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‘Being part of a community is more important than I understood before Covid-19’ – Plus61 J Media

| May 1, 2020

SHARON BERGER: In these weird times, everyone is missing out on their larger circles of Jewish and non-Jewish involvement IN MY TEENAGE YEARS I became more religiously observant and found a great feeling of connection with the Jewish world through davening and ritual. I lived in an area in northern California that wasnt walking distance to any Orthodox synagogues so every Shabbat I prayed devoutly by myself. My bemused parents helped me set up timers and tried to not belittle my pre-cut toilet paper

Saving life supersedes the mitzvot | Sharona Margolin Halickman – The Times of Israel

| May 1, 2020

The Talmud, Yoma 85b, discusses the origin of the concept that saving a life overrides Shabbat. Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel: It is written (Vayikra 18:5) vchai bahem, You shall keep My decrees and My laws which if a person obeys they shall live through them which implies that one should not die on account of observing the mitzvot. The saving of life overrides any commandment.

Rabbis and priests look back at ‘Keeping the Faith’ as it turns 20 – The Jewish News of Northern California

| May 1, 2020

It sounds like an old joke, about a rabbi and a priest walking into a bar. But Keeping the Faith, a romantic comedy released 20 years ago this month, stretched the premise into one of the more clever films of its genre, and the rare Hollywood movie that takes questions of religious faith and obligation seriously

The real history behind HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’ – Heritage Florida Jewish News

| May 1, 2020

(JTA)-The new TV show based on Philip Roth's novel "The Plot Against America," helmed by David Simon, the Jewish creator of "The Wire," has premiered on HBO and made a splash with critics and fans. The eerily captivating series, which borrows details from the iconic Jewish author's life and a crucial moment in American history, depicts an alternative reality in which isolationist Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election and encourages anti-Semitic attitudes throughout the country.

In New York, bagels and lox have been recruited for the coronavirus fight – Haaretz

| May 1, 2020

In its 106 years of existence, Russ & Daughters, a world-famous Jewish appetizing store in New York, had never closed its doors for more than a day or two other than on holidays. Even in 9/11 we didnt close for more than one day, says Niki Russ Federman, fourth-generation salesperson of pickled herring and bagels and lox the trademark items at their store, located on Manhattans Lower East Side.

An update on The Roth Family JCC – Heritage Florida Jewish News

| May 1, 2020

These are interesting times, with things changing on a daily basis and so much more that is unknown than is known, said Keith Dvorchik, CEO of The Roth Family JCC as he shared some things the JCC is working on. Getting back to work slowly The Roth Family JCC has received Paycheck Protection Program funding and because of this, they can bring back the staff in a strategic fashion, according to Dvorchik.

Zionism – Zionist

| May 1, 2020

#Zionismis aJewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews (Hebrew: Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel). A religious variety of Zionism supports Jews upholding their Jewish identity defined as adherence to religious Judaism, opposes the assimilation of Jews into other societies, and has advocated the return of Jews to Israel as a means for Jews to be a majority nation in their own state. The term Zionism was coined in 1890 by Nathan Birnbaum.

Zionism: The Need to Mainstream | Ilan Selby | The – The Times of Israel

| May 1, 2020

This blog has been submitted as part of a wider campaign, which is being run by the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS) entitled Theodor & I Zionism and Young European Jews. Being launched on Yom Haatzmaut, the campaign seeks to start a discussion on Zionism, towards challenging the existing conversation surrounding the concept and ultimately highlighting the plurality of Jewish European identity and Zionism. I recently wrote a blog post for the Times of Israel which, among other things, emphasised the need that there is for us, as Jewish people, to define the term Zionism effectively and bring it into the political mainstream as a way of increasing societal understanding of the term.

Netanyahu: ‘A century after San Remo, the promise of Zionism is being realized’ – Cleveland Jewish News

| May 1, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video address on Sunday that the promise of Zionism would be realized in just a few months, when Israel extends its sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria under the aegis of the U.S. Peace to Prosperity plan

Gantz and Lapid must boost Zionist muscular moderation together – The Jerusalem Post

| May 1, 2020

For months, a terrible dilemma vexed four principled patriots. To Bibi or Not to Bibi, that was the question.


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