Karen Lewis and Rahm Emanuel: Rocky relationship started in one place and ended in another – Chicago Sun-Times
admin | February 12, 2021
Their relationship started in one place and ended in another. They exchanged profane insults.
Chabad course explores life, death and the afterlife in the age of COVID-19 – The Columbus Dispatch
admin | February 1, 2021
Danae King|The Columbus Dispatch In a time punctuated by death, Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann wants people to learn how to appreciate life. Kaltmann, executive director of the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center in New Albany, is encouraging people to take a virtual course titled Journey of the Soul. The course, offered by the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, will explore beliefs about death, the soul and the afterlife.
How did the letter ayin become a vowel in Yiddish? – Forward
admin | February 1, 2021
Read this article in Yiddish A recent article on the website, Seforim Blog, compares the phonetics of biblical Hebrew and Arabic. In the post, the author, Rabbi Avi Grossman, remarks that he cannot fathom why the letter ayin () in Yiddish became a vowel roughly equivalent to the Latin letter E and asks his readers if anyone can explain how this spelling convention came about. The article provoked a lively discussion on Facebook among Yiddish writers and linguists but none of them were able to answer the query
The tragedy for haredim from COVID has created a crisis for Judaism itself – JNS.org
admin | February 1, 2021
(January 28, 2021 / JNS) The mayor of Antwerp, the Belgian city that is home to about 15,000 ultra-Orthodox haredi Jews, has warned that their failure to comply with coronavirus measures threatens to trigger a wave of anti-Semitism. The Belzer Chassidic sect shut their synagogue in the city after the police twice found it was violating emergency measures forbidding group prayer. COVID-19 infections in two heavily Jewish neighborhoods of Antwerp are reported to be four times higher than in the rest of the city.
Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, 90, Leading Authority on Substance Abuse – Author of more than 60 popular books and founder of Gateway Rehabilitation…
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A Rabbi’s Message on Coping With Covid | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com – Algemeiner
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A New York City Police officer takes a selfie while in the middle of the street in an almost-empty Times Square, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in New York City, March 31, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Brendan McDermid. Loneliness pretty much sums up 2020.
New Class on the Jewish Perspective of the Afterlife Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News
admin | February 1, 2021
What is it like to die?
Youve probably never heard about the worlds first female rabbi. Sigal Samuel wants to change that – Forward
admin | February 1, 2021
If you think female rabbis are a modern phenomenon, Sigal Samuel is here to change your mind just like she changed hers. Samuel grew up in an Orthodox community where the idea of female clergy was considered deeply untraditional. So when, deep in an internet rabbit hole, she stumbled on the story of the worlds first female rabbi, she was astonished to learn that this sage lived and worked in the 16th-century
Free Will Astrology | Astrology – North Coast Journal
admin | February 1, 2021
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 1950 film Harvey, James Stewart plays a middle-aged man named Elwood whose best friend is a tall invisible rabbit named Harvey.
Worlds 1st female rabbi led a 16th century Mosul yeshiva for Kurdish Jewry – The Times of Israel
admin | February 1, 2021
As she grew up, Sigal Samuel secretly dreamed of becoming a rabbi. Instead, she became a journalist and author. My family is Iraqi on my fathers side, my mothers family is Moroccan, and I grew up in Montreals Orthodox Jewish community.
