admin | May 18, 2022
The Jewish Plays Project is proud to announce its first-ever podcast series, inviting national participation in the 11th Annual Jewish Playwriting Contest. Available today at jewishplaysproject.org/podcast, audiences can listen to short audio plays excerpted from the seven finalist plays and vote for their favorites
admin | May 18, 2022
I sit and finish up work on my own pitches while my son M works on Yom HaAtzmaut sheets, after doing a page in his Hebrew workbook. Were listening to Debbie Friedman, and M occasionally gets up to dance, then sits back down to work.
admin | May 18, 2022
Judaism was the oldest Abrahamic religion, and one of the earliest religions originating abroad, to arrive in India. However few Indians are even aware of its presence, due to the miniscule numbers of Jews living there. According to the 2011 census, there were about 5000 Indian Jews out of a total Indian population of 1.2 billion.
admin | May 18, 2022
This Jewish Heritage Month, wed like to recognize businesses that are making classic Jewish dishes and baked goods vegan. Heres a list of vegan Jewish delis and bakeries across the US! Chef Megan Tucker is making waves in LAs food scene with her vegan Jewish deli pop-up. Mort & Bettys veganizes classic Jewish dishes like pastrami, whitefish salad, challah, babka, and more
admin | May 18, 2022
A senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that there are dozens of Jewish soldiers fighting in the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
admin | May 18, 2022
Jewish tradition teaches us that being part of a kehillaha communityrequires thoughtful responsibilities and actions. All Jews are responsible for one another (Babylonian Talmud, Shevuot 39a). The wicked son [at the Passover Seder is so designated because he] excludes himself from the community (Mekhilta commenting on Exodus 13:8).
admin | May 18, 2022
By Peter C. Herman When the San Diego Community College District announced that Alice Walker would be the keynote speaker for the new chancellors installation, immediate protests followed. Various Jewish organizations criticized the invitation and the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on the controversy.
admin | May 18, 2022
Years ago, something went wrong late in a friends much-wanted pregnancy. If the fetus continued to grow, it could kill her or damage her ability to have future children.
admin | May 18, 2022
This past Saturday, an 18-year-old white man went on a murderous rampage in a market in Buffalo, motivated by hatred towards blacks and others. Then, on Sunday, a Chinese man entered a Presbyterian church and killed one and wounded others, motivated by his hatred of Taiwan. And last month, a black man shot and injured 29 subway riders in New York City, motivated by racial hatred as well
admin | May 18, 2022
The Torah commands that every seventh year be declared a sabbatical year, during which the Holy Land must be left fallow and all loans are to be considered remitted. This year 5782 is a sabbatical year, so I thought it would be appropriate to discuss two Hebrew terms used to refer to the sabbatical year: shemittah and sheviit. This first essay focuses on the term shemittah (slipping away) and explores various Hebrew words which appear to be synonymous with that term.
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