admin | September 27, 2022
The protagonist in Mendele Mocher Sefarims book "The Travels of Benjamin III," dreamed of making his fortune by locating the lost tribes of Israel.
admin | September 27, 2022
On both days of Rosh Hashanah, we end our prayers with a prayer for the day when all of Gods creations realize that He equally created us all and empowers all that works in this world. Shamai Grossman| Guest Columnist Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish High Holy Days, explained Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are the Jewish High Holy Days.
admin | September 27, 2022
Not long ago, Caroline Kessler noticed a simple but telling post on an East Bay Jewish community listserv. Hey, whats happening for High Holiday services in the East Bay this year
admin | September 27, 2022
The word pagan was first used (one could even say it was coined) by Christians in the 4th century to refer to people living in the Roman Empire who practiced pre-Christian religions other than Judaism. Being mainly an urban and cosmopolitan religion after Constantines promulgation of religious freedom in the Empire in the year 313, Christianity distinguished itself even geographically from religions practiced and preserved in rural areas. The Latin word pgnus (from which the English pagan derives) means rural, rustic, and thus unlearned, or unskilled.
admin | September 27, 2022
TheMiami Boys Choirhas gone viral on TikTok. A video version of the song Yerushalayim has racked up millions of views, as the non-Jewish world discovers Orthodox pop with all its energy and oys and innocent dance moves.
admin | September 27, 2022
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:12Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:21Published: Wednesday, 21 September 2022 13:12 Joanne WallensteinHits: 435 The High Holidays are upon us with Erev Rosh Hashanah on September 25 and Kol Nidre on October 4, 2022. Those of you who belong to a synagogue have likely already received your tickets to services and made plans to worship and celebrate with family and friends
admin | September 27, 2022
(September 21, 2022 / JNS) Its hard to recall any incident or issue that better demonstrates the stark partisan divide in the United States than Florida Gov. Ron De Santiss decision to fly 50 migrants to Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. For Republicans, it was a brilliant illustration of the hypocrisy of those who have been declaring their municipalities as sanctuary cities, while advocating for policies that set off a surge of millions of illegals across Americas virtually undefended borderspeople who were encouraged by Democratic Party promises of amnesty and non-enforcement of the law.
admin | September 23, 2022
This past weekend, I decided to attend a two-night camping trip programmed by the Wesleyan Jewish Community (WJC). However, deciding to sign up for this trip wasnt the easiest or most obvious choice for me. On move-in day of my freshman year, a group of enthusiastic and charismatic upperclassmen representatives from the WJC handed my family and me a pamphlet with all of the upcoming Jewish events on campus.
admin | September 23, 2022
(September 20, 2022 / JNS) One of the staples of pre-Rosh Hashanah journalism in recent decades is the evergreen story about how rabbis are afraid to speak honestly in their High Holiday sermons about Israels faults. A 2013 surveyshowed that a third of American rabbis were reluctant to speak about the subject, due to concerns about wealthy donors threatening their jobs for the sin of discussing the Jewish states failings
admin | September 23, 2022
(JTA) Progressive Jewish leaders have launched a new think tank meant to counter what its founders see as an effort by a few billionaires to flood the Jewish world with conservative ideas.
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