Tu BShevat: A Celebration of the Tree – Jewish Journal
admin | February 5, 2020
Having walked through redwood forests, I experienced the ancient spirit of these trees as their scent and presence wafted gently around me.
admin | February 5, 2020
Having walked through redwood forests, I experienced the ancient spirit of these trees as their scent and presence wafted gently around me.
admin | February 5, 2020
Obviously, there is no comparison. One is a mere human being who happens to occupy the highest office in the land. The other is a kedosh elyon, a pillar of Torah Shebaal Peh and our eternal teacher in the holiest of dimensions, the chain of Torah from Moshe Rabbeinu
admin | February 5, 2020
Re: Is the WZC a Sham Election? Dear Editor, Is the World Zionist Congress a Sham Election? asked your editorial article (January 31, 2020).
admin | February 5, 2020
Two weeks ago, I attended an event alongside 800 fellow Jews, many of whom I knew personally to be either staunch Democrats or Republicans.
admin | February 5, 2020
With concerns about anti-Semitism and house of worship safety on the rise, a bipartisan trio of lawmakers is sponsoring legislation that would allow trained members of religious congregations to carry guns. Were not always going to have the luxury of having police officers, armed security, fully trained, years of experience in our houses of worship, said Assemblyman Ron Dancer, and Ocean County Republican whos a co-sponsor of A-1255 with Passaic Democrat Gary Schaer and Morris County Republican Jay Webber. But we can have this
admin | February 5, 2020
It has been 18 years since the band Shtreiml was established in Montreal, offering a high-octane mix of not-so-traditional Eastern-European, Jewish and Turkish music. On Saturday, Feb.
admin | February 5, 2020
After that, I will pour out My spirit on all flesh; Your sons and daughters shall prophesy; Your old men shall dream dreams, And your young men shall see visions. Joel 3:1 (The Israel Bible) Newly appointed Minister of Communication, Likud member David Amsalem, with Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Amar, during a ceremony of installing a Mezuzah at the Communications Ministry in Jerusalem, on July 10, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90 Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, was the keynote speaker at the ceremony held last Thursday commemorating the 36th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira in Netivot on Thursday.
admin | February 5, 2020
LIVORNO "It was the first morning / of his inability to rise," the poet from Livorno, Giorgio Caproni, would say. On Jan.
admin | February 4, 2020
Wednesday, the Jewish calendar date of 10 Shvat, marks 70 years of the unfolding of the Lubavitcher Rebbes vision. On that date (January 28) in 1950, Rabbi Joseph I.
admin | February 4, 2020
Wearing a headband can signal many things, including marriage, modesty, athletics, or fashion. But recently, among a small but growing group of traditional but egalitarian Jewish women, headbands have become a unique way of expressing both their gender and their Judaism. As more and more women take on the practice, a community has sprung up among what one wearer, Deborah Sacks Mintz, calls the #HeadbandNation.