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First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Torah Mitzion Zionist KollelsZionist Kollels:Finding Your Mission in Life

The Torah Mitzion organization sends groups of Israeli post-army yeshiva students who form kollels and affect Jewish identity in Jewish communities all over the world.The beginning of the Parsha discusses the details of building and lighting the Menorah ... [Published Israel National News - May 24 2013]

Entities: Torah, Menorah, Zionists

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Tripathi endorses religiously neutral academic calendar

President Satish K. Tripathi has promulgated a proposed academic calendar revision recommended by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee that would include the Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur as recognized class days.The calendar revision ... [Published University at Buffalo Reporter - May 23 2013]

Entities: Religion, Rosh HaShana ·, Yom Kippur

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Israel Was Right to Publish Al-Durrah Report

One can easily understand the Palestinian and the Arab responses to the findings of the official Commission of Inquiry established by the Israeli government to investigate the circumstances surrounding Muhammad al-Durrah’s death. Still, these findings ... [Published Five Towns Jewish Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Muhammad Al-Durrah, Israel, Yom Kippur

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Knesset

Non-Orthodox Jews can use mikvaot for conversion

Deputy religious services minister says ritual baths can be used by Conservative, Reform groups for conversion process.An Orthodox Jew enters into a ritual bath in Safed Photo: REUTERS/NIR ELIASDeputy Religious Services Minister Eli Ben-Dahan said on ... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 22 2013]

Entities: Religion, Yom Kippur, Miri Regev, Israel, Knesset

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Arizona State University

5770

To say that it's been a difficult year would be an understatement for most Jewish Americans this Rosh Hashana.A look through the local Year-in-Review (Pages 28-31) shows the impact on the Greater Phoenix Jewish community of a particularly turbulent economic ... [Published Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - May 22 2013]

Entities: Jewish Community, Rosh HaShana ·, Yom Kippur, Jewish-Americans, Arizona State University

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Word of the day / Hatich

Why are good-looking people objectified, anyway? A picture speaks a thousand words, and as this one strongly indicates - a "hatich" is a hot guy. The origin of this Hebrew slang term is interesting: "hatich" literally means "piece" as in, a piece of ... [Published Haaretz - May 22 2013]

Entities: Yom Kippur, Innocuous

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

After diversity forum, Hunterdon Central official eyes community survey on 2014-15 calendar

That process began on May 8 when Steffner used a scheduled "principal’s forum" on diversity to explain to about three dozen people how and why the school board adopted the policy to mostly follow state holidays in setting the 2013-14 school calendar.Many ... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - May 21 2013]

Entities: Rosh HaShana ·, Yom Kippur, Boycott

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Postcard from... Milan

The fur is flying once again on Milan’s catwalks with two of the city’s most iconic brands Armani and Prada taking swipes at each other over the former’s refusal to pull its weight in the national fashion trade association.Patrizio Bertelli, president ... [Published The Independent - May 21 2013]

Entities: Giorgio Armani, Milan, Prada SpA, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Maine Voices: Next year's Portland school schedule makes diversity a low priority

Prior to this meeting, this mistake had been brought to the attention of the School Committee by a multitude of religious leaders and parents of affected students. The members of the school board were reminded of the significance of the holiday and the ... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 21 2013]

Entities: Religion, Yom Kippur, Anti-Semitism, Middle School

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

What Are the Sacred Practices in Judaism?

Torah scrolls are never directly touched while being read.Comstock/Comstock/Judaism, the oldest of the three Abrahamic religions, has always emphasized the importance of actions -- the good deed, called mitzvah, and following God's commands. Many sacred ... [Published Opposing Views - May 21 2013]

Entities: Judaism, mitsvah, Torah

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Fasting Diet Diary

Does Jo Milligan find a fast way to fit into her jeans?I have survived my first day of fasting.My husband has survived my first day of fasting. Spoiler alert – fasting does not bring inner peace, it brings outer crotchetiness.At the morning weigh-in, ... [Published Manchester Confidential - May 20 2013]

Entities: Fasting, Diet, Calorie

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Dutch Jews 'vexed’ over queen’s Yom Kippur departure

Chief rabbi says scheduling of Queen Beatrix’s farewell ceremony excludes Jewish community, local media reports. A Dutch chief rabbi said his community is ?vexed? because a farewell event for the Dutch queen is scheduled for Yom Kippur.?Jews are again ... [Published Haaretz - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Yom Kippur, Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander of Orange, Jewish Community

Quotes

...that I at least find of interest, can be used both as a noun - "I need to get my legs waxed - I just met a real hatich!" and as an adjective, "Her new boyfriend is so hatich, she must've prayed well on Yom Kippur." The feminine counterpart of the word is "hatich-a", describing a pretty woman...

