admin | February 21, 2022
The history of the Jews in Mexico can be said to have begun in 1519 with the arrival of Conversos, often called Marranos or Crypto-Jews, referring to those Jews forcibly converted to Catholicism and that then became subject to the Spanish Inquisition.
admin | February 21, 2022
Create the Jewish marriage you want. Join us for Mayyim Hayyims six-session seminar for engaged and recently married couples that will provide tools to solidify a strong relationship and explore different ways of creating a Jewish home. LGBTQ+ and interfaith couples welcome
admin | February 21, 2022
Last week, a firestorm erupted when MK Bezalel Smotrich set foot on British soil. Smotrich, who heads the Religious Zionist party affiliated with the ultra-Orthodox side of the national-religious sector in Israel, is known for his extremist views on various issues such as the attitude toward the Arab minority in Israel and the LGBT community, and Judaism and State issues
admin | February 21, 2022
The Israel Advocacy Forces are in overdrive. The talkbacks are humming with experts ready and willing to attack any criticisms of Israel, especially accusations of apartheid, with an arsenal of facts and figures proving the injustice and spuriousness of the allegations: the critics of Israel are antisemitic, applying double standards; they ignore context and lack nuance; fail to take into account the decades of peace overtures on the part of Israel and their rejection by the hands of Palestinians, and so on
admin | February 21, 2022
The University of Michigans University Musical Society will present a world premiere this weekend with a concert performance of Fiddler on the Roof. It features John Williams orchestral arrangement of the 1971 film score, which is being done live for the first time. Broadway performers Chuck Cooper and Loretta Ables Sayre star alongside U-M musical theaterstudents in the performance, and the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra will accompany the singers.
admin | February 21, 2022
Israels High Court of Justice will hear arguments on Wednesday seeking state funding for the circumcision of all converts. The costly procedure is currently free for Orthodox converts but not for those seeking Reform or Conservative paths to Judaism
admin | February 21, 2022
Chazakah is a fascinating concept in Judaism. This word, with its roots in the Hebrew word for strength, has many halachic applications of which perhaps the best known relates to an action repeated three times. Following tri-fold repetition, an act becomes a chazakah, setting a precedent.
admin | February 21, 2022
A page of Talmud. Photo: Chajm Guski/Wikimedia Recently, a new translation of the Jerusalem Talmud was made available on Sefaria, the free access web interactive platform for Jewish texts that was established a little over 10 years ago. The Babylonian Talmud, including Modern Hebrew and English translations by Rabbi Adin Steinsalz, was placed on Sefaria in 2017
admin | February 21, 2022
Lets start with a few scoops Kehoe Gets Police Endorsement for 2024 Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe secured another major endorsement for his 2024 campaign for governor.
admin | February 21, 2022
Russia and the United States (with NATO behind it) are eyeball to eyeball, and the world waits to see whether Vladimir Putin blinks, to borrow from Dean Rusks comment regarding the Soviet Union from 60 years ago, or whether he orders his military to invade Ukraine (which, as of this writing, he had not). Tensions are running high throughout the world because of it.
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