Jewish Religion

#Parasha like a one-to-one discussion

#Parasha: Weekly Insights from a Leading Israeli Journalist by Sivan Rahav-Meir, Menorah Books, Jerusalem, © 2017, ISBN 978-1-59264-480-3, p. 321, plus glossary of Names, $24.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – Sivan Rahav-Meir, the author of #Parasha, is an anchorwoman on Israeli Channel 2, a columnist for Yediot Aḥaronot, Israel’s largest newspaper, and a weekly radio […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

‘Israel must recognize Reform Movement’s rights at Western Wall’

Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, which represents Reform congregations in North America, penned an open letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Sunday, demanding he recognize the Reform Movement”s “rights” to a non-traditional prayer space at the Western Wall and official recognition by the State of Israel. The Reform Movement, represented in

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Unique calendar can tell yahrzeits far into the future

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Former high school physics teacher Fred Reiss has liked series of numbers since he was a little boy.  He recalls that he was approximately six years old when he would stand on the front porch of his aunt’s house in South Philadelphia and count the number of students

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion

Tashlich services draw veteran and new rabbis

Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO — Two rabbis new to the San Diego scene made their Tashlich debuts on Thursday, the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah at Lake Murray. Tifereth Israel Synagogue and Temple Emanu-El, respectively Conservative and Reform, held their annual joint services. Rabbi Joshua Dorsch, wearing the

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Jewish Religion, San Diego County

Sanders, 6 other Jewish US senators urge PM to implement Western Wall deal

Bernie Sanders was among seven Jewish senators who sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday urging him to implement an agreement to expand an egalitarian prayer plaza at the Western Wall. Netanyahu’s cabinet put a hold in June on the deal passed in 2016, drawing the ire of American Jewish leaders.

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

President Rivlin’s Rosh Hashanah message to world Jewry

[youtube:2033070] In the run-up to the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin recorded a video message to Jewish communities around the world wishing them a happy and healthy New Year. In his message, the President noted the importance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur as a time for reflection and soul searching,

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

A New Year’s rite away from the tumult

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Politics.  Brutality.  Greed.   Incompetence.  Uncertainty.  At Rosh Hashanah, my people, a diverse and complex group, finds common comfort, sanctuary, and healing in one another. In other denominations, confession is a personal event, often realized between the confessor and a priestly intermediary. The cleric is charged with admonition but also

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Jewish Religion

In shadow of Israel-Diaspora Western Wall crisis, PM meets US Jewish leaders

NEW YORK — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday afternoon met with eight senior leaders of the American Jewish community to talk about a broad range of issues including Israel-Diaspora relations, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran. The meeting took place on the backdrop of an ongoing crisis between the Israeli government and Diaspora Jewry over

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA