Jewish American Heritage Month

richards | March 7, 2017

JERUSALEM For some, the notion of delving into the Talmud in English for free with the click of a mouse was something they could only dream of. But now that dream is becoming a reality

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richards | March 7, 2017

Stuart Wright has two tattoos, writes Sam Charles of The Chicago News: one says "Jesus is love" and the other is a swastika. This educated accountant from the suburbs was arrested late February and charged with a hate crime after someone smashed the window of a downtown synagogue and stuck swastikas on the doors

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richards | March 7, 2017

Northtown Automotive Cos. plans to convert a synagogue on Getzville Road in Amherst into administrative offices and an employee training center and to lease 300 parking spaces at the site to the nearby Dent Neurologic Institute

Category: Synagogue | Comments Off on Northtown Auto's purchase of Amherst synagogue to ease Dent's … – Buffalo News
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richards | March 7, 2017

CHESHIRE Temple Beth David officials say they are prepared in the event a threat is made toward the synagogue.

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richards | March 7, 2017

MASON CITY | Alan Steckman, the president of the Jewish congregation in Mason City, received a startling message on his voice mail Sunday. The caller said, "We gonna spray your sh---y synagoguein pigs blood. Watch the f------ out." "It was unnerving to hear it," said Steckman.

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richards | March 7, 2017

This is a very charming and quite a "feel good" film. It is about many things: a close-knit, earthy, easy-going, but pious Sephardic community in Jerusalem; delicious Sephardic foods that look so tasty the viewer wants to reach over and take something

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richards | March 7, 2017

A CLASSROOM awaits its pupils.. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM) The Jerusalem District Court ruled to impose regional registration for two haredi (ultra-Orthodox) high schools for girls in the city of Elad this week, striking a blow against the discrimination of Sephardi haredi girls in Ashkenazi haredi schools.

Category: Ashkenazi | Comments Off on Court strikes blow against discrimination of Sephardi haredi girls – Jerusalem Post Israel News
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richards | March 7, 2017

Rabbi Yona Metzger. (photo credit:MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST) On February 23, the Jerusalem District Court rejected former chief Ashkenazi rabbi Yonah Metzgers plea bargain and extended his prison sentence, for fraud and bribery, to four-and-a-half years. Also, he will pay a fine of NIS 5 million for tax evasion

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richards | March 7, 2017

My time as a college student involved decision making.

Category: Jewish American Heritage Month | Comments Off on A professor's view of Chabad on Campus – Heritage Florida Jewish News
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simmons | March 7, 2017

Richard D. Heideman

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