Calendar 8-4 – thejewishchronicle.net
richards | August 2, 2017
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 For women only. All women welcome
YouTube Working with ADL to Shut Down Free Speech – LifeZette
simmons | August 2, 2017
Video-sharing website YouTube seems to be systematically purging conservatives and others who challenge politically correct orthodoxy from its platform. Free speech activists across the internet were shocked on Tuesday after YouTube appeared to suspend the account of noted psychology professor Jordan B
Merriment aplenty as Sacramento rabbi finishes 7-year Talmud study – Jweekly.com
simmons | August 2, 2017
Three decades ago, Rabbi Mendy Cohen decided to study Torah. Seven years ago, he decided to read the entire Talmud 2,711 pages to be exact.
Why Are We Still Fasting On Tisha B’Av? Even The Rabbis Of The Talmud Were Over It. – Forward
simmons | August 2, 2017
On the list of Things a Good Jew Should Do, fasting on Tisha BAv ranks pretty low on my list. Now, before my rabbi has a minor heart attack, I should confess that despite my misgivings, like many observant Jews around the world, I will be refraining from eating, drinking, bathing, wearing leather shoes and engaging in marital relations with my nonexistent spouse from sundown tonight until an hour after sundown tomorrow.
The Last Word: Staying Level-Headed – Australia-Israel Jewish Affairs Council
admin | August 2, 2017
Aug 2 2017 The bad news I just received is that it is a "mainstream" Muslim view that the Dajjal, the "Anti Christ", "the deceiver", "the imposter", who will bring humanity to its knees prior to the End of Days, will be Jewish. The good news is that it can't be me - because I don't have "enough hair". I was visiting a number of bookshops in Sydney's Bankstown, talking with scholars-on-duty and discussing attitudes towards Jews.
Mazel Tov! ShulCloud Reaches 613 Active Synagogue Customers – Markets Insider
simmons | August 2, 2017
WEST NYACK, N.Y., Aug. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- RustyBrick, Inc. is excited to share that its ShulCloud product has reached 613 active subscribers of the popular cloud-based synagogue management software.
Secret Shul Goer No 4 – Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue – Jewish Chronicle (blog)
simmons | August 2, 2017
Jewish Chronicle (blog) Secret Shul Goer No 4 - Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue Jewish Chronicle (blog) In some ways, Kol Nefesh Masorti isn't really a synagogue at all. It doesn't own its own building. It has a part-time Rabbi
Record Crowd Of Jews On Temple Mount, But Sephardic Chief Rabbi Scorns Them – Forward
richards | August 2, 2017
getty images Uneasy Balance : A Jewish man prays near an entrance to the Temple Mount. Right-wing Israelis are demanding access to the holy site, which could tip an uneasy balance between faiths. JERUSALEM (JTA) Israels Sephardi chief rabbi and Jordans foreign minister criticized the record number of Jews who visited the Temple Mount on Tisha BAv.
Spain honours Ladino language of Jewish exiles – The Guardian
simmons | August 2, 2017
A manhole cover in a Jewish district of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Photograph: Danita Delimont/Alamy More than five centuries after King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella expelled Spains Jewish population, the still-spoken language of the exiles is to be formally honoured by the countrys leading linguistic authority
SlutWalk Chicago, In Reversal, Will Allow Marchers Carrying Jewish … – Jewish Week
simmons | August 2, 2017
SlutWalk Chicago will allow marchers carrying Jewish or Zionist symbols after saying earlier they would be banned. The group, part of an international movement that protests rape culture, in its ban announced this month referred to a decision by the Chicago Dyke March to ask three women carrying rainbow flags featuring white Stars of David to leave
