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Camps & Kids | Going to Jewish camp changed the course of my life
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | 30 days ago
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Follow j. on and I grew up going to Hebrew school on Tuesdays, religious school on Sundays and, eventually, also to Jewish day school. But it wasn't until my first summer at Camp Tawonga in 1998, that I realized I could choose to be Jewish. For
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Ed Miliband: the patriotism of a refugee
Częstochowa :: Poland | 1 year ago
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It says something about me and about Britain that I am rarely described as such...Yet the pain of this history is such that I feel a duty to remember, understand and discuss it a duty that grows, rather than diminishes, over time. As children we were
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Trying to Bring Peace to the Table
Jerusalem :: Israel | 1 year ago
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Rand Clark, Cheri Gurse, and Barb Parmet, organizers of the newly formed Santa Barbara chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace...We were very pleased to be accepted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, the festival's sponsor...We know that
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Opinion: Krakow’s Jewish community celebrates, mourns
Warsaw :: Poland | 1 year ago
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March 8, 2012 Krakow's Jewish community celebrates, mourns by Ruth Ellen Gruber For Krakow's Jews, this past week has truly been a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. On Saturday evening, March 3, about 200 people
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No Place Like Home: A diverse portrait of Jewishness in Britain
London :: United Kingdom | over 1 year ago
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Despite fears that the show would not be same after the departure of Aidan Turner, who played Mitche... As I look out on the winter wonderland outside, I'm warmed by the thought of having completed the fi... An openly gay couple dancing in synagogue
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In Illinois, faceoff between Jewish candidates seen as bellwether for Dems
Jerusalem :: Israel | over 1 year ago
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The race's two highest profile candidates are Brad Schneider, who enjoys establishment support and has strong ties to the organized Jewish community, and Ilya Sheyman, a 25-year-old progressive activist who has proven to be a whiz at small-donor
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Last Night's TV - Strictly Kosher, ITV1; The Truth About Wildlife, BBC2
Manchester :: United Kingdom | almost 2 years ago
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There is an old story about an American with typical Jewish features who stumbles upon a synagogue in China, and is greeted with scepticism when he tells the congregants that he shares their faith. "Funny, you don't look Jewish," he is told. I was
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Devil made him do it?:: Redskins’ owner calls penalty on paper
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Follow j. on and Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder says the City Paper's doctored image of him is anti-Semitic. It is inappropriate and unacceptable when a symbol like this associated with virulent anti-Semitism going back to the Middle Ages,
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Is Gabby Giffords Jewish enough?
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 2 years ago
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In fact, in its Code of Professional Conduct, the section detailing the responsibilities for membership in the Rabbinical Assembly currently lists four standards of religious practice...Yet like many Jews who regard Jewish status to require a Jewish
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Bringing them back
Jerusalem :: Israel | almost 3 years ago
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But the failure has been to transform them into Jewish community members. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and I will soon be traveling to Brooklyn. Like all Israeli politicians, we have a responsibility to
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