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Misha and the Wolves: an incredible survival story that was too good to be true – The Guardian

| August 13, 2021

At the Temple Beth Torah in Holliston, Massachusetts, congregant Misha Defonseca bared her soul on Holocaust Remembrance Day in 1989, or perhaps 1990. As is the case with most aspects of the episode shed set in motion on that January morning, the particulars are murky.

JUF News | Return of the Rabbi – Jewish United Fund

| August 13, 2021

When Rabbi Jessica Wainer was growing up,she always wanted to be a doctor.

Making it their own – The Jewish Standard

| August 13, 2021

Teenagers and young adults are inspired when they feel they are part of something larger than themselves, when they feel they are not just consumers but are attaching themselves to a larger mission for the Jewish future, Rabbi Gideon Black of Englewood said. Rabbi Black, 38, is the new chief executive officer of the New York region of NCSY, the flagship youth movement of the Orthodox Union, the umbrella organization for North American Orthodox Jewry.

The Best Of Our Knowledge #1612 "The Rabbi, The Choirmaster & The Pandemic" – WAMC

| August 13, 2021

The numbers of ways educators were able to do their jobs and serve their students during the COVID-19 pandemic is probably equal to the number of educators that exist.

Disney star Raviv Ullman is ready to be your new rabbi – Forward

| August 13, 2021

Raviv Ullman might have been your middle school crush when he starred in Disneys Phil of the Future.

Meet Meir Goldberg: Business Opportunities Attracted Him to Israel The Jewish News – The Jewish News

| August 13, 2021

Sitting down with Meir Goldberg, 39, was a leap back in time for me. I remember him when he was a teenager, and it was fun to catch up with him after all these years.

Altercation: The Ghost That Stalks the American Jewish Establishment – The American Prospect

| August 13, 2021

This weeks Altercation is (mainly) authored by the extremely prolific Shaul Magid, professor of Jewish studies at Dartmouth College, Kogod senior research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, and rabbi of the Fire Island Synagogue in Seaview, New York. It draws on the research and arguments of his new book, Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical, though its contents are original to Altercation. When people today hear the name Meir Kahane, most think about the militant and racist rabbi turned Israeli politician who founded a political party in Israel, was elected to the Knesset in 1984, and was removed in 1987 under the Racism Law legislated just for him, which made his party illegal.

Girl finds 1,500-year-old coin at Talmud-era Jewish village in northern Israel – The Times of Israel

| August 13, 2021

An Israeli girl found a 1,500-year-old bronze coin at the site of an ancient Jewish village near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Tuesday, the Nature and Parks Authority said. The Yitzchaki family from the West Bank settlement of Har Bracha visited the Korazim archaeological park and played a scavenger hunt game involving the unique building style of the Talmud-era village, the parks authority said. During the game, the girl found the ancient coin on the ground

Reflections on the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz – The Jerusalem Post

| August 13, 2021

My father is still alive I can hear his voice in his books and videos. Thats precisely how he wanted to be remembered not by eulogies or speeches, but by regular people learning from his works, says his eldest son and CEO of the Steinsaltz Center in Jerusalem, Rabbi Menachem Meni Even-Israel

Parshat Shoftim: The pursuit of justice – The Jewish Standard

| August 13, 2021

As we approach the end of 5781, I find myself both hopeful and concerned about the challenges that lay ahead for We The People of the United States, for People Israel and all of us who inhabit Planet Earth.


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