admin | April 20, 2024
Oberlin is deeply committed to our Jewish community, and vibrant Jewish living, dining, and culture are longstanding and valued parts of our history. Many students at Oberlin identify as Jewish and participate in rich offerings from the Jewish Studies Program, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, and campus chapters of Hillel and Chabad. Students also lead a variety of organizations and activities focused on Jewish life and culture
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admin | April 11, 2024
A groundbreaking study by Israeli scientists has identified a significant ethnic disparity in the prevalence of early-onset Alzheimers disease, show that Sephardic Jews are at higher risk for the disease than their Ashkenazi Jewish counterparts.
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admin | April 11, 2024
By Alan Jay Gerber With the onset of Pesach, I find the study of the historical and philosophical side of our religious tradition to be of great inspiration in getting myself into the holiday mood.
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admin | March 13, 2024
To be Jewish is a tangible thing.
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admin | March 13, 2024
About 60 University of Michigan community members gathered at the Michigan League Monday evening for a presentation from Dr. Sabine Hildebrandt, instructor in pediatrics at Boston Childrens Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School
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admin | February 6, 2024
One of the first decisions that had to be made in conducting this study and analyzing its results was to answer the question, Who is a Jew? This is an ancient question with no single, timeless answer. On the one hand, being Jewish is a matter of religion the traditional, matrilineal definition of Jewish identity is founded on halakha (Jewish religious law)
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admin | January 19, 2024
The Talmud Page of the Talmud The Talmud is the comprehensive written version of the Jewish oral law and the subsequent commentaries on it. It originates from the 2nd century CE. The word Talmud is derived from the Hebrew verb 'to teach', which can also be expressed as the verb 'to learn'.
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admin | January 13, 2024
Anti-Zionists in University of California Ethnic Studies Department Promoting Hatred of Israel, New Study Finds Algemeiner
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