admin | August 29, 2021
A young boy loves going to synagogue. He brings his family there, he jumps at participating, he becomes a regular. He lives and breathes Judaism
admin | August 29, 2021
Dear Dawn: Many years ago, under the guidance of a Conservative rabbi in Queens, New York, I converted to Judaism. My records have been lost and no one connected with the synagogue has been able to help me in recovering the document of my conversion. What am I to do in this situation
admin | August 29, 2021
This Rosh Hashanah, marking the beginning of the Jewish year 5782, will have a special significance. It will be a shmita (sabbatical) year a seventh year, a sabbatical year of rest for the soil. Shmita literally means renunciation
admin | August 29, 2021
The Beth Jacob Congregation in Columbus is trying to get teens more actively involved in religious studies through their second year of the experience of the Law of the Teens on September 12. Rabbi Avi Goldstein, a senior rabbi in the congregation, developed the idea for the program after his parents approached him in search of something more attractive to his children, said Rabbi, Beth Jacobs assistant rabbi.
admin | August 29, 2021
Rabbi Michael Shields| Your Turn There is a spiritual dimension to the pain, lossand anxiety so many are feeling. My fellow clergy and I have walked with our congregation members through the COVID wilderness. Soon, the Jewish community will usher in the High Holy Days.
admin | August 29, 2021
After her daughter was killed in a drive-by shooting earlier this year and her son began using drugs to cope with the pain, one mother was overwhelmed. Unsure what to do or how to help, she posted about it on Wednesday in PRAYER WARRIORS, a Christian Facebook group with over 827 thousand members, requesting prayers for her son to get sober. Within an hour, there were over 100 comments beneath her post, most reading simply prayers or praying, as the group rallied around her as they do each day for dozens of members requesting prayers for illness, help through hardship, or even good luck for taking a test
admin | August 29, 2021
Vital repair work began Sunday to a bridge that serves as the sole entry point for Jews and non-Muslim tourists to Jerusalems Temple Mount, due to a risk of collapse. The start of maintenance work on the Mughrabi Bridge was announced by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which said it would take a few days to complete
admin | August 29, 2021
When I worked at the Oakland Tribune, a copy editor with a drinking problem had been harassing me. Under his breath, Bill (not his real name) would utter, Janet Janet in a creepy voice. He would try to distract me from my writing.
admin | August 29, 2021
Legendary working-class poet Jack Hirschman, a longtime denizen of North Beach who once described himself as a bad Jew, died on Aug.
admin | August 29, 2021
Israels Chief Rabbinate has asked Pope Francis to retract a recent comment about Jewish law that it said might lead Catholic listeners to derogatory conclusions about Jews. Rabbi Ratzon Arusi, chair of the Chief Rabbinates Commission for Interreligious Affairs, sent a letter to the Vatican expressing concerns about an Aug. 11 lecture there on God giving the Torah to the Jews, Reuters reported Wednesday.
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