By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — The combined Parasha Tazria-M’tzora deals with various types of ritual impurities, specifically those that our ancestors connected with skin disease. Those who contracted the various ailments described in the Torah became ritually impure, were exiled from the Israelite camp, and could only return after they were cured […]
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Jewish ReligionObama refuses to meet Netanyahu until after Iran nuclear deal deadline (JNS.org) President Barack Obama reportedly said he will not meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until after the June 30 deadline for a final nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. Citing anonymous sources familiar with a meeting between Obama and Jewish leaders
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By Toby Klein Greenwald A Sabbath morning, late curled in a recliner reading a book about past lives around me more books, paintings stuffed animals and magazines the room I call a womb. Husband on the patio with coffee cup, ten feet away through the open door reading Talmud And in the silence of the
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Men’s Club of Beth Israel of San Diego hosts Dr. Albert Ray as its featured speaker at the May 20th Dinner Forum. Dr. Ray’s presentation will cover the subject “Sex and the Torah, for Adult Audiences.” Ray received his B.A. in 1969 from Brooklyn College. He attended the Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Ahead of Israel’s Memorial Day on April 22, the day on which the Jewish state officially remembers its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, a unique cookbook compiled with recipes by bereaved mothers who have lost their children to war and terror has recently been published. The cookbook, a
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I don’t often go in for listicles, but this one time I felt I would delve into the online meme, just to see where it might lead. Here, based on a lifetime of living in the midst of the Jewish mindset in the 20th and 21st centuries, are
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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Rabbi Baruch Rock, the newly appointed head of Judaic Studies at the San Diego Jewish Academy and the current rabbi of Congregation Orot Hacarmel, was the first featured reader at the March 31 Jewish Poets—Jewish Voices evening in the Astor Judaica Library. This was an evening devoted to the
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Eileen Wingard, Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — On Rosh Chodesh (the new month) and on each of the Shalosh Regalim (pilgrimage festivals): Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, we add a special section to the morning service called “Hallel.” “Hallel” means praise. Hallel consists of several Psalms (religious poems) which reflect the celebrations which took place in
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Jewish ReligionBy Erin Philips SAN DIEGO– You’ve made it through Seder-night dinners and holiday brunches, matzo for breakfast and matzo for dinner. You’re starting to crave baked goods and comfort foods and fresh, easy meals. The kids are kvetching and relatives keep dropping by. With several more days of Passover, what’s a home cook to do? The
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Jewish Religion
GAITHERSBURG, Maryland (Press Release)– Congregation Shaare Torah in this suburb of Washington D.C. was spray-painted with swastikas and other racist graffiti. The vandalism at the Conservative shul i took place early Tuesday, April 7. “Gaithersburg is not a community that will tolerate such a hate crime,” Mayor Jud Ashman said in a statement. “We are
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Jewish Religion, USA
By Eva Trieger SAN DIEGO — King Solomon may have said it best when he penned “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.” The wisest man
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SAN DIEGO–Melanie Rubin, with seder plates of matzoh, charoseth, Pascal lamb shank, karpas and the like still on her mind, spotted this license plate, which seems to be an abbreviation for Pesach. __________________________________________________________________ Care to comment? We require the following information on any letter for publication: 1) Your full name 2) Your city and state (or
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Jewish Religion, Melanie Rubin, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Rafi Andrusier LA MESA, California — It has been an incredibly busy week. Passover is finally here! So besides surface reading the words of the haggada tonight, what can we take away from the message of Passover? What is the message the haggada is trying to impart? This past Tuesday, I was at
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — I never fail to be impressed by the creativity of our Torah School students and staff. Last Sunday our Torah School students participated in a “Model Seder.” As we began, I explained that this exercise was not in place of home seders, but rather to prepare our students
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