admin | September 6, 2021
For the first time in their young lives, Im taking my two children my 5-year-old daughter and my son, who just turned 4 to Rosh Hashana services this year. Even though Im certain its going to be impossible for them to sit still that long in the synagogue.
admin | September 6, 2021
As part of her capstone project at her Tel Aviv-area college, graphic artist Michal Shomer revamped the Hebrew alphabet adding a dozen new letters to make the 3,000-year-old language more inclusive of both women and non-binary people. She made what she calls multi-gender Hebrew free to anyone in the past year, and 10,000 have downloaded it from her website so far.
admin | September 6, 2021
By Samuel L. Boyd University of Colorado Boulder THE CONVERSATION - Over the next few weeks, members of the Jewish faith will observe the High Holy Days in the month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar, usually in September and October
admin | September 6, 2021
Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun Im thinking a lot about hope and moving forward in really difficult times, in uncertain times, Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen said. Im also thinking about what are the opportunities, and how do we find those opportunities? Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen knows her words will carry a little extra weight this year during Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year
admin | September 6, 2021
Joel Charny, who's been a humanitarian aid worker for 40 years, talks to students at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka in 2005. It's one of his favorite photos, he says, "because this is what I did hundreds of times: interview people about what they were going through and what they needed for their lives to improve." Courtesy of Joel Charny hide caption Joel Charny, who's been a humanitarian aid worker for 40 years, talks to students at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka in 2005.
admin | September 6, 2021
Qol Tamid (Eternal Voice): The Shofar in Ritual, History, and Culture. Edited by Jonathan L.
admin | September 6, 2021
Anyada Buena, Dulse i Alegre! This is a way to say in Ladino May you have a good, sweet and happy New Year! This evening starts Rosh Ashana, the Jewish New Year, which will be celebrated for two days till Sept. 8. Sweet beginnings to a New Year must be with honey and apple
admin | September 6, 2021
TDT | Manama The Daily Tribune http://www.newsofbahrain.com The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities announced that it has facilitated the first Bar Mitzvah in Bahrain in 16 years at the House of Ten Commandments. The Bar Mitzvah weekend, the Jewish coming of age ritual, started with a Shabbat dinner in Manama on Friday evening with diplomats, Bahrainis and residents of other GCC countries in attendance. According to Jewish law, before children reach a certain age, the parents are responsible for their childs actions.
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