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Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Trivia, Humor & Satire
Many bar- and bat-mitzvah kids mark their special day by doing something to “give back” to the community – volunteering in a soup kitchen, or raising money for a new TV at a senior citizen’s center. Raising $76,000 to establish Israel’s first mobile printing lab, replete with brand new 3D printers and other equipment, would
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
As part of Israel”s UN Ambassador Danny Danon”s ongoing battle to improve Israel”s image at the United Nations, he hosted on Friday the first ever Passover Seder at the UN. By doing so, Danon sought to expose the ambassadors in attendance to this beloved Jewish tradition. About 40 ambassadors, senior UN officials, and even one
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — Passover is the best gift the Jewish people ever gave to the world; nobody who was ever a human being could turn down its message of freedom, its transformation of the taste of tears into the wine of hope, its view of the leaves of parsley as the
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Jewish ReligionBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Swirling beneath the planned May 4 appearance of Pastor Dumisani Washington, a leading African-American advocate for the State of Israel is controversy over the relationship between the Jewish community and the Christians who seek to convert us. Washington’s appearance, sponsored by the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs, is scheduled May 4
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA
By John Kasich/JNS.org I’ve had the wonderful privilege of meeting thousands of people from all different faith backgrounds out on the campaign trail. It’s been both a humbling and awe-inspiring experience. At every event, I try to convey that I have a realistic plan to get people back to work and keep our country safe.
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Jewish Religion, USABy Rabbi Jeffrey Lipschultz ROCK ISLAND, Illinois — As Passover approaches many Jews go into spring-cleaning mode. Getting rid of chametz (food made from wheat and its crumbs) turns into actions such as changing over all of our everyday pots and dishes for special Passover ones, or making them kosher for Passover. Many of us
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Jewish Religion
You may know her as Amy Fowler from The Big Bang Theory television, or as Blossom Russo, the titular character from the mid-90″s sitcom Blossom. Mayim Bialik has played dozens of roles in television and film in a career that stretches back nearly 30 years. In that sense, Bialik is very much at home in
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Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
In preparation for the upcoming Passover holiday, President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday carried out the ritual selling of the chametz (leavened foods that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday) with Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi Shlomo Amar. In the brief ceremony, the President appointed Rabbi Amar to act as an emissary of the President
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Hillary Clinton/JNS.org I didn’t grow up celebrating Pesach. But over the years, I’ve attended seders where I was inspired by the remarkable story told in the haggadah—a tale of a people who, sustained by fortitude and faith, escaped slavery and reached their freedom. As Jewish people around the world prepare for this festival, I wanted
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — Each year before Pesach, members of my congregation ask me to sell their chametz to a non-Jew for the duration of the holiday. The chametz is repurchased after Pesach, but during the festival it is not in its original owner’s possession. This sale allows us to fulfill the mitzvah of
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Jewish ReligionMistakes Happen – Failure is Chosen By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — The Metzora was a person who was so involved in gossip and tale-bearing that even after several types of divine warnings he refused to give up or sometimes even recognize his immoral behavior. Some people even considered their inappropriate behavior to be virtuous.
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Jewish ReligionThe Brussels Jewish community’s Passover celebrations will go on as usual this year but with a few additional guests — namely security guards, police officers and heavily armed soldiers. Security measures at Jewish sites in the country will be heightened during the Passover holiday in light of lingering security concerns following last month’s terror attacks
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International, Jewish ReligionAMSTERDAM (dpa) – The Protestant Church in the Netherlands on Monday distanced itself from the anti-Semitic writings of the German reformer Martin Luther (1483-1546), calling some of his statements “disgusting and objectionable.” In its declaration, the Church condemned for instance Luther’s 1543 pamphlet On the Jews and their Lies (Von den Juden und ihren Luegen),
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