The world’s richest Jew may have pledged to give the vast majority of his wealth to charity, but Mark Zuckerberg’s great-grandfather’s kiddush cup is staying in the family. Posting photos of his Shabbat candles and challah on Friday night, Zuckerberg said that he would be giving the ceremonial cup to his eldest daughter, Maxima. Get […]
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Jewish Religion, USALast week, reports surfaced that prominent haredi rabbi Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky ruled that traveling on Shabbat was permitted according to Jewish law for residents seeking to flee Hurricane Irma. The report was based on a video in which the rabbi says that the storm is dangerous and that Jews living there should leave. “The storm
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBritish PM Theresa May yesterday hosted a reception at the United Kingdom’s government headquarters, celebrating Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year) with leaders of the United Kingdom”s Jewish community. This year, Rosh Hashana begins on September 20 at sundown, and ends on September 22 after nightfall. In her speech, May reiterated her support for the Jewish
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East180 Degrees: 25 Amazing True Stories… That Caused a Turning Point in People’s Lives by Abraham Leib Berenstein, Feldheim Publishers, Nanuet, NY, © 2017, ISBN 978-1-68025-293-4, p. 340, plus a list of benefactors, $22.99 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – The Jewish High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are perceived by Jews as a time
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionAn ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israeli lawmaker quit his seat on Wednesday under fire from religious colleagues and rabbis for attending a gay relative’s wedding, his daughter said. Yigal Guetta recently told a radio interviewer about the marriage of his nephew, which took place two years ago but still brought a harsh reaction from prominent rabbis, local
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–In view of recent decisions by Israel’s Supreme Court, citizens may have a point when they ask, “Who’s really running the country, the Knesset or the Supreme Court?” Two Court decisions published earlier this week come especially to mind: the Supreme Court’s opinion that (1) the government has no right to
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastA few hours after a Chabad man in Herzliya was fined 730 shekels for helping passersby put on tefillin, a Sderot resident received a fine for activating “Shabbat sirens” near the city’s “Ha’ari Hakadosh” synagogue. “Shabbat sirens” are either music or an actual siren, sounded twenty minutes and five minutes before the start of Shabbat
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastGenesis: From Creation to Covenant by Zvi Grumet, Maggid Books, New Milford, CT, © 2017, ISBN 978-1-59264-477-3, 470 pages plus bibliography and index, $29.95 By Fred Reiss, Ed.D. WINCHESTER, California – In the Jewish tradition, the Five Books of Moses, the Torah, which begins with the Book of Genesis, is annually re-read in consecutive order. This
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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish ReligionHaredi soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda Battalion, better known as the Nahal Haredi, were fed non-kosher food during an army education program last week, Radio Kol Hai reported. According to the report, a group of soldiers from the battalion were sent to participate in an educational program with the IDF”s Education and Youth Corps in
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastJewish religious leaders will not organize a conference call with President Donald Trump ahead of the High Holidays—the major holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur—in a break from recent tradition. “The High Holy Days are an opportunity for reflection and introspection. As the leaders of major denominations in American Jewish life, we have been
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Jewish Religion, USABy Joel H Cohen NEW YORK — A popular old story tells of a Jewish woman on a New York City subway sitting next to a bearded man who’s wearing a black hat and long black clothing. After minutes of staring at the man, the woman can’t contain herself. “I don’t understand you people,” she
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. CohenSAN DIEGO (Press Release)– As we honor the tradition of Kever Avot, of visiting the graves of loved ones, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the San Diego Rabbinic Association (SDRA) provides the following services open to the entire community: Kever Avot Services, September 24th, 2017 Home of Peace Cemetery 3668 Imperial Ave San Diego
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CalendarBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — This past week, some of my congregants asked me: What does Jewish tradition have to say about solar eclipses? Like many ancient peoples, the Jews did not develop a scientific understanding of eclipses until much later in its history. Before we examine what exactly Jewish tradition
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Jewish Religion, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Science, Medicine, & EducationWomen’s rights groups hail ruling as judges nix job requirements that effectively precluded females By Times of Israel staff The entrance to the Rabbinical Court of Tel Aviv, November 27, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Women must be allowed to serve as directors of rabbinical courts, the High Court of Justice ruled Wednesday, in a
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