By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb NEW YORK — I have written and lectured extensively on the topic of Jewish leadership. I have frequently indicated that I consider Moses our teacher, Moshe Rabbeinu, a role model for those who would be leaders. Once, after a lecture on just this topic, I opened the floor to a […]
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–This week’s D’var Torah was suggested by Norm Katz, Financial V.P. and regular Torah Reader at Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Norm will be reading Torah this Shabbat and leading our Torah Discussion Group with Bob Sherman following the service. The construction of the Mishkan, the traveling tent in which the Israelites
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Jewish ReligionNahum HaLevi, The Color of Prophecy: Visualizing the Bible In a New Light; Hardcover; Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House 2012 By Rabbi Michael Samuels CHULA VISTA, California — The Zohar teaches that there are many different layers of Torah interpretation. This mystical work cautions us to take the biblical text at face value. In reality, many
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NEW YORK (Press Release) – Two apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) visited AJC in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The extraordinary visit marked the first time that LDS church apostles have come to AJC’s global headquarters, and follows upon a series of meetings at the LDS world headquarters
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away…) I was an ozer (Counselor-in-Training) at Camp Ramah in Ojai, California for a summer. One of the senior counselors made an indelible impression upon me. He was a nice guy and a good counselor, but he could go
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VATICAN CITY (Press Release) — AJC President Stanley Bergman led a leadership delegation in a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday, Feb. 13. A pioneer in advancing Catholic-Jewish relations over many decades, AJC enjoys close, cooperative relations with the Vatican, as well as with American Catholic leadership. “I am very grateful
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–John Henry Weidner, a Dutch hero who helped save more than 1,000 individuals, including approximately 800 Jews, from the Holocaust, has been posthumously honored by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) with the ADL Jan Karski Courage to Care Award. Established in 1987 to honor rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust era, the
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Jewish HistoryBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO– One person, imbued with belief, can accomplish astounding things as the following true story illustrates: Gary was a boy in a Jewish elementary school in Pittsburgh who was known throughout the school as a big behavior problem. Year after year, by teacher after teacher, he was found to be
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I remember reporting in a Jewish travelogue in 1991 about Victoria, British Columbia, that Selim Franklin was elected in 1860 to the second Legislative Assembly on Vancouver Island, and that in 1866 his brother, Lumley Franklin, was elected as Victoria’s second mayor, the first Jew to hold the
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Jewish History, Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — A story is told about a self-centered and egotistical man who went on a date with a woman he had just met. As they sat at dinner, he proceeded to tell her of all of his abilities, accomplishments, and fine qualities. He eventually realized that he was dominating
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Jewish ReligionNEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday, Feb. 6, welcomed a statement by Member of Knesset David Rotem in which he apologized for “any misunderstanding and offense generated by the contents of my comments yesterday,” regarding his remarks on Reform Judaism. According to reports, Mr. Rotem, the Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law
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NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC is challenging the Presbyterian Church (USA) commitment to Israeli-Palestinian peace, following the publication of Zionism Unsettled: A Congregational Study Guide. This study guide, billed by the church as an educational resource, was produced by the Israel Palestine Mission Network (IPMN), one of the church’s educational arms. “It is a devastating distortion
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Editor’s Note: Holocaust Survivor Garry Fabian, on the invitation of several German Foundations, recently returned to his native Stuttgart and other German cities from Australia, where he took refuge after liberation from Theresienstadt. Fabian kept a journal on the trip, excerpts from which we reprint here. By Garry Fabian 21-22 January Departed Melbourne at 10.30pm
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International, Jewish HistoryNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 5, called on Facebook to remove a “Jewish Ritual Murder” page that has been the subject of public criticism. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement: “The ‘Jewish Ritual Murder’ page on Facebook perpetuates age-old anti-Semitic propaganda, and it should
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