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Parshas Mishpatim – Highlight the Positive & Ignore the Negative
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (576+ words) For many years, I would introduce the singing of zemiros and emphasize the spiritual impact and the sanctity of the time as Shabbos ebbs steadily away. During the quarantine period of COVID, I made it a point to open my…...
Parashat Mishpatim – We Wander, Wing It, and Wonder Why We’re Late
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (251+ words) By Dr. Michael Mantell in El Cajon, California Parashat Mishpatim shows how lofty spiritual experiences can become daily living. After the thunder and awe of Sinai in last week's parasha, the Torah now turns to the details of life: laws…...
REVIEW: Black and Jewish: An Interwoven History, Pt 2
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (761+ words) By Barrett Holman Leak in San Diego, California "American Jewish history is a history of rapid social mobility. African American history has been a history of enslavement and institutional racism. At what point in the alliance are those two differences…...
Jewish Day School and Yeshiva Heads From Around the Country Gather in Houston for Prizmah Retreat
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (404+ words) Amid a continued surge in enrollment for Jewish day schools across the U.S. and Canada, 100 heads of school met in Houston for their exclusive biennial retreat, hosted by'Prizmah, the network for Jewish day schools. [PRESS RELEASE] Houston, Texas (PRESS RELEASE) " Amid…...
AJC Report: After Violent Antisemitic Attacks, 91% of American Jews Feel Less Safe
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (996+ words) AJC released the first'State of Antisemitism in America Report'in 2019, one year after the 2018 Tree of Life shooting, the deadliest antisemitic attack in our nation's history. In 2019, 42% of American Jews said that the status of Jews in the U.S. was less secure…...
Meta Expands Partnership with World Jewish Congress to Provide Reliable Holocaust Information Across Its Platforms
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (215+ words) NEW YORK (PRESS RELEASE) " The World Jewish Congress (WJC) today welcomed the expansion of its partnership with Meta Platforms to provide social media users with reliable, authoritative information about the Holocaust across its core applications. This week, Meta launched new…...
Jewish Biography: Claude Vigee: the wandering Jewish poet
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (141+ words) By Alex Gordon in Haifa, Israel Beyond it! Understand? Outside! That means we've passed the walls. Life is a place where it's forbidden to live. Like the Hebrew quarter. Ghetto of the chosen. In this most Christian of worlds, all…...
Our Shtetl: leaving a legacy
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (236+ words) By Cailin Acosta in La Mesa, California In 2015, my husband and then 2-year-old twins came back to my hometown of La Mesa, California. I attended La Mesa Dale Elementary School, La Mesa Middle School (now, La Mesa Arts Academy), Helix…...
Light Amidst the Pyres: A Review of Richard Zimler’s The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon
1+ week, 1+ day ago (232+ words) By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Historical fiction, at its most potent, does more than merely dress up the past in period costume; it resurrects the sensory and psychological landscape of a lost world. A City…...
Parshas Yisro – Here Comes the Sunshine
1+ week, 2+ day ago (583+ words) Fast forward fifty years, and our Tu B'Shvat experience is quite different. Here in Eretz Yisrael, not only are the major holidays celebrated throughout the country and across all lines, but even the minor festivals have been transformed into major…...