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The Blogs: We Have the Seekers. Will We Keep Them?
12+ min ago (319+ words) The thing that interviewees most often replied was: perseverance." No matter how welcoming Jewish professionals think we are making our institutions, the overwhelming impression of those seeking to connect was that it feels like running the gauntlet: a public trial,…...
Poll: About 6 in 10 Jews say they feel "less safe" in the US since October 7
3+ hour, 27+ min ago (985+ words) WASHINGTON " Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas's October 7, 2023, massacre on Israel. The findings highlight the vulnerability that many Jewish adults…...
South Hampstead Rabbi Leads 22-Part Course in Tanya's Secrets
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Q & A: Learning Torah on Tisha B'Av (Part I)
10+ hour, 2+ min ago (137+ words) Categories: Ask the Rabbi /" Torah July 10, 2026, 3 AM ET We also find similar halachot regarding Tisha B'Av, our national day of mourning for the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem, as the Mechaber notes (Orach Chayyim 554: 1). Scripture there refers to the…...
Why Is Moses Not Called Mosheh? A Journey Through Biblical History and Translation
49+ min ago (416+ words) Friday, July 10th | 25 Tammuz 5786 The first translation of the Bible was by Ptolemy the Second, some 2, 200 years ago, into Greek. But Greek has letters and sounds that Biblical Hebrew does not, and vice versa. Later on, there was Jerome's Latin version,…...
The Blogs: The Myth of Israel's Isolation: The World's Moving Closer, Not Further Away
53+ min ago (635+ words) One of the most frequently repeated claims since October 7 has been that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated on the international stage. Headlines often focus on diplomatic disputes, hostile demonstrations, critical UN resolutions, and disagreements with some Western governments, creating the…...
Rockville's Rabbi Gary Pokras Reflects on Impactful Decade at Temple Beth Ami
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (790+ words) As a teenager, Rabbi Gary Pokras wanted nothing to do with religion. He begrudgingly accompanied his parents to High Holidays services at the shul, but skipped other Friday nights. Pokras said he felt like an outsider growing up Jewish in…...
The Blogs: "Be Proud. Be Loud: A Muslim Zionists Mission
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (1280+ words) Anila Ali lost "almost everything" for standing with Israel after October 7. Now she's convening moderate Muslims, Christians and Jews in Washington to prove the extremists wrong. When Anila Ali talks about why she does this work " the delegations to Israel,…...
The Blogs: The Beautiful Game and The Jewish Story
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (846+ words) I hadn't realized how much I needed the World Cup. For the past several weeks, it has offered a welcome respite from the relentless bad news cycle. After months of war, politics, protests, and all the other stories seemingly designed…...
Jewish groups push back against likely next UK PM Burnham over Israel comments
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (223+ words) After Labour MP urges 'more pressure' on Israeli government, Jewish organizations say 'distorted' criticisms of Jewish state are one driver of antisemitism, all must be addressed...