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People fish in the flooded Pearl River on August 31, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Brad Vest/Getty Images By Sarah NachimsonSeptember 01, 2022 There will be a bat mitzvah this Saturday at Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi. But as the city grapples with climate catastrophe and collapsing infrastructure, with its water systems failing in the wake of extreme flooding, the ceremony will look a little different than most rituals at the 170-family synagogue.
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(August 31, 2022 / JNS) Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman, one of several claimants to the position of chief rabbi of Ukraine, on Tuesday called on Jewish pilgrims to avoid their annual trip to Uman to visit the burial site of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Its a real war my message to people is to please try to not come this year, Azman told i24News from Basel, Switzerland, where he is attending a World Zionist Organization conference to mark the 125-year anniversary of the first Zionist conference.
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More than 100 people gathered at the home of Allan and Joyce Camhi on Sunday, Aug.
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We went to church every Sunday, but at home, a candle burnt all week. It was a candle for the Holy Shabbat, said Pinchas, from the Pia family, descended from Jews from Palma de Mallorca who were forced to convert to Christianity during the Inquisition 600 years ago.
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For the past two years, shules across Melbourne have been closed for the High Holy Days, with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur observed at home.
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A Jewish demonstration in front of Moscow's Lenin's Library on April 14, 1988, the first day of the Gorbachev-Reagan summit. Some wear large yellow stars to draw attention on the situation of the Jewish people and refuseniks in the USSR Photo by VITALY ARMAND/AFP via Getty Images I have a confession to make. For a long time, the Conference of European Rabbis knew without a doubt that we should give President Mikhail Gorbachev our most prestigious prize.
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Posted on September 2, 2022 (5782) By Rabbi Label Lam | Series: Dvar Torah | Level: Beginner I think my mind has been playing tricks on me all these years. I am looking at the verse, Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof as if for the first time. Justice Justice you shall pursue, and I am realizing now that the double emphasis is not on the verb pursuing but rather on the quality of that which is being sought, Tzedek Tzedek
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A bill to extend the California Nonprofit Security Grant Program permanently and more than double the maximum amount that nonprofits, including synagogues, can apply for has passed the Legislature and now awaits action from Gov. Gavin Newsom
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Jamaica! Reggae music, Bob Marley, beaches, palm trees, Usain Bolt and Jews.
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Italian-Jewish businessman Daniele da Norsa removed the outdoor painting of Madonna and Child, triggering a terrible series of consequences. When the successful Italian-Jewish businessman Daniele da Norsa purchased a handsome new home in Mantua, Italy, he knew it would need at least one delicate upgrade: the painting of Madonna and Child would have to be removed before they could move into the house on the corner of the Piazzetta di San Simone
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