admin | August 22, 2022
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 21, 2022 Apples have always been a big part of our Jewish home. As the spouse of an elementary school teacher, I always hand deliver a basket full of fresh apples to school
admin | August 22, 2022
The golden-domed sanctuary at Congregation Sherith Israel is known for its glorious stained-glass windows. Its most famous one depicts Moses receiving the Ten Commandments in Yosemite Valley a modern promised land. In another, a Biblical woman hands out food to the needy, with the words Feed the hungry Clothe the naked Shelter the homeless above her head.
admin | August 22, 2022
Browse > Home / News / Masa careers have no limits for this Australian artist J-Wire August 22, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk Read on for article Avraham Vofsi, originally from Australia, is currently a Masa Career Fellow on Maslool living in Tel Aviv. The 32-yr-old Avraham said: I grew up very secular and not at all connected to the local Jewish community in Melbourne. I knew I was Jewish, but after celebrating my bar mitzvah, it ended there.Israel and Judaism just werent part of my identity growing up.
admin | August 22, 2022
Question: As we now read the book of Devarim, the Torah tells us that Moses was instructed by Hashem to appoint a successor. Moses wanted His sons to succeed him, but Hashem tells him to appoint Yehoshua as the next leader
admin | August 10, 2022
Neil Gaiman is no stranger to television and movie adaptations of his fantasy novels. Theres Good Omens, which he co-wrote with fellow fantasy author Terry Pratchett, a surprisingly cozy book about the Antichrist that made for a pitch perfect miniseries
admin | August 10, 2022
(RNS) OK, Rabbi. You told us what happened on Tisha BAv, on the ninth day of Av. The Temples were destroyed, as well as other terrible things that happened to the Jewish people.
admin | August 10, 2022
Occasionally you find an author whose work is so riveting you never want to put it down. Such is the case with Jerry Stahl his disruptive fiction proves what a national treasure he is. Known for his 1995 bestselling memoir of drug addiction, Permanent Midnight, which was adapted into a 1998 film starring Ben Stiller, Stahl has worked for years in film (Bad Boys II) and television (Hemingway & Gellhorn, CSI and Escape at Dannemora, for which he received an Emmy nomination).
admin | August 10, 2022
At the beginning of the book of Devarim, Moses reviews the history of the Israelites experience in the wilderness, starting with the appointment of leaders throughout the people, heads of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens. He continues: And I charged your judges at that time, Hear the disputes between your people and judge fairly, whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.
admin | August 10, 2022
Among the many topics addressed in this weeks Torah portion is the obligation to safeguard ones health: And you shall verily safeguard your body/soul (Devarim 4:15). The Hebrew word used is nafshoteichem, which could mean either your physical body (nefesh) or your spiritual soul (also referred to as nefesh). The Rambam in Hilchot Deot (4:1) says (and I paraphrase), Its all very nice to be a talmid chacham and devote all your time to the study of the Torah, but if you neglect your health and become ill, then you cannot continue to learn or to perform mitzvot
admin | August 10, 2022
A rare 300-year-old Torah from Yemen was recently dedicated to the BNai Vail Congregation, to be used and preserved by the Jewish community in the valley. Marc and Rhonda Strauss have been members of BNai Vail for the past six years, and were looking for a Torah to donate to the congregation
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