admin | January 24, 2022
This weeks Torah reading gives us the opportunity to reflect upon the value of distance, as well as closeness in our relationships, even with the Divine. Never miss the best stories and events! Get JewishBoston This Week. It centers on the climactic moments of the Mount Sinai revelation, a paradigm for Jews of a direct encounter with the Divine.
admin | January 24, 2022
The view from the top of King Street, looking down toward the harbour, in Saint John, N.B.Chris Donovan/The Globe and Mail Empty storefronts. Shuttered theatres. Winter patios
admin | January 24, 2022
The rabbi father-in-law of accused child sex abuser Malka Leifer has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child and a teenager in Israel. Baruch Pinchas Leifer, an influential and highly regarded rabbi who led the small Chust Hasidic sect, was arrested this week over historical sexual assault allegations, which he denies.
admin | January 24, 2022
Identification. According to the Bible, Israel is the name given by God to Jacob. The modern country of Israel includes two distinct nationalities, the Palestinian and the Jewish.
admin | January 24, 2022
2020 and 2021 will likely not be remembered as the most enjoyable years in American history, but if 2022 turns out to also be a dud, at least there will still be lots of fresh reading and viewing material for us to engage with from our childhood bedrooms and underground bunkers. The year brings the revival of familiar names, with a new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and newly translated essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer, as well as some fresh takes on familiar stories, like historical communism among Bronx Jews and a TV adaptation of the novel Fleishman is in Trouble.
admin | January 24, 2022
A fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose given to those aged over 60 made them three times more resistant to serious illness than those who received three shots, a study released by Israels Health Ministry on Sunday found. The fourth dose, or second booster, also made older adults twice as resistant to infection than the thrice-vaccinated people in the same age group, the study said. The research compared data from about 400,000 people over 60 who received the second booster with 600,000 people in the same age group who were given a third shot four months earlier.
admin | January 24, 2022
A month-old baby is in moderate condition after being shot Monday in southern Israel alongside his mother, who was lightly wounded, during what police say was a family feud. First responders took them to Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva for treatment. No other casulaties were reported.
admin | January 24, 2022
If the reports are correct about the Israel Police's use of the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware to surveil Israeli citizens, including protesters and mayors, and in general to "fish" for potential suspects, it is the biggest scandal since it was revealed that authoritarian states across the world acquired the spyware and have used it for similar purposes.
admin | January 24, 2022
Before the anti-vaccine mandate protesters on Sunday marched across the National Mall, event organizers prepared for their arrival at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. A row of inspirational photos of anti-vax activists was unfurled at the bottom of the steps pictures of an African-American family, an older Latina woman, a Native American man, an Orthodox Jewish couple, a woman of Asian descent among others
admin | January 24, 2022
Israels rainy weather is expected to turn briefly into snow with the arrival of winter storm Elpis on Wednesday, which could bring several centimeters of powder to the Golan Heights, Safed and Jerusalem, the Israel Meteorological Service said on Sunday. Elpis is the fifth winter storm to be assigned a moniker by the newly formed East Mediterranean Storm Naming Group composed of Greece, Cyprus and Israel. The group has released a list of names to be used for upcoming regional weather events based on the American method of naming hurricanes, the IMS explained in a recent Facebook post, noting that unlike in the United States, the list includes both male and female names.
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