The first-ever women’s Siyum HaShas shows that Torah learning is for women, too – JTA News
admin | January 9, 2020
JERUSALEM (JTA) What does one wear to the worlds first womens Siyum HaShas?
Leah Cypess on Daf Yomi and No Day Without Torah – Jewish Journal
admin | January 9, 2020
Every day for 7 1/2 years, Jews around the world partake in Daf Yomi reading a page of the Talmud daily. Then, when theyre finished, they attend a siyum, which honors the completion of the learning. In 2012, more than 90,000 Jews gathered at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to hold a siyum organized by Agudath Israel of America
A new page: 3,000 women celebrate the end of 7.5 years reading Talmud – Israel News – magviral
admin | January 9, 2020
advertisement The Jerusalem Convention Center lobby on Sunday looked like a strange combination of excursion and high school reunion. The room was filled with high school and religious college girls wearing hoodies and padded backpacks next to older women who looked excited. The age range was wide, as was the choice of headgear, skirt lengths and pants
Justice From the MQ-9 Grim Reaper – Jewish Journal
admin | January 9, 2020
Would the United States government have been within its legal rights to assassinate Osama bin Laden if it had possessed intelligence that bin Laden intended to launch strikes against U.S. targets in the Middle East, or near Washington, D.C., and New York? In November 1990, the FBI raided the New Jersey home of suspected Meir Kahane assassin El Sayyid Nosair an early known al-Qaida associate during which the Feds discovered evidence al-Qaida had plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers.
Music, Plays & Film Going On This Week, Including A Social Justice Film Festival – Jewish Week
admin | January 9, 2020
CINEMATTERS: N.Y. SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL Isaac Zablocki, who heads the already impressive film program at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, is adding to his cinematic reach with a brand-new festival
