Gemilas Chesed offers cash incentive to plant White Oak roots – thejewishchronicle.net
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Aharon Guttman and David Sunstein have 100,000 reasons why they think youll love White Oak.
How the American right became aligned with Hungary and its authoritarian leader – WYPR
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TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. "Does Hungary Offer A Glimpse Of Our Authoritarian Future?" That's the title of a New Yorker article by my guest, Andrew Marantz
The Republican Problem with the Holocaust – LA Progressive
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Republicans are having difficulty deciding how they should think about Nazis and the Holocaust. They deny actions they have publicly taken, propagate and then delete messages, verbally promote and legislatively limit teaching about what the Nazis did.
Jewish people have a different set of priorities – The Jewish Star
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman Iremember, as a high school student, hearing our rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, relate one of the questions he used to ask when interviewing prospective rebbeim for our high school. Amidst a flurry of questions designed to test their knowledge of halachah and Talmud, he would ask them what they would do (and what the halachic requirement would be), if after ordering an electric shaver, they were accidentally sent two shavers
With Biden in Israel, we must spread the blanket of peace far and wide – JNS.org
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(July 13, 2022 / JNS) The principle of peace is at the very heart of the Abrahamic faiths.
Shaming women who have abortions is not a Jewish ethic – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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(JTA) I have long been a keeper of womens stories, many of which relate to fertility and reproductive choices, experiences generally shrouded in secrecy. While I am honored to be trusted with these personal accounts, I look forward to, and am working toward, a time when women will be able to speak more freely about their lives
Rabbi, get thy head out of their tents – The Times of Israel
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The chutzpadik gall of Orthodox leaders cheering the US Supreme Courts rejection of Roe v. Wade subverts Torahs values, while doing great lasting damage to women. What do these rabbis think they are doing?
Advocating for respect and unity – The Jewish Standard
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The best way for people to overcome senseless hatred is to meet each other. Its much harder to feel abstract loathing when youre looking into someones actual face. Thats age-old wisdom, its true.
Blue Thread Performance Group Presents Series of Free Concerts Next Week – University of Arkansas Newswire
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Photo Submitted From July 13-16, 2022, the Blue Thread duo and guest artists will launch a week of concerts, installations and outreach programs in Northwest Arkansas called All Over the Map II. The concerts are free and open to the public. Performances will include: In All Over the MapII, based on their 2021 album of the same name, Blue Thread brings together the Hindustani and Carnatic classical and folk music traditions and pairs them with Portuguese, Sephardic, Celtic and American song traditions, as well as with folk ballads
UK Conservative hopefuls strikingly diverse, firmly on right – ABC News
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LONDON -- Like most of his predecessors as Conservative Party leader, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is wealthy, white and male. Theres a good chance his successor will be different. The eight candidates running in a party election to succeed Johnson are four men and four women, with roots in Iraq, India, Pakistan and Nigeria as well as the U.K.
