JTA – A Rosh Hashanah apple cake bake-off fit for reality television and another installment in the Scarlet and Sam series from the award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel are among the …
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PENNY SCHWARTZ
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9/19/19
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“Breaking up is hard to do”– Song by Neil Sedaka
How true, how true these words are. I cannot remember the rest of the lyrics, or even much of the melody. Still, that line keeps …
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From the archives
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9/13/19
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“We’ve worked hard to push back against anti-Semitism, and succeeded in improving hate crime laws, and yet we continue to experience an alarmingly high number of anti-Semitic …
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LARRY KESSLER
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6/6/19
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Rabbi Wayne Franklin grew up with dogs, but his wife, Anne Franklin, never had a dog. When their daughter Batya started asking her parents for a dog, a family discussion ensued. They spent a year …
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Patricia Raskin
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5/2/19
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POWAY, Calif. (JTA)— With hundreds gathered to show support for the victims of a shooting inside his synagogue, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein recounted the moment when he came face to face with the …
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Gabrielle Birkner
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4/30/19
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Tu b’Shevat seders aren’t new – they’re just new to many of us. Started in the 16th century by the Kabbalists, the seders are beginning to take hold in the United States, much like sufganiyah is growing in popularity as a new Hanukkah tradition and oranges are popping up on Passover seder plates.
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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2/6/19
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We Are Read in the Grenadines — South county residents Marc and Miriam Ladin and Gary and Lesley Engelson sailed Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. They also celebrated Hanukkah and …
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1/31/19
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Recently I had the opportunity to take a trip to Israel to visit my son Carmi, who is studying there for the year.
What made the trip very special was flying on El Al Airlines.
A few months …
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Letters to the editor
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1/31/19
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I wanted to comment on your article about the brown siddur (“Timely appearance of brown siddur,” January 2019). I’ve got one too! It belonged to my 92-year-old dad, still with us, …
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Letters to the editor
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1/31/19
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When I volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soon after moving to Israel, one of my friends said to me, “You know this won’t just be a few months to a few years of service, …
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Daniel Stieglitz
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1/31/19
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