A Reflection by David Gregory From American Jewish World Service Every winter, as the days shorten and darken, I look forward to Chanukah. The sight of the candles over eight nights helps us create those sacred moments that daily life so often crowds out. The flicker of the flame evokes history, identity, shared experience. I […]
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Jewish Religion, USABollywood icon Shashi Kapoor — a star of 1970s Indian cinema and a member of the Hindi film industry’s famous Kapoor family — died on Monday aged 79 after a long illness, his family said. The multiple award-winning actor died at a hospital in Mumbai on Monday evening, his nephew Randhir Kapoor told the Press
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By Beth Sarafraz The Jewish Voice, November 20, 2017 BROOKLYN, New York — Racing thru the pages of R’ Yosef Mendelevich’s autobiography, “Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage, and Survival,” Rabbi Heshy Ceitlin kept having the same thought. “Chani,” he said to his wife, “We have got to bring this man to
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Matt Lebovic OSWIECIM, Poland — Although its name later became synonymous with the Holocaust, the Polish town Oswiecim — or Auschwitz, in German — once brimmed with Jewish culture. The rise and fall of the community’s buildings left behind evocative relics, a few dozen photographs, and many tales of the town’s special place in
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International, Jewish HistoryParents and residents are fuming after a Jerusalem community center announced that their annual Hanukka party will include a celebration for Mohammed and Santa Claus. Jerusalem’s French Hill community center traditionally holds a Hanukkah party for the community. However, residents were shocked to discover that this years party will include a celebration of Mohammed’s birthday
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Jewish Religion, Middle Eastjim nabors usmc silent night On Nov. 30, we lost Jim Nabors, an icon of the screen who played Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show.” For many, Nabors was a major part of growing up, and seeing him alongside Andy, Barney and Opie gave us plenty of smiles. And while he was a fantastic
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — The following is an attempt to present just a few of the many reasons that contribute to a decline in numbers of the US Jewish population. Is being Jewish a religion or ethnicity? For many this is a confusing question, but it shouldn’t be. Jewish people are an
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Arkady Mamaysky, International, Jewish Religion, USAA monument to a group of Jews slaughtered for baking bread in Nazi-occupied Poland might soon be removed, according to local media reports. The owner of the property where the monument currently stands has asked local officials in the town of Chrzanow for permission to remove it, allegedly because he would like to sell the
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International, Jewish HistoryArriving in New York for a series of meetings in the US, Labor party leader Avi Gabbay attacked Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Zionist Union is a joint list made up of Labor, MK Tzipi Livni’s defunct Hatnuah party, and the Green Movement. “Israel’s crisis with US Jewry is mostly the result of a
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAA Jewish skullcap that retailers are calling the world’s most expensive kippah has gone on sale for $167,000. It is capped with a two carat Russian diamond enclosed within a Star of David encrusted with more than 3,500 crystals and has been created in time for Hanukkah, known as the Jewish festival of lights, which
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Jewish Religion, Travel and FoodArchaeologists are finally uncovering the purpose of a massive cellar in Marseille, France, more than 20 years after its discovery. Following two weeks of intensive analysis, the local research team from the National Institute for Preventative Archeological Studies told a French news channel it’s likely a mikve, a ritual Jewish bath. “Every time I went
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International, Jewish History, Jewish ReligionJon Hendricks, the pioneering jazz singer and lyricist with the vocal ensemble Lambert, Hendricks & Ross who helped create an inventive jazz vocal technique called ‘vocalese,’ has died. Hendricks died Wednesday in New York City, his daughter, Aria Hendricks, said. He was 96. When Hendricks arrived on the jazz scene in the ’50s, his mastery
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — According to an opinion poll just published in Yediot Achronot, Israel’s largest newspaper, more Israelis define themselves as Reform (7%) and Conservative (4%) when put together than the ultra-Orthodox haredim (10%). The largest number of religious Jews are Nationalist-Orthodox (29%). 44% of all Israelis don’t identify with any religious
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Jewish Religion, Middle East[youtube:2035417] Israel”s Chief Sephardic Rabbi visited Jewish communities in California during a recent trip to the west coast, a spokesperson for the rabbi reported Sunday. Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef met with members of local Jewish communities across Southern California, and lectured at the Yeshiva Gedolah of Los Angeles (YGLA). Rabbi Yosef was hosted by the
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