Pirke Avotes d’abord le Talmud – Video
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Pirke Avotes d #39;abord le Talmud
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Jerusalem synagogue attack: Day later, site is symbol of faith, determination (+video)
Posted By richards on November 19, 2014
Har Nof, Jerusalem Dov Sorotzkin was awakened Tuesday by gunfire between Palestinian assailants and Israeli police at his synagogue.
On Wednesday, he and his wife returned to their place of worship to celebrate their newborn sons brit mila, or circumcision.
He describes the ceremony as a symbol of the willingness to give oneself to God just as the four rabbis were doing when they were killed Tuesday morning here in Har Nof, an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood of West Jerusalem.
We decided to do it today to show were not running away, says Mr. Sorotzkin, posing for happy photos with his wife and son, with bullet holes and policemen in the background. We give ourselves to God.
Indeed, the attack the deadliest in months of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the contested holy city has inspired not calls for revenge but a deep self-examination among ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) members of this community that see such tragedies as a sign from God. The imperative response for these devout Jews, as described to the Monitor, is to improve themselves and grow stronger in their faith something, they say, the Jewish people have been doing for thousands of years.
In honor of that, Sorotzkin named his son Eliyahu Meir after his great-grandfather Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch, who fled Lithuania after his yeshiva was destroyed in the Holocaust and rebuilt a new yeshiva center in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Jewish people have suffered persecution throughout the ages, but they just draw strength from that, says Yosef Sorotzkin, Dovs father. This whole thing of rebirth is a constant in the Jewish history. Its in our belief, culture, religion, that we push forward.
Indeed, the study hall that saw such ugly scenes the day before was buzzing Wednesday, with men of all ages poring over rabbinic teachings in the Talmud and other religious works, some serious others engaged in lively debate, and some even smiling.
The attack by two Palestinian cousins from East Jerusalem armed with handguns, knives, and axes, in which an Israeli policeman and the attackers were also killed, follows a wave of violence touched off this summer with the kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. The murder of a Palestinian teenager in revenge heightened tensions in Jerusalem and launched the city into the worst period of violence in nearly a decade.
Despite the increasing tempo of attacks over the past few weeks, the brutal attack on men at morning prayer was particularly shocking, with many saying the images of blood-stained prayer shawls evoked memories of the Holocaust or pogroms in Europe.
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Next Media Video: Four killed during prayers at synagogue in Jerusalem – Video
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Next Media Video: Four killed during prayers at synagogue in Jerusalem
At least four Israelis were killed in an attack launched on a synagogue in western Jerusalem during morning prayers yesterday (November 19). Reuters.
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American Moshe Twersky Killed at Israeli Synagogue Has Ties to NJ – Video
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American Moshe Twersky Killed at Israeli Synagogue Has Ties to NJ
LAKEWOOD - One of the three Americans that were among those killed in an attack Tuesday at a synagogue in Israel has ties to New Jersey. A U.S. State Department spokesperson has identified...
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Israel Retaliates After Gruesome Synagogue Attack – Video
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Israel Retaliates After Gruesome Synagogue Attack
Three of the dead had dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship, including a man with strong ties to the New York area. CBS2 #39;s Tony Aiello reports.
By: CBS New York
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Synagogue Massacre Nov 18, 2014 – Video
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Synagogue Massacre Nov 18, 2014
A rough cut of 2 first responders eyewitness account of the synagogue attack.
By: Israel Today News
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Rabbi Killed at Israeli Synagogue Has Ties to NJ – Video
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Rabbi Killed at Israeli Synagogue Has Ties to NJ
Rabbi Killed at Israeli Synagogue Has Ties to NJ.
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mark levin interviews israeli ambassador to US over synagogue massacre – Video
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mark levin interviews israeli ambassador to US over synagogue massacre
Ron Dermer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Dermer.
By: Kenneth Sikorski
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Jerusalem: tight security after deadly synagogue attack – Video
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Jerusalem: tight security after deadly synagogue attack
Security was tight in Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, a day after four rabbis and a policeman were crudely killed in a deadly attack on a synagogue. It was carried out by two Palestinian cousins...
By: euronews (in English)
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Piyyut: Verbal Art in the Synagogue in Byzantine Eretz Israel – Video
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Piyyut: Verbal Art in the Synagogue in Byzantine Eretz Israel
Dr Michael Rand (Faculty of Asian Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge) will present piyyut as "verbal art," stressing its literary (rather than liturgical) aspects. He will talk...
By: The Lehrhaus
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