admin | July 25, 2017
There are plenty of American Jews who do not support Israels treatment of Palestinians. But recent events have highlighted a troubling fact: In 2017, many people in the US, across the political spectrum, are conflating Judaism with Zionism
simmons | July 25, 2017
An Israeli man waves a rainbow flag bearing the Star of David during a demonstration near the scene of a shooting at a gay youth club in Tel Aviv on Aug. 2, 2009. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images Are you a Jew in Chicago whod like to march for LGBTQ rights and gender equality
admin | July 25, 2017
Rabbi Greg Wolfe.
admin | July 25, 2017
This essay is in memory of the beloved mother of Barbara Hanus As a nation, we love asking questions; for centuries we have been asking what caused the destruction of the Holy Temple, the Beit Hamikdash. The Gemara in Nedarim states that Jerusalem was destroyed because the Jewish people did not say Birkot HaTorah (blessing said in morning prayers,before learning Torah) We know that the Beit Hamikdash was destroyed as a result of people violating the three cardinal sins.
simmons | July 25, 2017
Beth Torah Benny Rok Campus 10 hours ago Order Now! ... See MoreSee Less Wish a sweet Rosh Hashanah to family and friends with a delicious gift of honey.
richards | July 25, 2017
(JTA) For the second time in less than a week, protesters demonstrated against Israel outside a synagogue in Istanbul over Israels decision to put up metal detectors at the entrance to the Temple Mount. The latest incident reported in the Turkish media occurred Saturday outside the Ahrida Synagogue on the European side of the Turkish capital, in the north of the neighborhood of Fatih, which is a stronghold of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist movements in Turkey. Responding to the Turkish Jewish communitys protests, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yldrm said in a statement Sunday to the media that while limiting Muslims access to Al-Aqsa mosque for whatever reason is an unacceptable mistake that Turkey expects Israel to undo immediately, the Turkish government does not agree with actions actions outside places of worship of Jewish citizens.
richards | July 25, 2017
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP Stockton University professor Kerrin Wolf will discuss the school-to-prison pipeline as part of the second Salute to Stockton speaker series. He will speak 7 p.m. July 28 at Shirat Hayam Synagogue, 700 Swarthmore Ave
simmons | July 25, 2017
Extremist Israeli Jewish MK from the Jewish Home party, Bezalel Smotrich, has called for building a synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyard, Al-Resalah newspaper reported yesterday. The Palestinian newspaper said that the Israeli TV Channel 7 reported Smotrich saying that the best Zionist response to the Palestinian rejection to the Israeli measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque is to let them understand that they had paid a high price for their acts. He said that the best response would be to build a synagogue in the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in response to the attack on the settlement of Halamish, where three Israeli settlers were killed.
richards | July 25, 2017
Woodbury > > Beth El Synagogue welcomes Benjamin Goldberg as student Rabbi for the upcoming year. Ben Goldberg says he is becoming a rabbi because the most powerful experiences in his life were Jewish ones, and he wants to help others experience that power.
admin | July 25, 2017
Nate Kleinman, aka Farmer Nate, stands straw-hatted under the fierce sun at an experimental growing field in Salem County. Advertisment of The unexceptional-looking expanse of sandy soil lies in the heart of Americas first Jewish agricultural settlement, a hamlet just off Route 55 near Vineland that Russian immigrants fleeing persecution founded as the Alliance Colony in 1882.
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