VIENNA — Until December, Milli Segal’s main challenge as a producer of Jewish-themed events in Austria was balancing her duties at work with her hands-on approach to being a Jewish …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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3/14/18
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Many Long Island schools celebrated Yom Yerushalayim, with SKA alumna taking their party to the source, posing at the Kotel (bottom right). Flag-bearing HAFTR early childhood students made do with a …
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5/16/18
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Nassau County Executive Laura Curran joined local spiritual leaders and members of the North American Board of Rabbis in accepting an invitation from the Foreign Ministry of Germany and the Goethe …
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11/21/18
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The first pasuk of our parasha, Yitro, states, “Now Moshe’ father-in-law, Yitro, the chieftain of Midian, heard all that G-d had done for Moshe and for Israel His …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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1/22/19
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For all of you who are familiar with Rabbi Shmuel Goldin’s landmark commentary on the Chumash, Unlocking the Torah Text, this new work utilizing the ‘’unlocking’’ …
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Ny Alan Jay Gerber
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3/29/19
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After introducing us to the concepts of not bringing an animal as an offering before it is eight days old, and after telling us that the animal and its parent (Rashi distinguishes between the …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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5/15/19
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Summer time is ice cream time. It’s also fresh fruit and vegetable time, and drippy watermelon time, and real lemonade time. It is the perfect time for vegetarians to rejoice, and the perfect …
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By Joni Schockett
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7/3/19
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In July 2018, 12 boys, aged 11 to 16, were discovered and rescued with their 25-year-old soccer coach from a cave in Tham Luang, Thailand. They had entered the cave as part of a field trip but …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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9/26/19
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When she’s not busy with her four kids, Ellie Balouka can usually be found in her kitchen at home in Paris, where she makes colorful salads, creative stuffed baguettes and poke bowls that have …
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By Josefin Dolsten, JTA
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4/28/20
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Korach was swallowed up by the ground, but his spirit is still alive and well, and in the unlikeliest of places — British and American universities.
Korach was the embodiment of what the …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks
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6/24/20
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