By Dr. Navras Jaat Aafreedi GREATER NOIDA, India — The Society for Social Regeneration & Equity (SSRE), an NGO dedicated to the prevention of mass violence and the promotion of peace, staged a Holocaust themed play, Sipahi (Soldier) on Jan. 15 written by Rajat Prajapati, a final year student of BTech+MBA dual degree at Gautam […]
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International, Jewish HistoryNEW YORK (Press Release) – More than 100 Auschwitz survivors from at least 17 countries will travel to Poland to participate in the observance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz on January 27 for International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The official event has been organized by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
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Jewish Religion, San Diego CountyBy Rabbi Baruch Lederman SAN DIEGO–The bnai yisroel (children of Israel) were at their lowest point. After years of back breaking labor and cruel torment, Moshe had finally shown up as their redeemer. After Moshe went to Paroah, things got worse, not better. Paroah issued an order that the Jews now needed to gather their
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Jewish ReligionBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — When you look at the history of Islamic art, its inclusion in the Islamic faith has not been without periods of repression. Among those singled out for the most severe penalties of the afterlife, are the artists, and other “makers of images or pictures.”Although the Quran did
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-Combined news releases- A rally in New York City for the 17 murdered victims of the Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher attracted 1,000 participants in New York City and more than 700 people gathered at Congregation Adas Israel for an AJC program of solidarity with France’s Jewish community. The Jewish community of New York held
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Jan 14, strongly criticized comments made by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter suggesting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict helped motivate the terrorist attacks in Paris. ADL called President Carter’s views “divorced from the realities of the anti-Semitic and fanatical anti-Western beliefs” of the French terrorists. In a January
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Jewish Religion, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Harold Robinson, director of Jewish Welfare Board’s Jewish Chaplains Council,will be the first rabbi to serve as chair of the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF), an organization that represents a spectrum of faith organizations that serve as endorsers for military chaplains. Robinson, a retired rear admiral, will
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Companion story: Chief Rabbi Lau tells of outreach plans By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –An unusual, pluralistic gathering Tuesday, Jan. 13, inside a Chabad synagogue was inadvertently prompted by the decision of Rabbi David Lau, chief Ashkenazic rabbi of Israel, to cut short his American tour so he can pay a shiva call on
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion
Companion story: A night of pluralism By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In a discussion laced with stories from Torah, Talmud, Jewish history and his own rabbinic family’s experiences, Rabbi David Lau, Israel’s Chief Ashkenazic Rabbi, described his plans on Tuesday, Jan. 13, for outreach to Israel’s poor and for resolving the problem of
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Serving a congregation is arguably the least rewarding occupation for rabbis in Israel. It seems that very few derive professional satisfaction and even fewer can make a living from it. That’s why even those who serve congregations embark on parallel careers say in teaching. Among the very Orthodox, some
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Rabbi Chalom Boudjnah SAN DIEGO — I am shocked. I am horrified. This last week has been a tough week for France. First the killing of 11 people at Charlie Hebdo and then the killing of four hostages at a kosher supermarket (Hyper-Cachere) in Paris. There ass also the killing of a courageous policewoman
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International, Jewish History, San Diego County
By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — When handed lemons some people complain, others make lemonade and one or two create Chateau Lafite Rothschild. In the late 1700’s when the ghetto gate slammed shut at night, the Jews of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, were locked into an urban prison. The inhabitants of that horribly crowded ghetto
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Jewish HistoryNEW YORK (Press Release) — Conference of Presidents leaders Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, expressed the solidarity of the Jewish community of the United States with the people of France in the wake of the horrendous attacks by Islamist terrorists on the Charlie Hebdo magazine, the killing of the female police
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Jewish Religion, USASAN DIEGO–There is a well-known Jewish folktale in which a poor young shepherd boy is chosen to be King by a magic bird that lands on his head. The boy rules wisely but has one strange habit: every day he retreats to a small shed he has built in back of the palace and remains
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