admin | December 19, 2020
My cousinsurprised me last week with a visit. The mood on the damp street outside wassurly, and the people I observed from my office window were fighting the rawwind
admin | December 19, 2020
This week, as the U.S. government launched the largest vaccine distribution program in the countrys history, rabbis and Jewish ethicists were united in support of the rollout to battle the coronavirus pandemic, stressing that vaccination is consistent with Judaisms highest value: preserving life. On Monday, an intensive-care nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Sandra Lindsay, became one of thefirst Americansto get the new COVID-19 vaccine made by U
admin | December 16, 2020
In October 2018 I received a letter from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of blessed memory. My dear Rabbi: she wrote, Thank you for todays surprise, a scrunchie I will wear not only at Hanukkah, but year round. In addition to being an ordained rabbi, I design fashionable, Hanukkah-themed accessories
admin | December 16, 2020
In a time of national identity searching, introspection and anticipation, Hanukkah can be an inviting space to reflect and refract the light before us. From the Hanukkah that was to the Hanukkah we arrive at, the world has shifted and we are not the same. This holiday of chocolate, oil and games of dreidel beckons us into a moment of contemplation
admin | December 16, 2020
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admin | December 16, 2020
There is much controversy and misinformationsurrounding this question, so lets begin by clarifying the facts of the story. After laying siege to Jerusalem, the Romans, led byTitus, finally breached the walls of Jerusalem, and on the 9th of the Jewishmonth of Av, in the year 69 CE, destroyed theHoly Temple and plundered it.
admin | December 16, 2020
Canadians continue to mourn the passing of former Canadian Jewish Congress president Goldie Hershon. Hershon served in a wide array of important roles for CJC, recognized as the Parliament of Canadian Jewry.
admin | December 16, 2020
Parshat Vayigash deals primarily with the events surroundingJacobs arrival in Egypt.
admin | December 16, 2020
As cultural views on tattooing shift into a more nuanced approach, more Jewish people are choosing to decorate their bodies with permanent art. For some, tattoos honor the passing of a loved one, indicate something about themselves and their interests or reclaim the recipients body after trauma or surgery
admin | December 11, 2020
(JTA) When Danielle Kranjec committed to using only Jewish texts written by women and queer people in the classes she taught for Hillel Internationals Springboard Fellowship, a program that places recent college graduates in positions at college campus Hillels across the country, she knew she was taking on a challenging task. After all, for most of Jewish history, women werent encouraged to take on religious leadership roles or write commentaries on the Torah or Talmud.
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