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Adapted by Batya Podos The Hannukah blessing was the first Hebrew blessing I learned. My family wasn’t very observant—we were High Holidays/Pesach Jews--but we always lit candles on Hannukah. I loved my hannukiah, and was proud that I could chant the blessing over the candles, but I
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by Izzy Abrahmson In literature, a cabbage might be a symbol for anything and everything disagreeable. In the village of Chelm, however, a cabbage is sometimes just a cabbage. They called it The Long Winter of the Cabbage, and in the village of Chelm, few people were happy. There was
NM Jewish Journal Staff Report Community events commemorating October 7th, 2023 were held throughout New Mexico and the region. They included We Will Dance Again, A Service of Remembrance and Resilience and showings of the film Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre. In Santa Fe Jewish community observance was held at
By Devin Naar, University of Washington This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. https://theconversation.com/us View the orginal article here In connection to Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, media from the BBC and Fox to Reuters and Haaretz reported on new DNA
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By Sarah Arrowsmith The Talmud, the core text of Rabbinical Judaism, is a long, complicated, and self-referential work. It is written in a mixture of Hebrew and Aramaic, pulls quotes from the Tanakh without citations, and uses frequent acronyms. On a single page, you might see the mishnah and gemara,
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Register at www.distinguishedlectures.com And, following the March 23rd interview with Shulamit Reinharz, on April 6th will be Amir Tibon, "The Gates of Gaza" Haaretz journalist who survived Oct. 7th with his family at kibbutz Nahal Oz, to be interviewed by Bonnie Ellinger . AND- read her NMJJ
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