Word of the day / Hatich [Published Haaretz - May 22 2013]

"This would be a question best directed to the board of education" Steffner said

After diversity forum, Hunterdon Central official eyes community survey on 2014-15 calendar [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - May 21 2013]

"But all the prayers are stuck there in the building" the Baal Shem answered. "None of them are going up to Heaven."

Intention: Praying with Kavanah [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]

...The rabbi, swathed in vaguely Sikh white robes, began the service thus: "Almost everyone in this room has been through a 12-step program. So put your arms around each other, and let us sway."

'Re-Emerging': In Nigeria, A People Finds A Faith [Published WNYC - May 16 2013]

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Torah Mitzion Zionist KollelsZionist Kollels:Fi... [Published Israel National News - May 24 2013]
Tripathi endorses religiously neutral academic ... [Published University at Buffalo Reporter - May 23 2013]
Israel Was Right to Publish Al-Durrah Report [Published Five Towns Jewish Times - May 23 2013]
Inquiry Into Muhammad Al-durrah's Death Irrelevant [Published Scoop - May 23 2013]
Non-Orthodox Jews can use mikvaot for conversion [Published Jerusalem Post - May 22 2013]
5770 [Published Jewish News of Greater Phoenix - May 22 2013]
Word of the day / Hatich [Published Haaretz - May 22 2013]
Court to review rabbinical court's social exclu... [Published Jerusalem Post - May 22 2013]
Messianic Judaism & Theology [Published Opposing Views - May 21 2013]
After diversity forum, Hunterdon Central offici... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - May 21 2013]
Italy :Ghetto life [Published Jewish Chronicle - May 21 2013]
Maine Voices: Next year's Portland school sched... [Published Portland Press Herald - May 21 2013]
What Are the Sacred Practices in Judaism? [Published Opposing Views - May 21 2013]
Postcard from... Milan [Published The Independent - May 21 2013]
Intention: Praying with Kavanah [Published Huffington Post - May 20 2013]
The Fasting Diet Diary [Published Manchester Confidential - May 20 2013]
As a Jew in State Prison [Published Aish - May 19 2013]
Don’t Ask the In-Laws This [Published Aish - May 19 2013]
Calling for the closure of Guantanamo [Published National Catholic Reporter - May 17 2013]
Bellow’s son reveals father’s less public persona [Published Canadian Jewish News - May 17 2013]
When it comes to religious practice, mishegas i... [Published Jewish News Weekly - May 17 2013]
'Re-Emerging': In Nigeria, A People Finds A Faith [Published WNYC - May 16 2013]
Barbara Kay: A quick fix for Montreal’s Jewish ... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 16 2013]
9-11-13 Day of Prayer takes new focus [Published WorldNetDaily - May 16 2013]
Cellist’s path to Judaism [Published Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - May 16 2013]
Greenwich synagogue honors five [Published Jewish Ledger - May 16 2013]
Grape Vine: Messiah may not come any time soon [Published Jerusalem Post - May 15 2013]
Giving Shavuot a public relations makeover [Published Haaretz - May 15 2013]
Rabbi E SafranShavuot: To Teach, To Learn, To R... [Published Israel National News - May 14 2013]
All of a sudden, it's Ok to mention the war [Published Irish Independent - May 14 2013]

Blogs

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Barbara Kay: A quick fix for Montreal’s Jewish ... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - May 16 2013] Observant Jews don’t drive on Shabbat or “yom tovim,” holidays that – unlike Hannukkah, say, — spring directly from Torah commandments. These include the well-known Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, but also lesser-known holidays like Shavuot, which was celebrated ...
In the top one [Published normblog - Apr 26 2013] From a tribute to Sir Alex by Darren Richman:Last Yom Kippur I went to synagogue with a book of Ferguson quotes disguised as a prayer book and read it cover to cover. Initially I felt bad about breaking the second commandment on the holiest day of the ...
Here’s the official Best Defense list of books ... [Published The Best Defense - Apr 26 2013] p>Here are the results of our survey of goodbooks of military history that aren't about the U.S. military. There were so many British books mentioned thatI moved them into a second category. The first part here is genuinely foreignbooks -- not necessarily ...
Running to Do Evil: A New Freakonomics Radio Po... [Published Freakonomics - Apr 25 2013] Our latest podcast is called “Running to Do Evil.” (You can download/subscribe at iTunes , get the RSS feed , or listen via the media player above.) It features a prison interview I did in 1999 with Unabomber Ted Kaczynski , whose younger brother, ...
The glaring failure of the Arab Spring [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Apr 24 2013] Two Bishops carrying out relief work in northern Syria appear to have been kidnapped by rebels, underscoring the increasingly sectarian dimension of the conflict. Syria’s minorities have long worried about their future if Assad falls, fearing a similar ...

Press Releases

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Jewish High Holidays Jazzified! [Published PR Newswire - Nov 19 2012]