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Tibetan meditation teacher Lama Wangchuk brings weekly free classes to Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (78+ words) Hawaii News Now Tibetan meditation teacher Lama Wangchuk brings weekly free classes to Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin Acces Surf Hawaii and United Cerebral Palsy Hawaii unite for HLTA 2026 Visitor Industry Charity Walk on May 2 Buy Local Hawaii" with American Savings…...
Pride Worcester scheduling conflict upsets Jewish community
8+ hour, 33+ min ago (724+ words) Some local rabbis and Jewish residents are expressing their disappointment after this year's Pride Worcester festival was scheduled on the same day as Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The Pride Worcester festival, a decades-long celebration of the city's queer…...
Iranian Jewish Association Describe Israel as "Ominous Zionist Regime" After Israeli Strikes Destroy Historic Synagogue on Passover
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (421+ words) Ahistoric synagogue in Tehran, originally built in 1958, was destroyed on the Jewish holiday of Passover by Israeli airstrikes on April 7th. The Rafi-Nia Synagogue, located in central Tehran, was one of the longstanding institutions serving Iran's Jewish community. Constructed in 1958, it…...
Elad Strohmayer: Zionism is often used as a slur. We must reclaim the term.
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (494+ words) On Israel's Independence Day on Wednesday, as Israelis mark 78 years since the founding of our state, a word that once expressed hope and liberation has become, for many, a source of confusion and division. That word is "Zionism." In today's…...
Aurora Israel - News from Israel and the Jewish world in Spanish
15+ hour, 41+ min ago (442+ words) Days before celebrating its 78th anniversary as a state, Israel's population reached 10, 244 million, according to official data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics. This sustained population growth reflects both natural increase and immigration, solidifying Israel's position as one of the…...
Menachot 100
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (428+ words) My Jewish Learning You might also like A mishnah on today's daf discusses the timing for arranging and burning the bowls of frankincense, that are set alongside the showbread, noting that incorrect timing of these actions impacts whether the showbread…...
APTOPIX Israel Memorial Day
3+ hour, 2+ min ago (104+ words) Journal-News. com A woman weeps over the grave of her relative as Israel marks the annual Memorial Day, honoring soldiers killed in the nation's conflicts and victims of nationalistic attacks, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Last…...
Entombed in Contradictions: The Crisis of Zionism, A Book by Michel Warschawski, Reviewed by M. H. A. Sikander
1+ week, 5+ day ago (261+ words) Kashmir PEN Entombed in Contradictions: The Crisis of Zionism, A Book by Michel Warschawski, Reviewed by M. H. A. Sikander Toward an Open Tomb: The Crisis of Israeli Society Michel Warschawski's Toward an Open Tomb: The Crisis of Israeli Society, translated by Peter…...
Historic lifesaving station to become Nantucket's first dedicated synagogue
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (812+ words) (Updated April 20, 2026)The historic former Surfside Lifesaving Station and Star of the Sea Youth Hostel is set to become the new home of Nantucket's only Jewish congregation, Shirat Ha Yam, the congregation'sboard of trustees announced last week. It means Shirat…...
The Blogs: The Sand" and The Stars
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (189+ words) Realizing it was time He lowered His face To Abraham's ear And whispered A promise To the worried father There will be More children Than you can count. As many, I swear, As the sand By the sea But Abraham…...