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Gaza: A Story of Choices To learn more - http://www.standwithus.com Gaza: A Story of Choices - When Israel uprooted its citizens from Gaza in August of 2005, the Palestinians could have turned Gaza into a beautiful place... By: StandWithUs
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Famous Zionist Thinker George Stevens Presents "My Experience in the Gaza Conflict" Part 3 By: Raphy Tischler
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Posted By simmons on October 2, 2014
Dumb Because I Do Not Know Jewish History lukestudy The very foundation of the Jewish existence. It is about to be repeated just before the coming of the long awaited Messiah
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#39;HAMAS AND SARAYELQUDS THE LIONS OF PALESTINE #39; By:
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Posted By simmons on October 2, 2014
The stones tell the story. They litter alleyways and doorsteps, line roadways stained black by scorch marks from burning tires and firebombs, sit loose and at the ready atop crumbling rock walls. Hardly a day goes by without a stone-throwing clash between young Palestinians and Israeli security forces in some traditionally Arab corner of the holy city, skirmishes that often escalate to the point that police break out what are described as intense but nonlethal methods of crowd control: stun grenades, tear gas or a foul-smelling, retch-inducing liquid known as "skunk water." "It's another intifada, really," said Jawad Siyam, an activist in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, referring to two sustained Palestinian uprisings against Israeli rule that began in 1987 and 2000.
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Posted By simmons on October 2, 2014
Green Apple Day of Service 2014 Global Communities #39; mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around West Bank Gaza, helping them to improve their social, economic... By: Global Communities - West Bank Gaza (Formerly CHF)
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Posted By richards on October 2, 2014
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Its out of my mouth before I know Ive said it. Only right afterward do I recognize the feeling of giving in to the urge to say something I shouldnt, something that is mean, judgmental or just not mine to tell. When I hear my husband or a friend repeating what I shouldnt have said, I protest: No, no, I was just talking. I didnt mean it.
Torah cautions the children of Israel in Leviticus 19:16 not to be tale-bearers. Talmud considers lashon harah, which means evil tongue and refers to gossip or slander, to be as bad as murder, adultery and idol worship combined. Speaking negatively of others even when what you say is true or listening to someone else speak negatively without protesting is a sure way to lose your place in the olam habah, the world to come.
If you dont have something nice to say, come sit by me is not what Jewish educators call the Jewish Way. Its good to be reminded of this as we engage in self-reflection during the High Holy Days.
Rabbi Gabriel Botnick of Temple Aliyah in Woodland Hills likes to tell the Chasidic tale about a man asking his rabbi how to repair damage caused by malicious gossip. The rabbi tells the man to take a pillow up on the roof, shake out all the feathers and then gather them all in again. Like the feathers, words let loose cant be called back. (Some rabbis teach that, to be on the safe side, we shouldnt talk about other people at all.)
Words are powerful in Jewish thinking. The world itself was created with them. The Targum Jonathan (an Aramaic translation of Torah) calls the very breath that made the first human come alive a speaking spirit. We have a holy book and a holy language. Discussion, between study partners or over centuries, is at the heart of our spiritual practice. Vows of silence are rare in Jewish tradition.
In the ultra-Orthodox world, where children learn to be very careful about lashon harah, this can create confusion about telling. Is it OK to report a bully? Someone in power being inappropriate? In more liberal circles, there is a caution about who can use what language. Some words are off-limits for some people. All denominations recognize the power of words and struggle with how to use them for good.
So how am I supposed to know when I am using them for good? My hunger to be in the know, whether its mean, judgmental or just the urge to share a good story, often sweeps right over my urge to be kind, modest or temperate.
The 19th-century Lithuanian rabbi Israel Meir Kagan, known as the Chofetz Chaim, Hebrew for desires life as in the words from Psalm 34: Who is the person who desires life and loves days that he may see the good? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit made a career of writing about issues of lashon harah.
What if you are forced to do it? What if you will lose money if you dont do it? What if you feel really, really certain someone will benefit from hearing what you have to say?
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Posted By richards on October 2, 2014
October 1, 2014
St. Olaf Assistant Professor of Religion Mara Benjamin has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanitiesfellowship that will enable her to complete her second book, Parental Obligation, Power, and Care in Jewish Theological Perspective.
In my new book, I intend to synthesize critical reflection on parental caregiving with contemporary Jewish thought, Benjamin says. My project investigates how pre-modern Jewish sources can aid in constructing a useful description of parental obligation toward children.
This new work will be primarily geared toward scholars and graduate students in feminist studies, Jewish thought, and religious studies, but Benjamin hopes to also attract readers who would like to reflect on childrearing in philosophical and religious studies.
Benjamin is spending the 201415 academicyear on sabbatical in New York, where she will draft her manuscript and collaborate with other scholars.
While Im in New York, I am working with people who are helping me understand some of how classical Jewish texts, such as the Talmud, shape the discussions in the pre-modern period, she says.
Benjamins initial research was supported by a 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend. This project builds on Benjamins previous work and her bookRosenzweigs Bible: Reinventing Scripture for Jewish Modernity, but will bring a specifically feminist angle to the question of how religious thinkers accommodate pressures of modernity.
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Posted By richards on October 2, 2014
EXCLUSIVE: Security Footage Of Synagogue
EXCLUSIVE: Security Footage Of Synagogue.
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