Jesus in the Talmud: Peter Schfer: 9780691143187: Amazon.com …
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Peter Schfer, Winner of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W.
simmons | July 7, 2017
Peter Schfer, Winner of the 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W.
admin | July 7, 2017
I cant tell you how many times Ive been approached by people, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, all asking me the same thing: Rabbi, Id like to be a Sodomite, but I just dont know how to start.
admin | July 7, 2017
Some Jews like to whine and others like to wine, that is, to responsibly consume appropriate amounts of alcohol in the form of grape-derived goodness. On Shabbat, Jews drink wine to make kiddush and Havdalah. On Passover, Jews drink at least four cups of wine and even dip their fingers in one of them.
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The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, in 2012.
admin | July 7, 2017
A New York City-based synagogue recently completed the first Jewish clergy and leadership training about HIV prevention and safety. The program raises awareness about HIV risk, prevention, treatment, and stigma, with the hopes that the religious leaders will bring the message back to their communities.
simmons | July 7, 2017
A Jewish man and boys in London. (photo credit:REUTERS) The UK is now home to the largest number of synagogues ever recorded in the country, but membership is at an all-time low, according to a report the Institute of Jewish Policy Research and the Board of Deputies of British Jews released on Wednesday.
simmons | July 7, 2017
Officials with The Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood and Park Synagogue in Cleveland Heights and Pepper Pike are disassociating with the Greater Cleveland Congregations, effective immediately. The announcement comes after the GCC, an organization focused on achieving goals by working collaboratively with religious leaders and members in the community, chose to oppose the proposal to upgrade Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland
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The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, in 2012. (Roland Unger/Wikimedia Commons) (JTA) The Egyptian government reportedly has approved a $22 million plan to restore a 160-year-old synagogue in Alexandria
admin | July 7, 2017
Bnai Emunah Preschool, located in Congregation Bnai Emunah near 17th and Peoria, dedicated the Khalid Jabara Tikkun Olam Library Friday. (KTUL) A Tulsa preschool is memorializing a man who was killed in a hate crime with a library dedicated in his memory.
simmons | July 7, 2017
Unprecedented depictions of the biblical Jonah and the whale have been found at a fifth-century Roman synagogue in Israels lower Galilee. In the recently discovered mosaic, Jonahs legs are shown dangling from the mouth of a large fish, which is being swallowed by a larger fish, which is being consumed by a third, even larger fish. According to the team of specialists and students led by University of North Carolina, this is the first known depiction of the story of Jonah in an ancient synagogue in Israel