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S.R. Hewitt: Remembering a Great Warrior on Shavuot
This year, Memorial Day poses an interesting conflict with the Jewish calendar as it overlaps directly with the holiday of Shavuot. The coincidence is not without some significance.
Tensions run high during Israeli holiday
JERUSALEM, May 20 (UPI) -- Police said Jerusalem Day celebrations in Israel Sunday were tense as revelers and counter-protesters clashed, resulting in at least nine arrests.
Was Columbus Jewish?
Charles Garcia says scholarly research suggest that the explorer was seeking to find a safe haven for Jews who were persecuted in Spain
Staten Island Jewish community celebrates Lag B' Omer
The Staten Island Jewish community celebrated Lag B' Omer May 10 with games, crafts, marshmallow roasting and other fun
Jewish festival draws families for day of fun
It wasn’t just a parade or a fair packed with games and rides nor was it just a musical concert or an offering of favorite summer foods. It wasn’t just a sing-along around a bon fire either. The Great Jewish Family Festival, held May 10 at Westfield Old Orchard, was all of the above, and to leave out any of these features was to miss some of the fun. The festival drew from nearby communities ...
Eitan Press: Time Spirals and Other Insights Into the Jewish Calendar
The shape of Jewish time is different. According to the teachings of the Torah, history does not unfold along a time-line but a time-spiral.
Hasidic enclave in upstate NY gears up for holiday
Thousands are expected to gather at a Hasidic Jewish enclave in upstate New York for a holiday celebration.
Hundreds expected at Tunisia's revived Jewish pilgrimage
Nearly 1,500 Jews are expected on Thursday at Tunisia's Ghriba synagogue, the oldest in Africa, reviving a pilgrimage scaled back last year amid security fears, organisers said Monday.
Hadassah At 100: Honoring America's Jewish Women Leaders (PHOTOS)
In 2004, Belle Simon, who lived in New York at the time, needed a kidney transplant. A longtime member of Hadassah’s national board, she was fortunate to have become acquainted with a fellow board member, Katie Edelstein, who lived across the country in Seattle.
New Jewish Russian Learning Center on Staten Island
Staten Island Advance/Jan SommaRabbi Zeev Kushnirsky and his wife, Esther, founded the Jewish Russian Learning Center of South Beach to celebrate and share their heritage.STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A young rabbi and his wife are starting the Jewish Russian Learning...
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