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A Critical Look At A New Sefer: Alternative Medicine in Halachah … – Yeshiva World News

| July 20, 2017

(by Ben Rothke) Learn a few pages in the Mishnah Berurah and youll come to the phrase hamachmir tavo alav bracha. While the Chofetz Chaim didnt coin the phrase, he made it his calling card. He will accept an opinion, but commend those who want to be strict

‘Jerusalem is the center of my spiritual world’ – The Jerusalem Post

| July 20, 2017

A humanoid figure that crash-landed headfirst into the Earth stands six meters tall in the courtyard of St.

Historic Egyptian Synagogue Will Be Renovated for $2.2 Million – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com

| July 20, 2017

Photo Credit: Moshirah / Wikipedia (JNi.Media) The Egyptian government plans to restore the historic Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue. Egypts Ministry of State of Antiquities announced that it would allocate $2.2 million or 40 million Egyptian pounds for the restoration,according to head of Islamic and Coptic Monuments Department, al-Saeed Helmy Ezzat. The synagogue, which had stood in disrepair for many years, closed its doors when the ceiling in the womens section collapsed last year and it was rendered unusable

My synagogue is closing, and there’s so much to miss – Jewish Chronicle

| July 20, 2017

Like many shuls that have dwindled over the years, Hendon Reform Synagogue is leaving its heartland, its Danescroft home, for ever. There is no way around it, the shul is dying; of its 700-strong ageing community, only 10 per cent still remain in the area. It may not feel that way during wedding or bar/batmitzvah celebrations when younger people infuse the place with their vibrant energy

‘Harry Potter and the Sacred Text’ podcast draws non-believers who find meaning in magical fiction – Washington Post

| July 20, 2017

Mark Kennedy grew up a Catholic, and a Harry Potter fanatic. Only one stuck. I considered myself a non-spiritual person, he said

Recordings come to life in cantor’s autobiography – Cleveland Jewish News

| July 20, 2017

An autobiography of the life of Holocaust survivor Cantor Moshe S. Kraus likely would not exist if not for the help of members of the Cleveland Jewish community. Krauss book, The Life of Moshele Der Zinger: How My Singing Saved My Life, tells the story of how Kraus survived the Holocaust and continued his life, and is the result of many hours of interviews with Rabbi Moshe Berger, scholar in residence at Young Israel of Greater Cleveland.In addition, Lyndhurst resident and Oheb Zedek-Cedar Sinai Synagogue congregant Larry Mervine was included in the acknowledgements section of Krauss book, and according to Kraus, helped make the book possible in all kinds of ways.

Group travels to Israel to connect with Jewish heritage – Florida Times-Union

| July 20, 2017

Twenty Jewish mothers from Jacksonville travelled to Israel for eight days for a Momentum journey with the Jewish Womens Renaissance Project and Israels Ministry of Diaspora Affairs. The trip, which took place June 26-July 3, began in the city of Safed and ended in Masada, a national park in Israel.

Far-left French Leader Slams Macron for Accepting French Complicity in Holocaust – Haaretz

| July 20, 2017

In an echo of comments by far-right leader Marine Le Pen, Jean-Luc Melenchon says: 'Never, at any moment, did the French choose murder and anti-Semitic criminality' Jean-Luc Melenchon, France's populist left-wing leader, blasted French President Emmanuel Macron for his admission that the Vichy government was indeed the French government during World War II, and that it and not the Nazis were responsible for deporting French Jews. In an angry 2,000-word blog, Melenchon took the newly-elected president to task for a range of policy missteps, but saved the bulk of his wrath for the remarks Macron made in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

EJC says Jean-Marie Le Pen belongs in jail – Arutz Sheva

| July 20, 2017

The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has called on the French Judiciary to use the full weight of the law and impose the strongest possible punishment on Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder and former leader of the National Front, after it was decided earlier this month that he will face trial for inciting racial hatred for comments he made about a Jewish actor and singer in 2014. In a National Front video, Le Pen said that next time we will put him in an oven" when asked about Patrick Bruels criticisms of the party.

Disease-linked genes in 14 Indian groups – Calcutta Telegraph

| July 20, 2017

New Delhi, July 19: Millions of people in each of at least 14 population groups across the Indian subcontinent may possess disease-linked genes, inherited from roots in founding populations and passed down generations through within-community marriages. A genetic study of 260 distinct South Asian population groups has identified 14 groups, each with census counts of more than one million and each displaying genetic evidence for what scientists call "founder events", or descent from small founding populations


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