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Dr. Allan Cunningham, the elected representative to the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council for the Southern Region USA, recently announced the names of 60 Jamaicans in the region who were honored for their work in the community. The honors commemorate Jamaicas 60th anniversary of independence and includes professionals, media people, community leaders, doctors, lawyers, educators, healthcare workers, and entrepreneurs.
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admin | May 4, 2022
Centuries after millions of Africans were shipped to America and Europe as slaves, their descendants are coming back to Africa in a bid to reunite and develop the continent. The return of the African diaspora, as the phenomenon is known, draws thousands of men and women who come as tourists, while others are passionate enough to resettle and build new lives
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admin | May 4, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that a new resurgent India had made up its mind to move forward with determination and urged the Indian diaspora to help the country take big strides globally. Addressing the Indian community here, Modi said the young and aspirational India understood the need for political stability to achieve faster development and had ended three decades of instability by mere touch of a button. "This time of the 21st century is very important for India.
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admin | May 4, 2022
Bridging Traditions is essential reading for Jews of all origins who are interested in understanding their own practices and appreciating those of their brethren, and in seeing the kaleidoscope of halachic observance as a multi-faceted expression of an inner divine unity. As the rabbi of a Sephardic synagogue for over twenty years who himself is of Ashkenazic descent and trained in Ashkenazic yeshivot, Rabbi Haim Jachter has a unique vantage point from which to observe the differences in customs and halachot between Ashkenazim and Sephardim. In his new book, Rabbi Jachter applies his wide-ranging expertise to explicating an encyclopedic array of divergences between Ashkenazic and Sephardic halachic practice, while also capturing the diversity within different Sephardic communities
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admin | May 4, 2022
(May 1, 2022 / JNS) Anyone involved in Mizrahi and Sephardic Jewish life knows that the overwhelming majority of us are Zionists.
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admin | May 4, 2022
An increasing number of young members has made Beit Harambam text study classes an opportunity to build friendships. | Courtesy of Moshe Asiag Congregation Beit Harambam has never had any trouble gathering a minyan for prayers three times a day.
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admin | May 4, 2022
SAN DIEGO Israel is a beautiful country. What a shame that, when debating immigration, it battles such ugly contradictions. In that respect, the Land of Canaan is a miniature version of the United States.
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admin | May 4, 2022
By Judy Lash Balint, JNS Rehabilitating a crack house in Tiberias was not exactly in the job description of Rabbi Yamin Levy, spiritual leader of the Beth Hadassah Synagogue Great Neck (the Iranian Jewish Center). But that house happened to be right next to the dilapidated tomb of Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, the great medieval philosopher and halachic authority known as the Rambam, or Maimonides.
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admin | May 4, 2022
Hes the Ace of Cakes and Buddy Valastros worst nightmare on Buddy vs. Duff. But Food Networks new daytime series, Duff: Ace of Taste, which premiered on April 24, reveals another side of celebrity chef Duff Goldman, whos best known for his baking.
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admin | May 2, 2022
How a language teetering on the brink of extinction represents the faith and fortitude of the Jewish people. As a Jewish girl growing up in New York City towards the end of the 20th century, it seemed most people I encountered equated Jews and Judaism with three things: bagels, lox, and a very phlegmy-sounding language called Yiddish. The reasons for these associations during my formative and teen-age years were undoubtedly affected by the cultural exposure provided by sheer numbersnearly 500,000 Jews from Eastern Europe had settled on the lower East side in the early part of the 20th century, seeking refuge from the endless persecution and pogroms that had plagued their communities for centuries
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