admin | August 7, 2021
Tucked away in a converted 17th century mansion Pariss third arrondissement lies the Muse dArt et dHistoire du Judasme (Museum of Jewish Art and History), commonly referred to as mahJ. Located in the historically Jewish neighborhood of the Marais, mahJ is unique among museums dedicated to Jewish history, in that it is not primarily dedicated to history of the Holocaust (though Paris does have a Holocaust museum in the Marais, the Mmorial de la Shoah)
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admin | August 7, 2021
At the start of a clip from their Showtime series latest episode on Thursday, comedy show hosts Desus Nice and The Kid Mero proclaim outside a synagogue that they dont know that much about Jewish culture.
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admin | August 7, 2021
Israelis were surprised by the recent study that 25% of US Jews see Israel as an apartheid state though one has to wonder who this unheard of group who did the study is, and what its methodology was.
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admin | August 7, 2021
Do glamour and high fashion bring freedom? Is wealth the antidote to a sheltered religious existence? For Julia Haart, matriarch of My Unorthodox Life, the answer seems to be a simple and resounding YES
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admin | August 7, 2021
A sense of belonging is an essential part of any community, and 18 Doors is dedicated to providing that feeling of inclusion for those seeking their place in the Jewish community. The organization recently changed its name, from Interfaith Family
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admin | August 7, 2021
As universities and colleges across the country gear up for the academic year, institutional offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are working hard to schedule programs designed to celebrate difference while facilitating greater inclusion and delivering on the promise of equality in higher education. DEI offices usually focus on historically marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic groups that have traditionally experienced discrimination
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admin | August 7, 2021
Last Thursday, July 29, President Joe Biden challenged America to renew its drive to vaccinate Americans against the coronavirus and the deadly Delta variant.
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admin | June 16, 2021
Sukkot Sukkot Find the date for Sukkot 2014 in the multifaith calendar Sukkot commemorates the years that the Jews spent in the desert on their way to the Promised Land, and celebrates the way in which God protected them under difficult desert conditions. Sukkot is also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, or the Feast of Booths. The word sukkot means huts (some translations of the bible use the word booths), and building a hut is the most obvious way in which Jews celebrate the festival
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admin | June 16, 2021
Morag MacRae has long sought a sense of belonging and acceptance. Over the last few years, she has found it by immersing herself in Montreal's Reform Jewish community. Born in Grand Falls, N.B., MacRae was adopted in infancy and raised in a French Catholic family.
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admin | June 16, 2021
AMSTERDAM (JTA) Jewish leaders in Europe say the European Union is not only banning some methods of kosher and halal slaughter, but telling Jews and Muslims how to practice their religions.
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