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Over 100 interfaith leaders and dozens of faith-based organizations issued a strong message urging COP26 Climate Summit delegates to adopt the Plant Based Treaty a call to encourage the adoption of vegan and plant-based diets worldwide as a companion to the Paris Agreement. Among the interfaith leaders were former Chief Rabbi of Ireland Rabbi David Rosen and Rev. Shad Groverland, Executive Director of the global organization Unity Worldwide Ministries
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admin | November 4, 2021
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, during Shabbat morning services, a gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburghs quiet Squirrel Hill neighborhood. Eleven people were killed in the attack, recorded as the deadliest that the American Jewish community has ever known
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admin | November 4, 2021
One of the happiest nights I ever spent in synagogue was May 16, 2011, when my fellow congregants and I gathered to watch that nights episode of Jeopardy! One of the members of our shul, Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, was a contestant, but of course Rabbi Joyce Newmark, hadnt been able to tell us the results of a game, which had been taped months before. She sat stone-faced as her televised self ripped through category after category and nailed the Final Jeopardy! question: What is liberal arts? When it sunk in that she had won the game and $29,200 the social hall erupted.
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A lesbian couple hold hands at Tel Aviv Pride. (David Silverman/Getty) A rabbi in Israel has called on a local mayor to ban gay lecturers and teachers from working in the city of Rishon LeZion. Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, a Rishon LeZion councillor and regional chairman of the Shas Party, wrote a letter to mayor Raz Kinstlich where he hit out at gay lecturers and teachers in the region, according to theJerusalem Post.
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admin | November 4, 2021
At the beginning of this week, Meir Shitrit was informed by a rabbi that after waiting 36 years for his missing brother Nissim to come home, he can finally sit shiva and say kaddish for him. Read that sentence again. It sounds full of compassion
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MADRID (JTA) Located in the Priorat region of Spain, hidden in the steep hills and lush mountains of the Tarragona province, 100 miles southwest of Barcelona, sits the Celler de Capanes winery. The cooperative winery, founded in 1933, has seen its reputation for high-end vintages grow steadily over the decades
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admin | November 4, 2021
The French celebrity journalist and far-right firebrand is roiling the 2022 presidential election campaign, even without announcing his candidacy. Although Zemmour's worldview has typified French reactionary thinking since 1789 and animated the pro-Nazi Vichy regime, the fact that he is a Sephardic Jew is not as odd as it may seem
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admin | November 4, 2021
A call for papers via RelCFP: Hello, everyone. Im editing a series with Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington on a line of academic books critically analyzing elements ofJewish science fiction and fantasy(thats the series title).https://rowman.com/action/series/les/lexjsfAs such, Id love some authors with concepts to write about.
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(New York Jewish Week via JTA) Tuesday is Election Day in New York City, where the Democratic primary can often be more decisive than Election Day itself. Many key races were essentially decided in June, including mayor, comptroller and public advocate. However, there are still races to know about, including a few close City Council races.
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admin | November 4, 2021
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