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When it comes to religious practice, mishegas is relative
San Fernando :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
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The latest was published in Haaretz (May 8) involving an Orthodox woman who has sued Lancome. She claims that Lancome is liable because its 24-hour mascara didn't make it through Shabbat and threatened to ruin her big day (referring to her son's
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MK Gafni Defends the Hebrew Calendar Against New Law
Jerusalem :: Israel | 9 days ago
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Speaking during debate on the proposal, the former chairman of the finance committee called the step to sole use of the secular calendar a serious step. Gafni warned, "We are going to raise a generation that does not know anything about Judaism." He
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Western Wall Priestly Blessing Thursday; Take a Bus
Jerusalem :: Israel | 1 month ago
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15, and the first blessing will be at approximately 09:00...Priests (Cohanim) are commanded in the Torah by G-d to bestow His Divine blessing on the nation during prayer service, and tens of thousands flock to the Western Wall on Passover and Sukkot
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Our store of memories 'beautifies' in God's own time
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 4 months ago
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This sentiment on the beautiful Christmas card from our oldest grandson is so true. As we begin again a new year, it's funny how I can remember all the wonderful things that happened last year...God has given us another way to keep our sanity and
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Rabbi Pleads Guilty to Torah Theft
Jerusalem :: Israel | 5 months ago
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The rabbi was convicted in the Be'er Sheva Magistrates Court for aggravated theft, aggravated fraud, fraud, breach of trust and causing insult to religion, among other charges. Rabbi Rosalio was arrested after it was discovered, on Simchat Torah,
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Man accused of anti-gay targeting of Buffalo churches found incompetent
Buffalo :: NY :: USA | 5 months ago
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A man accused of pelting several churches in Buffalo, Minn., with rocks and leaving behind posters with offensive messages about homosexuality is mentally incompetent and cannot stand trial at this time, a judge has ruled...Murray, 30, who lives
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The Shadow of a Great Rock, By Harold Bloom
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
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Still vastly ambitious at 82, the dean of US lit crit tackles "the sublime summit of literature in English". Created by a largely undistinguished committee, the King James Bible is "an inexplicable wonder", despite a vocabulary of 8,000 words,
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Filmmakers Who Are Ultra Orthodox and Ultra Committed
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 7 months ago
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Tony Gentile/Reuters The director Rama Burshtein, left, on the red carpet with her husband at last month's Venice Film Festival. AT the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot this month, dozens of Israeli women in the insular world of the ultra-Orthodox
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Charges Expected Tuesday in Theft of Torah Parchment
Jerusalem :: Israel | 7 months ago
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The rabbi, who has confessed, is expected to be released under restrictive conditions.
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Festival of mini-booths
Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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A 10-team building competition for Sukkot (the Festival of Booths) was held Sept. 28, with the ICC supplying kits that included wood, nails, cloth, plastic sheeting and palm fronds. The adults did the building and the kids did the decorating, and
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