admin | June 1, 2020
ByBenay Blend* There are many reasons that voters are giving to justify support for Joe Biden. The most important and perhaps justifiably so is that it amounts to a vote against Trump. Hatred of the President is so intense that its hard to see the bigger picture.
admin | June 1, 2020
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces warned the enemies that a miscalculation in dealing with Iran will trigger a decisive and immediate response from the countrys military forces. In a statement on the occasion of the anniversary of passing away of Imam Khomeini, Major General Mohammad Hussein Baqeri said the Iranian Armed Forces are fully prepared to counterthreats and respond to hostile measures
admin | June 1, 2020
What is a Jew? That is a question that has baffled thinkers over the course of the centuries. Some claim a Jew is a member of the Jewish religion
admin | June 1, 2020
wikicommons The Sarajevo Haggadah Geraldine Brooks People of the Book was the inspiration for a creative musical work entitled The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book. Created by Bosnian composer and accordion player, Merima Kljuco, the work uses accordion, piano, and video to trace the unique travels of the haggadah from medieval Spain to 20th century Bosnia. Hidden and rescued during World War II, the haggadah was later restored by the National Museum in Sarajevo.
admin | June 1, 2020
When Young Israel of Century City reopens, it will hold satellite services in backyards following social distancing protocols. Fewer people will be in close contact with the Torah. There will be limited singing and no sermons.
admin | June 1, 2020
Rabbi Joshua Davidson feels the weight of the current health crisis as he stands in a cemetery, leading burial services for victims of the coronavirus. When youre standing with families at the grave, and a mother and son cant even hug as they bury their husband and father, 6 feet has never looked like such a long distance as it does in this moment, says Davidson, who leads a large reform congregation at New Yorks Temple Emanu-El. The pandemic has upended the way of life for Jewish communities worldwide.
admin | June 1, 2020
TEL AVIV (JTA) For years Shlo Shalfy, a kindergarten teacher here, thought about the day she would send her 18-year-old son off to the army. She would drive him to Bakum, the enormous military induction base in central Israel, and like all mothers of combat fighters, pray that it wouldnt be their last car ride
admin | June 1, 2020
DARA HORN: The digital venture, called Diarna, takes you back to painstakingly revived synagogues and destinations once lost to history ON A NARROW STREET in Damascus, one of the oldest cities in the world, I pull open a heavy iron door in a cinderblock wall and enter an ancient synagogue. Behind the door, just past a tiled courtyard shaded by a large tree, I am stunned by what I see. Im standing inside a jewel box
admin | June 1, 2020
(JTA) On a Friday early in the coronavirus crisis, isolated in my apartment and facing the first of what would be many weekends with only Netflix for companionship, I came across a live Facebook video of Rabbi Zsolt Balla praying alone from the pulpit of his synagogue in Leipzig, Germany. I had met Balla years before reporting for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in Europe. I had attended Friday night services at the synagogue and a wedding a few days later the first Jewish nuptials held there since the Holocaust.
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