admin | November 30, 2021
Rabbi Gershon Weissman| Special to Ventura County Star I love the holiday of Thanksgiving.Even though I now live in Israel, I still observe the American Thanksgiving with very dear friends atime for all to express appreciation for the countless blessings we have.
admin | November 30, 2021
Right before Hanukkah begins this year, Americans will be celebrating Thanksgiving, which is a holiday that commemorates the Pilgrims arriving in the New World and sharing their first harvest meal with the Native Americans, after so many Pilgrims who fled England due to religious persecution in the 17th century arrived in America only to perish in the winter cold. On this occasion, Americans generally express their gratitude to God for saving them both from the religious persecution that the Pilgrims experienced and from other tribulations. Americans every year generally celebrate this holiday by eating a gigantic turkey with stuffing, corn on the cob, corn muffins, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, apple pie, and other delicacies.
admin | November 30, 2021
While today he is sharing Hanukkah moments with his daughter, Goldman's history with the holiday and Judaism go way back. His parents also instilled in him the importance of tzedakah, the ethical obligation to charity. "It was very important to [my parents] growing up to make sure that I knew there were people in the world who were less fortunate than me and to always help anyone whenever possible," he explained to Jewish Journal.
admin | November 16, 2021
Cincinnati's Jewish community is celebrating 200 years of communal life. The Queen City played a pivotal role in the development of the Jewish faith outside of Europe, becoming the birthplace of Reform Judaism in North America
admin | November 16, 2021
But how will I recognize the token Jewish character in [insert any sitcom here] whose Jewishness will never be explicitly shown or mentioned, with the exception of wearing a blue sweater in the Christmas episode!?! I get it. In a sea of red and green, you want to loudly represent the blue. Whats the harm in that?
admin | November 16, 2021
Chabad of North Phoenix Rabbi Mendy Levertov and his wife, Leah, are looking forward to making their Chabad center better suited to their needs. Theyre considering expanding the sanctuary, upgrading the kitchen and, maybe, adding sensory and art rooms for the kids and adults who are part of Friendship Circle, which supports people with special needs. After about 10 years of renting their building, they closed on the property the last week of October.
admin | November 16, 2021
The fact that Judaism has its own vast corpus of legal arguments is of little interest to Larry David hes a law unto himself. But every so often his actions give way to a question of Talmudic precedent. When, for instance, Larry accidentally spilled coffee on a Klansmans robe on Sundays episode and then promised to have it laundered in time for two upcoming hate rallies in Tucson and Santa Fe, he stumbled onto an area well-trod by commentators and scholars: property law.
admin | November 14, 2021
Pharisee, member of a Jewish religious party that flourished in Palestine during the latter part of the Second Temple period (515 bce70 ce). The Pharisees insistence on the binding force of oral tradition (the unwritten Torah) remains a basic tenet of Jewish theological thought.
admin | November 14, 2021
A few years ago, I was in a synagogue, and I overheard one man ask another, "When is Channukah this year?" The other man smiled slyly and replied, "Same as always: the 25th of Kislev." This humorous comment makes an important point: the date of Jewish holidays does not change from year to year. Holidays are celebrated on the same day of the Jewish calendar every year, but the Jewish year is not the same length as a solar year on the Gregorian calendar used by most of the western world, so the date shifts on the Gregorian calendar. The Jewish calendar is primarily lunar, with each month beginning on the new moon, when the first sliver of moon becomes visible after the dark of the moon.
admin | November 14, 2021
Hebrew (and Yiddish) uses a different alphabet than English. The picture to the right illustrates the Hebrew alphabet, in Hebrew alphabetical order
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