admin | September 2, 2022
The World Premiere of Michael Shapiro's VOICES is set to take place at New York City's famed Central Synagogue, Thursday, November 10, 2022 (652 Lexington Avenue, E. 55th Street)
admin | September 2, 2022
Simona Cerrato/Flickr The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land by Graciela Mochkofsky (trans. from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman); Knopf, 288 pp., $30 Most people think that scripture is a noun, but its actually a verb. That is, scripture is an event, a relational activity
admin | September 2, 2022
Danny,already in his mid-40s,decidedto move to Jerusalem,Israel andenroll inayeshiva.Having never receivedan extensive Jewish education,he was overwhelmed by thelarge number ofTorahlawsthathe wasentirelyunaware of.He was particularlyintriguedbytheagricultural laws of the Sabbatical year(shemitah),which apply this year (5782),and dedicated most of his energy tostudying these laws.Then,heembarked on thestudy of thefinancialaspectof the Sabbatical year, namely, thecancellationof all debts with the conclusion ofshemitah, with the onset of thenew yearon Rosh Hashanah.Thecancellationcan beavertedby signing a special form called aProzbol. Danny panicked,as he had recalled collecting a loan of $50,000 after the last Sabbatical year some seven years ago.The loan was collected from his friend Stanley, and Danny was not in a financial position to return the sum.As he was then unaware of the laws ofshemitah, he had not prepared aProzbolform to allow collecting the debt. Danny and theyeshivas rabbinical staffconsulted with our Bet Din to determine whetherhe needs to return the money toStanley
admin | August 30, 2022
NUR-SULTAN The Kazakh capital is entering its final stages of preparation for the seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which will be held on Sept. 14-15, reported the Foreign Ministrys press service on Aug. 27.
admin | August 30, 2022
I love okra. Like, in an Im in a deeply committed relationship with okra kind of way
admin | August 27, 2022
Editors note: Excerpted from the new three-volume set, Theodor Herzl: Zionist Writings, the inaugural publication of The Library of the Jewish People edited by Gil Troy, to be published this August marking the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress.
admin | August 20, 2022
When the San Francisco dietician and chef Micah Siva searched last summer for a Jewish counting book for her new niece, she was disappointed by the choices. So Siva, who writes a food column for J., and her husband Josh, who works in the pharmaceutical industry, decided to write and publish one themselves
admin | August 20, 2022
Another year of Marvels Voices is gone, full of new characters, beloved characters, in stories meant to highlight their voices and experiences. Since Marvels first Voices issue, I have had the question: will we ever get a Jewish Voices version?
admin | August 20, 2022
Boudin deserved to go The Chesa Boudin drumbeat in J.
admin | July 16, 2022
One enters The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do, the updated core exhibit at New York Citys Museum of Jewish Heritage, through a dark corridor. Yiddish and Hebrew songs are piped in as well-lit photographs and bright video screens show moments of domestic life from across the Jewish diaspora from decades ago.
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