Project Coordinator Photo by klimkin on Pixabay In the Finnish Church, one Sunday every summer we are given ...
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Names of God in the Bible (Part II)

Stained glass at Immanuel Church in Tel Aviv Elisabeth E. Levy, Director of Caspari Center We learned about some of ...
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Names of God in the Bible (Part I)

Photo of a stained glass window in St. Ann’s Church, Manchester, England, courtesy of Pvasiliadis (Creative Commons) Elisabeth E. Levy, ...
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Eating Flesh, Drinking Blood

Alec Goldberg, Israel Director Like other practices, the order of the Communion service differs from one Christian denomination to another, ...
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Shabbat — the Lesson of Slowing Down

Sanna Erelä, Project Coordinator Shabbat is a special time here in Jerusalem. Most of my neighbors are religious Jews —not ...
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A Worthwhile Investment

Kristoffer Eknes, Director of Return2Sender I’ve always known that Jesus was Jewish, but I never fully understood how that affected ...
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What’s Happening Online?

Margarita Kantor, Project Coordinator Debby of Medallion, co-creator of the course and also one of our online teachers, lectures about ...
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Discussing “Taboo” Topics

Sanna Erelä, Project Coordinator What do we do when someone close to us appears to be in a desperate state, ...
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“Bnot Yeshua”: A Forum for Women to Share Their Stories

Elisabeth E. Levy, Director of Caspari Center The second Thursday of January was a stormy day. The locks of heaven ...
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Longing for Paradise

Katariina Leskelä Standing in the Herodion palace, I admire the frescoes on the wall. The colors are bright and beautiful ...
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December Dilemma

Alec Goldberg, Israel Director As a Russian Jew, I don’t think I had even heard of Hanukkah before the glasnost ...
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Grateful for this autumn!

Sanna Erelä, Project Coordinator We have had a very active autumn at the Caspari Center, and have launched some exciting ...
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The “Taboo” Forum: Discussing Difficult Issues

Sanna Erelä, Project Coordinator We have embarked on a new project in collaboration with Machaseh, a non-profit charity association. The ...
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