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Three years ago, Iceland's small Jewish community was fighting legislation that would ban the circumcision of children. It was an uphill battle because Judaism was not on the island nation's list of officially recognized religions and Jews still paid religious taxes to the state Lutheran church. Today, Judaism is thriving in the land of fire and ice, and the community celebrated Sukkot with its first convert and an enterprising rabbi who has led it through three years of dramatic change.
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admin | September 28, 2021
ENTERPRISE Why is this wheat different from all other wheat? Because it can be made into matzah, the thin, crisp unleavened bread, traditionally eaten by Jewish people during the Passover seder when a child will ask the first of four traditional questions from the Haggadah, Why is this night different than all other nights
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admin | September 28, 2021
Five years ago, I started rewriting the Torah by reversing the genders of all characters. All of the men became women and all of the women became men
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I was introduced to the Mishna in rabbinical school. It is the codification of Jewish oral law as written down in its final form by Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi in the 3rd century CE
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admin | September 28, 2021
The holiday of Shemini Atzeres suffers from an identity crisis. On the one hand, its very name the Eighth Day of Assembly leads to the impression that it is the closing day of Sukkot, the holiday that immediately precedes it. At the same time, the Talmud clearly understands it to be a separate holiday, with significant features that distinguish it from Sukkot.
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admin | September 28, 2021
As we speak, Jews across the world are preparing to celebrate Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Shemini Atzeret, or the 8th Day of Assembly, is the closing festival after the 7 days of Sukkot mentioned in Leviticus 23
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admin | September 28, 2021
According to the text of Vayikra 23:43, the commandment to dwell in sukkot (booths/shelters) is observed: In order that future generations will know that I made the children of Israel live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. In the Exodus narrative itself, these booths are not mentioned. This gave rise to a Talmudic dispute in which R.
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admin | September 28, 2021
Chemi Peres, Chairman of the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, addressed a rally of 300 Sunni community leaders and activists in Erbil, in Iraqs Kurdistan, calling for normalization with Israel.
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admin | September 28, 2021
I have learned over the years that my High Holy Days experience was different from many Jews Id later meet.
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admin | September 28, 2021
A conspiracy theorist has been found guilty of stirring up racial hatred through a campaign of antisemitic graffiti, thanks in part to Jewish News. Nicholas Lalchan, 49, used a black marker pen to deface 17 bus stops and the window of an accountancy firm in north-west London between February and July 2019.
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