Perseverence Vs. Perfection – An Essay on Vayigash – Kabbalah, Chassidism and Jewish Mysticism – Chabad.org
admin | December 16, 2020
Parshat Vayigash deals primarily with the events surroundingJacobs arrival in Egypt.
The New Generation of LGBTQ Jews and Tattoos – jewishboston.com
admin | December 16, 2020
As cultural views on tattooing shift into a more nuanced approach, more Jewish people are choosing to decorate their bodies with permanent art. For some, tattoos honor the passing of a loved one, indicate something about themselves and their interests or reclaim the recipients body after trauma or surgery
Men have dominated Jewish texts for most of history. These women are trying to change that. – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | December 11, 2020
(JTA) When Danielle Kranjec committed to using only Jewish texts written by women and queer people in the classes she taught for Hillel Internationals Springboard Fellowship, a program that places recent college graduates in positions at college campus Hillels across the country, she knew she was taking on a challenging task. After all, for most of Jewish history, women werent encouraged to take on religious leadership roles or write commentaries on the Torah or Talmud.
I knew Hanukkah celebrated defeating the Greeks. Then I moved to Athens and the story got complicated. – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency
admin | December 11, 2020
ATHENS, Greece (JTA) When my wife and I arrived in this capital city on Sept.
What are good vegetarian dishes to have on Shabbat? – opinion – The Jerusalem Post
admin | December 11, 2020
Now that non-besari (non-meaty) meat has come to Israel, many people will have to rethink their cuisine.
Five Brave Men and One Brave Woman – Judah the Maccabee and his siblings – Chabad.org
admin | December 11, 2020
If youve been through Hebrew school, you most likely learned about Judah the Maccabee, son of Matityahu, the courageous warrior who routed out the Seleucid Greeks from the Holy Land in the miraculous chain of events that we celebrate every year on Chanukah. But what do we really know about Judah, or his four brothers?
Hanukkah in Fall River Zooming live courtesy of Temple Beth El – Fall River Herald News
admin | December 11, 2020
Charles Winokoor|The Herald News FALL RIVER The Jewish Festival of Lights is about to become part of the COVID-19 Zoom generation. Cantor Shoshana Brown of Fall Rivers Temple Beth El says she came up with the idea of sharing the tradition of lighting the candles, reciting a prayer and singing a song or two with her congregants. The Hanukkah (sometimes spelled Chanukah) Zoom will be transmitted at 5:30 p.m
You Take Christmas, I’ll Take Hanukkah | Michael Harvey | The Blogs – The Times of Israel
admin | December 11, 2020
An unfortunate side-effect of Hanukkah approaching is the all too familiar flurry of posts by Christians on social media which include posting Hanukkah Menorahs with Christian messages, adding Yeshua and other messianic themes to Hanukkah items, and articles about why Christians should also celebrate the festival of lights.
Bursting the bubble: Even the Rabbis perpetuated a "hoax!" – jewishpresspinellas
admin | December 11, 2020
Authors caution: if you are of the absolute belief that the teachings of the rabbis as recorded in the Talmud have the imprimatur of divine authority and cannot be questioned, please be advised that you may find what follows to be somewhat heretical! It is almost the 25th of Kislev. We anxiously await the arrival of the years shortest days and longest nights, when we shall illumine our homes and (for some of us, our Zoom) windows with the display of hanukkiot (Hanukkah menorahs) advertising the great miracle(s) of ages past.
All up in lights – The River Reporter
admin | December 11, 2020
By RABBI LAWRENCE S. ZIERLER According to many historical sources, Chanukah represents the first battle for religious freedom after the Syrian Greeks tried to deny the small second Judean commonwealth its rights to practice and uphold Jewish life. This culminated in the success of the Maccabean military campaign in 168 BCE.
