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Czech Republic: A new Torah scroll symbolizes a Liberal Jewish revival

September 25, 2018September 26, 2018 Editor Blitz 0 Comments Of all European countries, There were so many worshipers for the service, Torah to the Czech Republic was a natural continuation of his decades, with the exception of Germany

Margarita Gokun Silver A new Torah scroll is being used in this historic city by one of its two Reform

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Dutch Christians are celebrating Sukkot

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 Editor Blitz 0 Comments Amsterdam is Holland’s Bible Belt, Deeply connected to the earth and heavens, Sukkot is a part of the Bible

Cnaan Liphshiz From its exterior, the massive building known as The Ark in this Dutch town looks like a typical

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Idolatry is in a man’s own thought, not in the opinion of another

September 22, 2018 Editor Blitz 0 Comments Idoltry was the worship of demons, Terah father of Abraham, There are three types of idoltry

Rabbi Ben-Tzion Spitz In the penultimate Torah reading, Moses bids farewell to the people of Israel in poetic form, in

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Yom Kippur is not a fast of sadness

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 Editor Blitz Fundamentaly a day of happiness, Purely solemn terms, Yeshivas is to ecstatically sing

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Yom Kippur is not a fast of sadness. Rather, it is when we re-discover our great spiritual

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Whom We Hurt: A Yom Kippur Preparation

September 18, 2018 Editor Blitz Most of our interactions are with people, Pain in hidden from us, Who made a stupid mistake

Sara Yoheved Rigler Most interactions are with people whose private pain is hidden from us. How can we make sure

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Jews, France, and Orientalism

September 18, 2018 Editor Blitz In her earlier boor, Jews faced prejudice in France's tranquil, Kalman, Roman Catholic royalist

Michael Curtis Orientalizing the Jew: Religion, Culture, and Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century France. By Julie Kalman. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2017.

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Reclaiming Dignity

September 18, 2018 Editor Blitz No, The Essential Role, Throw the coffee cup at the guest, we fill the cup to the top, We have our Jewish stories

Rabbi Zoe Klein Miles As I prepare for this Yom Kippur, when we stand before the Judge of Truth, open the

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Cellphone ‘Sins’

September 18, 2018 Editor Blitz For mistakes I have made, For the mistakes I have committed, I sort of blew out of proportion

Tabby Rafael I’ve never liked the word ‘sin’. I prefer the Hebrew translation “khet,” which more or less means a mistake.

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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan had ‘a very strange Jewish upbringing’

September 17, 2018 Editor Blitz Hebrew School in Lincoln Square, It was 1973 and they'd never done such things, Kagan said her mother grew up

Josefin Dolsten Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, appearing at a Jewish day school in Brooklyn, spoke about her Jewish background

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Why I am having an Orthodox wedding?

September 17, 2018 Editor Blitz A Jewish relirious marriage contract, For remaining Israeli citizen, Orthodox rabbinical court, Orthodox wedding and ketubah

Cnaan Liphshiz My wife and I were married roughly 5,000 diapers ago, and she’s still waiting for me to propose.

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