CHURACHANDPUR, Manipur, India (Press Release) – More than 550 members of the Bnei Menashe community from the northeastern Indian state of Manipur participated in a massive pre-Passover “Model Seder” Tuesday night, March 31, at the Shavei Israel Hebrew Center in Churachandpur to mark the upcoming holiday and learn about Passover practices and customs. The Bnei […]
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International, Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — A bittersweet irony it is that the freedom festival of Passover arrives on the 47th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and one day before the rebirth of hope—Easter Sunday. We go to our April festivals this year with a thousand cuts on our soul—from
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USAThe Lieberman Open Orthodox Haggadah, Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld. Gefen Publisher Jerusalem & New York, 2015. 178pp By David Strom SAN DIEGO —The Lieberman Open Orthodox Haggadah, by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld is a very welcome addition to the many different types of haggadahs that exists today. This is an Orthodox traditional haggadah, but with a twist.
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Passover is a time to spend time with those we care most about and give thanks for the lives we have been allowed to live. Passover has always been a time that I reflect not only upon our people’s release from slavery, but also on those that are forced to live under repressive conditions today
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International, Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release) — The 2015 Nominating Committee of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has recommended Stephen Greenberg, Chairman of NCSEJ – National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry– to serve as Chairman beginning June 1, 2015. Mr. Greenberg has a long history of Jewish communal involvement. Early on, he served as National
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Jewish Religion, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)– On Sunday, April 19, at 1:30 p.m., the Jewish Federation of San Diego County will present a special Holocaust commemoration (Yom HaShoah) program. The theme of this year’s annual commemoration is: From Auschwitz to Activism – 70 Years on From the Holocaust. The event will be held at the Lawrence Family
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NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) mourns the loss of Dr. Leon Bass, a true American hero who turned his personal and life-altering experience as a soldier during World War II into an opportunity to educate and inspire action in others. Dr. Bass, who lived outside Philadelphia, died on March 28 at the age
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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorials, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — As the calendar marches to Passover, we received today (March 31) from friends Abe and Bea Goldberg this YouTube video contemplating each of seven symbols of the holiday: Matzah, Four Cups of Wine, Charoseth, Maror, Karpas, Salt Water, and Roasted Egg. Wishing all of our readers a Hag
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Jewish ReligionJERUSALEM (WJC) — In a video message, the hacker group Anonymous has threatened Israel with an “electronic Holocaust” over the Passover holiday. The massive cyber attack on 7 April would fall just over a week before Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day on 16 April. The video shows a masked figure in a suit and tie delivering a prepared statement, warning that
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastAMSTERDAM (WJC)–According to new research Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who kept a diary about her life in Amsterdam hiding from the Nazis, died earlier in the Nazi camp Bergen-Belsen than previously believed. The conclusion was published on 31 March, the 70th anniversary of the official date of the deaths of Anne and her sister Margot that was set
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Jewish History
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — A delegation of eight ZAKA International Rescue Unit volunteers flew in the early hours of Monday morning to assist in the search and recovery mission at the site of the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps. ZAKA volunteers will offer their extensive experience and expertise in international
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In the aftermath of Governor Mike Pence of Indiana signing a statewide Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Rachel Laser, Deputy Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, released the following statement: “We are deeply concerned by the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which highlights the broad, damaging effects of the
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Jewish Religion, USA
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Thanks to my grandniece, Jessica Harrison-Ruiz, who lives and teaches English to kindergarteners in Puebla, Mexico, for sending this upbeat Passover song, performed on YouTube by a group that has named itself for the number of commandments we find in the Torah–Six13, or more simply put, 613. I
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International, Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release) — The total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States increased by 21 percent in 2014 in a year marked by a violent anti-Semitic shooting attack targeting Jewish community buildings in Kansas and anti-Jewish expressions linked to the war in Gaza. The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today,
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