admin | September 8, 2022
If there is a consistent thread that I can identify in virtually all the key inflection points along my journey as a Jewish communal leader, it is this: older and wiser people giving me the gift of trust, which enabled me to grow. For a Jewish community that is struggling with questions of whether we have a sufficient leadership pipeline for the Jewish future, and that is anxious about the ideas and identities of the next generation of Jews, this may be our winning strategy. Three experiences stand out for me from my teen years.
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admin | September 8, 2022
We expect a public intellectual to take sides, frame arguments, articulate thoughtful analyses and help shape our thinking. Liberal journalist Peter Beinart is a public intellectual who fills very few of those expectations
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admin | September 8, 2022
Posted In: UJE Initiatives, Outreach The 18th quadrennial World Congress of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, 8-12 August 2022, included over 1700 presentations and participants from over 40 countries. Ukrainian representation was seriously limited by Russia's war on Ukraine, which prevented many scholars from participating
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admin | September 8, 2022
Since its inception more than 30 years ago, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) has disbursed more than $75 million to Jewish aging programs and partnerships within our community, vastly exceeding the original endowment of $45 million. More than $60 million has gone to activities of the Jewish Association on Aging. Above that, JHF has established itself as a national leader and even global leader in improved models for skilled nursing care; training the older adult workforce; advocacy for policies that support caregivers and quality at the end of life; and medical advances in the physical and mental health of seniors
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admin | September 8, 2022
"Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States:" There is something special about a college town. While I attended a school in a pretty big city (Go Wolfpack!) there is still something special about a college town. And I do feel that in the immediate area of the school I still got that feel.
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admin | September 6, 2022
A Montreal community member surprised a group of teenage terror victims from Israel on Shabbat, August 20, by offering to donate a pair of tefillin or Shabbat candlesticks for every youngster. The teens came to Canada to participate in IVOW, Israeli Victims of War, a unique trip that brings Israeli teenseither wounded in a terror attack or closely related to someone who has beento Montreal for a month each summer. The teens represent a real cross-section of Israel, says Richard Dermer, who directs the thirty-year-old program.
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admin | September 6, 2022
Whoever needs, come and eat. Thats the quote from the Talmud the book of Jewish law that welcomes customers to Goldies Bagels in Columbia, Missouri, telling them that people who cannot afford to pay can get a coffee and a bagel, with cream cheese, free of charge.
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admin | September 6, 2022
After the summer, a new edition of Modern Hebrew classes begins at the Three Cultures Foundation, the only institution in Seville that teaches this language. On this occasion, a full course format will be introduced from October to June with four levels: Hebrew 1, Hebrew 2, Hebrew 3 and Hebrew 4.
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admin | September 6, 2022
Ken Ireland (Ken was Ivy League and Jesuit trained, and for some years a member of the Society of Jesus. He currently lives in Dharamshala. Kens a long time Zen practitioner and a friend
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admin | September 6, 2022
(JNS) The Qumran caves in the Judean Desert have continued to yield amazing and unexpected treasures. To date, the following have been discovered: 1) The Dead Sea Scrolls, 2,000-year-old parchments containing most of the Hebrew Bible, 2) spices used in the making of Temple incense, 3) a jar of congealed but still viscous oil and 4) scrolls that describe the rules of a Jewish community that lived in the area, along with a great deal more. Hundreds of caves in the area have been surveyed.
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