Posted By simmons on September 28, 2014
Secret Facts Holocaust 1 of 2 Pre and post war encyclopedia and world almanacs show there are not missing 6 million jews. Typhus killed the prisoners not gas.
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Posted By richards on September 28, 2014
A Journey Across Spectrum of Orthodoxy
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He grew up among the ultra-Orthodox Satmar Jews in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, in a childhood with rules so strict that playing Frisbee at summer camp was considered a radical move.
Today he serves as the spiritual leader of a small, relatively young, progressive Orthodox synagogue where women are allowed to open the holy ark, carry Torah scrolls around the womens section and lead the congregation in some contemporary prayers. In the context of Orthodoxy, these, too, are radical moves.
Rabbi Ysoscher Katzs gradual, sometimes painful but ultimately successful journey from one end of the Orthodox spectrum to another is a rare example in which a former Hasid is eagerly sharing with non-Hasidic Jews the deep knowledge he gained in the yeshiva world. Katzs transition could provide a model for disillusioned ultra-Orthodox Jews who long to engage with the modern world without losing their religious identity altogether.
Rabbi Katz is one of those rare individuals who comes from a world of Torah study and diligent learning, was recognized as a brilliant mind from a young age, yet chose to marry that incredible skill set with a progressive [worldview] within halachic Judaism, said Jonathan Reich, 34, an attorney and president of The Prospect Heights Shul, which hired Katz after a six-month search.
Katz, 46, is a talmudic scholar raised in the Satmar yeshivas of Williamsburg, and ordained by Satmar Rabbi Yechezkel Roth. Thats a far cry from where he lives now Jewishly: He is the head of Talmud studies at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, a left-leaning Orthodox rabbinical seminary in the Riverdale section of the Bronx and a leading voice in the delicate process of carving out halachic decisions for progressive Orthodox synagogues like The Prospect Heights Shul, home to about 50 couples and young families.
As Katz takes the helm of the synagogue, he will remain on staff at Chovevei and will continue to live on Manhattans Upper West Side with his wife, Sharon Flatto, who is a professor of Jewish studies at Brooklyn College, and their two young sons, Avi and Gavriel. His work as a pulpit rabbi at the Prospect Heights Shul will, in the meantime, remain part time.
Katz says he is excited about his first job as a pulpit rabbi. Sipping a hot decaf in a sleek Midtown Manhattan coffee house recently, he said that his greatest joy will be sitting with his congregants and learning Talmud. My plan this year is to delve into the laws of shmita, Katz explained. Shmita, the sabbatical year in the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the land of Israel, includes laws pertaining to remitted debts and how fruits can be deemed ownerless and therefore picked by anyone.
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Posted By richards on September 28, 2014
President Jacob Zuma statement on Nigerian Synagogue Church tragedy
President Jacob Zuma #39;s statement on the Nigerian Synagogue Church tragedy.
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Posted By richards on September 28, 2014
By Dave Collins The Associated Press
A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. District Court of Appeals in New York City ruled Friday that federal Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven was wrong to dismiss the lawsuit by Chabad Lubavitch of Northwest Connecticut. The panel said Hall erred by ruling that part of a federal law barring government interference in religious exercise didnt apply to the case.
The appeals court panel, however, upheld Halls other rulings in the case, including her dismissals of Chabad Lubavitchs claims that its constitutional rights to freedom of religion and equal protection were violated.
The Historic District Commission ruled Chabad Lubavitchs proposed 17,000-square-foot addition to an 1870s Victorian house, which would be used as a synagogue and a residence for its rabbi, was too large and out of character for the local historic district, under state law governing historic districts.
Rabbi Joseph Eisenbach of Chabad Lubavitch disputed the commissions 17,000-square-foot figure, saying it included the basement and attic. He said the footprint of the two-story house and addition would be less than 4,000 square feet and the total area of the project should be listed as less than 8,000 square feet.
Eisenbach said he was optimistic that plans for the addition ultimately would be approved.
Its right before Rosh Hashana and ... theres no greater blessing for the community than to start off the new year with this great news, he said.
C. Scott Schwefel, a lawyer for the Historic District Commission, said the case will return to U.S. District Court and an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is possible.
Were confident that the District Court ... will determine that there is still no genuine issue of material facts and will again dismiss the action, he said.
Chabad-Lubavitch is a Hasidic movement within orthodox Judaism. The Litchfield group set up in northwestern Connecticut in 1996 and now includes social service, educational and arts programs. Continued...
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Posted By richards on September 28, 2014
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Motocross Appin 22.11.1989 80cc race 1 Kim Ashkenazi, Paul Grant, John DiStefano, Matt Russo
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Posted By admin on September 27, 2014
Is Zionism Jewish? Is Zionism a violation of the tanak / bible and Talmud?
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Posted By simmons on September 27, 2014
September 27th Shabbat Meeting with Kenny Russell Galilee Israel visit http://www.bulldozerfaith.com for more information. Broadcasting weekly each Shabbat 9pm Israel time 2pm EST (USA) By: BulldozerFaith
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Full Israeli Gaza Conflic mpeg4 a video of full Israeli Gaza conflict. By: timmy madony
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