admin | May 31, 2022
Fifty years ago, on June 3, 1972, as Sally J. Priesand became the first woman ordained a rabbi by a Jewish seminary, her 35 male classmates spontaneously rose to their feet to acknowledge her historic feat. For nearly 2,000 years, the position of rabbi which literally means my master or my teacher - was limited to men
admin | May 31, 2022
Back in May 2022, a resident of Kerala named Askar Ali told the media that he was abducted by his relatives, hours before he was scheduled to hold a press conference about renouncing Islam. Alleging harassment at their hands, Ali said, I left Islam after I studied it in detail.
admin | May 31, 2022
Warren Harbeck recounts a touching tribute to the late David Lertzman at Beaupre Hall. Last weeks columnon how Stoney Nakoda wisdom counters racism drew some amazing responses. Yes, its all about diversity-in-harmony, beautiful like a fine flower garden
admin | May 31, 2022
Associate Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum and Cantor Vladimir Lapin of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple came to the Beachwood temple two years ago, but are already envisioning a larger role in the Cleveland Jewish community. Muhlbaum will be overseeing the temples new Tamid initiative to engage with young adults, while Cantor Lapin, founder of Music at TBE, plans to bring different music styles to Cleveland. We worked on Long Island for four years following ordination at Temple Beth-El in Great Neck and then we moved here the summer of 2020, Muhlbaum told the Cleveland Jewish News May 17
admin | April 18, 2022
Despite much vocal opposition from Republican senators, Ketanji Brown Jackson is on her way to joining the Supreme Court.
admin | April 18, 2022
As a Bay Area teen, I am lucky enough to live in a community that contains bountiful diversity in all forms, but particularly religious diversity within the Jewish community. As a longtime attendee of Camp Tawonga, a camp that encourages campers to find their own spiritual paths however they affiliate with Judaism, I have grown familiar with the beauty and complexities that come with modern interpretations of inclusive religious practice.
admin | April 18, 2022
Photo by Getty Images The Union for Reform Judaism pledged this week to make improvements to the way it handles sexual harassment, but some members of the community say the announced changes do not go far enough. The URJ, the congregational arm of the largest Jewish denomination in North America, released an investigation in February detailing its past failures to properly respond to incidents of sexual harassment at both summer camps and its head office.
admin | April 18, 2022
The Jewish holiday Pesach, or Passover, is the celebration of the Israelites' liberation from slavery in Egypt. FILE: Passover candles. Picture: Pixabay JOHANNESBURG - Pesach or Passover is one of Judaism's most significant and widely observed holiday.
admin | April 18, 2022
Good morning! Happy morning! Rabbi Avraham Wolff exclaimed, with a big smile, as he walked into the Chabad synagogue in Odesa on a recent morning.
admin | April 18, 2022
For the people involved in these productions and for many of the BYU students I spoke with this line about the messiah was particularly poignant, almost as though they saw their faith in Jesus shared by the Jewish characters they were playing. But for me, it was slightly uncomfortable to see them reading this Jewish cultural text through the lens of their own Christianity. Christianity has a particularly delicate relationship to Judaism because it emerged from it Jesus was a Jew, after all.
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