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Nationalistic poetry was a powerful, early Israeli genre.

The future of Israeli literature is as uncertain as Israel's ever-fluctuating demography.

A survey of Israeli literature, from Ottoman-era Palestine to today.

Jewish writers chose Hebrew, not German or Russian or even Yiddish, as the language with which to build a modern literary tradition.

Learning to control our speech will enable us to transform the world into a community that respects the shared humanity of all people.

Just as the priest went out from the community to welcome back those afflicted with leprosy, we too should reach out to those who feel excluded.

The priest's role in declaring and treating leprosy, a physical manifestation of spiritual impurity, teaches us not to judge our own or others' spiritual lives.

Even if we view leprosy as a punishment, we must work to heal the afflicted, allowing our sense of compassion to override justice or logic.

God instructs Moses about the purification rituals for mothers following childbirth; God then describes to Moses and Aaron the procedures for identifying and responding to those infected with leprosy.

Understanding God's presence in disease means viewing illness not as a punishment, but as an opportunity to treat others as created in the image of God.