New Class on the Jewish Perspective of the Afterlife Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News
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What is it like to die?
Boca Raton Synagogue and Church Team Up to Help the Homeless and the Hungry – The Boca Raton Tribune
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Boca Raton, FL As the old saying goes, cleanliness is next to godliness. Thats why two faith-based organizations in Boca Raton, Florida Bnai Torah Congregation and St. Gregorys Episcopal Church have joined together to offer a critical service to those in the community who need it most.
Youve probably never heard about the worlds first female rabbi. Sigal Samuel wants to change that – Forward
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If you think female rabbis are a modern phenomenon, Sigal Samuel is here to change your mind just like she changed hers. Samuel grew up in an Orthodox community where the idea of female clergy was considered deeply untraditional. So when, deep in an internet rabbit hole, she stumbled on the story of the worlds first female rabbi, she was astonished to learn that this sage lived and worked in the 16th-century
Free Will Astrology | Astrology – North Coast Journal
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 1950 film Harvey, James Stewart plays a middle-aged man named Elwood whose best friend is a tall invisible rabbit named Harvey.
In ‘Beyond the Synagogue,’ Jews find religion in delis and museums J. – The Jewish News of Northern California
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Rachel B. Gross can pinpoint the exact moment the idea for her book was planted.
The Great Maggid’s Storied Synagogue Is Rediscovered in Ukraine – A place where great rabbis and shopkeepers studied and prayed with the Baal Shem…
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When Rabbi Shneor Zalman Schneersohn first arrived as the Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in the small town of Rovno, western Ukraine, in 2004, he didnt think much of the ancient synagogue where he took up his position as the towns lone rabbi. Known as Rovne in Yiddish, Rovno in Russian, and today, in Ukrainian, as Rivne, the town had once been the thriving heartland of the heavily Jewish Volhynia region. But for Schneersohn and his wife, Rachel, there was too much work to do reviving Jewish life to focus on history.
Worlds 1st female rabbi led a 16th century Mosul yeshiva for Kurdish Jewry – The Times of Israel
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As she grew up, Sigal Samuel secretly dreamed of becoming a rabbi. Instead, she became a journalist and author. My family is Iraqi on my fathers side, my mothers family is Moroccan, and I grew up in Montreals Orthodox Jewish community.
Manspreading in the Womens Section: Keep Your Distance – Jewish Week
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At the beginning of Kabbalat Shabbat last week, I walked into the womens section at an out of town shul and found it filled with men. One man had his two young children with him and was sitting on a couch in the back of the womens section with his legs spread out into the aisle so I had to step over them to get to my assigned seat. Another was davening mincha in the back, I assume out of respect for the rabbi who was giving a shiur in the mens section before Shabbat davening
Andrew Yangs $1000-a-month stipend reminds me of a time-honored Jewish tradition – Forward
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Read this article in Yiddish. Imagine a world in the not-so-distant future when most jobs in our economy will be replaced by machines; not just blue-collar workers like truck drivers and garbage collectors, but also accountants, bookkeepers, teachers, even doctors and lawyers. Lets face it, the rapid transition to automation is going to happen because it means increased productivity, more efficient use of materials, better product quality and improved safety
The story of the Lincolnshire Jewish Community who meet at the oldest Synagogue in the UK – Lincolnshire Live
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Lincoln used to be the home of a substantial Jewish community who came over to the UK during the Norman Conquest. This community stayed in Lincoln until the expulsion of the Jews in England in 1290. Just over 700 years passed by until a new, smaller, Jewish community was established in the city.
