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New presidential task force charged with fostering Jewish inclusion and the prevention of anti-Semitism at CSU – Source

| September 11, 2020

Earlier this summer, Colorado State University President Joyce McConnell established a Presidential Task Force on Jewish Inclusion and the Prevention of Antisemitism. The task force, which the Presidents Office has just announced to coincide with the start of the Fall semester, is co-chaired by Carolin Aronis, special advisor on prevention of anti-Semitism and affiliate faculty in the Department of Communication Studies, and John Henderson, assistant dean of students and director of Parent and Family Programs in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. Thirteen faculty, staff, student organization advisors, and student leaders as well as a representative from the Fort Collins community are members of the task force

Lecture on booze as a gateway chug into rabbinic thinking J. – The Jewish News of Northern California

| September 11, 2020

Jordan Rosenblums first whiff of the Talmud in college was intoxicating. Now 41 and a professor of Jewish studies and religious studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rosenblum is the author of Rabbinic Drinking: What Beverages Teach Us About Rabbinic Literature a sort of backdoor introduction to the basics of Talmud and the classical rabbinic mindset

Can we be pious and ambivalent? – Forward

| September 11, 2020

Still Small Voice is a collection of 18 interviews with clergy and scholars tackling 18 questions about God, published during the month of Elul, a time of Jewish reflection and accountability. Click here to read the introduction to the series

The Trickle-Down Effect – Song of the Soul – Chabad.org

| September 11, 2020

Its a daunting task.

New year cometh – Cleveland Jewish News

| September 11, 2020

Let the old year and its curses end; let the new year and its blessings begin (Babylonian Talmud). Its been a weird year. Hard to believe that last year, on Rosh Hashanah, we all gathered together by the hundreds and prayed, not socially distanced, no masks, no Purell

Iraq’s Jews fled long ago, heritage struggles on – The Jakarta Post – Jakarta Post

| September 11, 2020

Growing up in Iraq, Omar Farhadi would heat up dinner for his Jewish neighbors when they rested on the Sabbath. Few are left, and their heritage risks fading away too.

Sounding the shofar is a blast and meaningful – St. Louis Jewish Light

| September 11, 2020

Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose and three additional Hadar fellows reflect on the calls of the shofar In this unprecedented year when our High Holiday experiences will surely be modified to address the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, below you will find a Kavanah (contemplative meditation) to be shared in your homes and in our Houses of Worship prior to the sounding of shofar. Penned by four Hadar Jewish Wisdom Fellows (three rabbis, including myself, and a hazzan), we hope these text based inspired ruminations will help in the introspective work that these Days of Awe are intended to catalyse. May the sounds of the Shofar help usher in a Good New Year and may 5781 herald the arrival of new era, one filled to overflowing with health, wholeness, happiness and holiness.

Rejoicing in the Triumphs of the Next Generation – Jewish Week

| September 11, 2020

This weeks parsha poses a challenging theology and ideology. After nearly 40 years of wandering in the desert, all of the Israelites men, women, young, strangers stand before God and are told that in an effort to create transparency and accessibility, all of the commandments will be recorded for them: Lo bashamayim hi It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who will go up to heaven for us and fetch it for us, to tell [it] to us, so that we can fulfill it? Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who will cross to the other side of the sea for us and fetch it for us, to tell [it] to us, so that we can fulfill it?

Kosher food truck takes to the road in Montgomery County – Washington Jewish Week

| September 11, 2020

Schmaltz Brothers food truck sits parked behind Beth Sholom Congregation and Talmud Torah in Potomac.(Photo by Eric Schucht) Its a sunny Friday afternoon when a truck that looks like a UPS delivery vehicle except this one is painted black with colorful swirls parks across the street from the Silver Spring Jewish Center. Music plays over the trucks speakers, while Yehuda Malka and his two sons wait for customers to approach. It doesnt take long.

If you think yeshivas can follow COVID-19 guidelines, youve clearly never visited one – Haaretz

| September 11, 2020

The study halls (batei midrash) of Israeli yeshivas were divided into capsules by plastic sheets for the first two weeks of the Elul term. In each capsule, dozens of teenagers and young men are bent over their volumes of the Talmud


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