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Never Again: Holocaust news of Sept. 25, 2015

September 25, 2015

Dachau’s makeover: ex-Nazi death camp houses refugees amid Europe’s crisis (JNS.org) A portion of the former Nazi concentration camp Dachau is being used to house dozens of refugees, the German town’s mayor says. The concentration camp, which bears the infamous inscription “Arbeit Macht Frei”—“Work Will Set You Free”—has seen its former herb garden turned into […]

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International, Jewish History

Germany will prosecute Auschwitz radio operator

September 24, 2015

(JNS.org) German authorities have charged a 91-year-old woman for her role in the murder of 260,000 Jews in the Auschwitz death camp during the Holocaust. The woman, who has not been identified, served in the Nazi SS and worked as a radio operator for the camp’s commandant in 1944. Prosecutors plan to charge her as

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International, Jewish History

Chicago TV station apologizes for Holocaust graphic

September 24, 2015

CHICAGO (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) — A local television station in Chicago, WGN-TV, used a stock image of the yellow Star of David—the patch the Nazis forced the Jews to wear on their clothing during the Holocaust—as the graphic accompanying a story about the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur this week. The symbol was

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Jewish Religion, USA

Houston, we have a religious problem

September 22, 2015

By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org HOUSTON, Texas — In a scheduling conflict of Abrahamic proportions, a Houston-based think tank is hosting George Mitchell—former U.S. senator from Maine and the Obama administration’s former envoy for Middle East peace—on both Jewish and Muslim holy days. “The Negotiator: Senator George Mitchell’s Adventures in Law and Politics” will be held from

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Jacob Kamaras, Jewish Religion, USA

Diversity, unity both said to be strengths of Judaism

September 21, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — According to Jewish tradition, the period between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is the opportunity for soul searching and a new beginning, i.e., Atonement. The Almighty is said to decide each person’s fate for the coming year on Rosh Hashana, and to sign the final decision on Yom Kippur. The

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

We repent on Yom Kippur, and then what?

September 20, 2015

By Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — This high-holiday season may have been just the spark some needed to awaken – or re-awaken — their Jewish heritage. Still others remain in the midst of great spiritual strivings during the upcoming auspicious days of Succot and Simchat Torah. Wherever you are personally, no matter. What

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Jewish Religion, Michael Mantell

Forum at Ohr Shalom to explore LGBT economic rights

September 20, 2015

By Ellen Morgenstern SAN DIEGO – This month Jews from all over the world observe the 10 holiest days in the Jewish faith (Days of Awe), the joyous celebration of the creation of the world, Rosh Hashanah, and the more solemn tradition of Yom Kippur where one repents for sins during the previous 12 months.

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Jewish Religion, San Diego Calendar, USA

Temple Mount crux of Arab – Israeli dispute

September 19, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Temple Mount (to Muslims Noble Sanctuary or Haram al Sharif) has returned to world headlines for God may know how many times, according to Jews, since the time of Solomon. Whatever happened there, and happens now, is a matter of intense concern. It is not a stretch to conclude that it

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Israel’s Progressive Jews now equal Haredim’s numbers

September 19, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–“Hiddush – For Religious Freedom and Equality” is an organization headed by Rabbi Uri Regev, the former president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and, before that, the head of Reform Judaism’s Israel Religious Action Centre. Hiddush regularly surveys the religious preferences of the country’s Jews. The latest poll indicates

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

A new schism in Israeli Orthodoxy

September 18, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–There’s more to religious divisions in Israel than those between Orthodoxy and Liberal (Conservative and Reform) Judaism. There’re also many opposing forces within Orthodoxy: Ashkenazim and Sephardim; Hasidim and their opponents; Zionists and anti-Zionists. Yet they’re together in the Knesset and currently all in the government. In recent years, however, yet

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

A Progressive Jew experiences Orthodox Yom Kippur

September 18, 2015

By Jenn Lindsay ROME, Italy–On Kol Nidre night that year, it was raining at dusk. I decided not to ride my bike to the progressive Yom Kippur service on the Boston University campus. If I rode my bike, I would get too thirsty coming home and I wouldn’t keep the holiday fast. So I went to

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Jewish Religion, USA

When is the proper time to repent?

September 18, 2015

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — The ten days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are called aseret yemei teshuva, the Ten Days of Repentance. These days are considered a particularly appropriate time to review our lives and correct our faults. The Shabbat which falls during these ten days is called Shabbat Shuva, the

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Jewish Religion

Arab – Jewish holy-day battles have many precedents

September 17, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — An American cousin sent me a link to the PBS documentary, 1913: Seeds of Conflict, and asked if it was a fair and accurate presentation. I clicked, and received a message, “We’re sorry, but this video is not available in your region due to right restrictions.” The Internet being what it

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Repentance is how Jews deal with evil among us

September 17, 2015

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — With the Yom Kippur judgment pending (perceived as a moral threshold by most Jews, a time for cleansing souls), this is really one of the rare times of the year when our spiritual community actually ponders evil straight on. Most of the year, we’re thinking about good works. We’re

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Jewish Religion

Never Again: Holocaust news of Sept. 25, 2015

Germany will prosecute Auschwitz radio operator

Chicago TV station apologizes for Holocaust graphic

Houston, we have a religious problem

Diversity, unity both said to be strengths of Judaism

We repent on Yom Kippur, and then what?

Forum at Ohr Shalom to explore LGBT economic rights

Temple Mount crux of Arab – Israeli dispute

Israel’s Progressive Jews now equal Haredim’s numbers

A new schism in Israeli Orthodoxy

A Progressive Jew experiences Orthodox Yom Kippur

When is the proper time to repent?

Arab – Jewish holy-day battles have many precedents

Repentance is how Jews deal with evil among us

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