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The Vort – Mission Statement: Jewish People. Parashat Yitro
February 3, 2010This week’s parasha, Yitro, is a classic. A righteous father-in law dropping solid leadership advice. The Big 10 Commandments. Psychedelic prophecy. My highlight though is the following verse. I like it so much because, for me, it’s like the Jewish people’s theological mission statement in 17 words. Let’s me try and break it down. First, [...]
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Limbaugh: Obama Attack on Bankers Will Rankle Jewish Money People, Guess Which Jewish Groups Sprang to His Defense?
February 3, 2010If you’re wondering what’s that faint stink is wafting from your radio when you turn it on in the morning, it might just be you’ve gotten too close on the dial to whatever station’s broadcasting Rush Limbaugh’s latest anti-Semitic diatribe. Now, I’ll have to admit as even Abe Foxman did, that Rush’s latest dump isn’t [...]
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Mazal Tov: Tobaron Waxman is the winner of The Jewish Museums first-ever Audience Award
February 3, 2010Jewschool is proud to congratulate NYC-based artist Tobaron Waxman on this major achievement: The first transgendered artist to be exhibited in a major Jewish museum exhibition has won the Audience Award for the favorite work in the exhibition Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life. Tobaron Waxman is the winner of The Jewish [...]
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Mount of Olives cemetery goes online
January 31, 2010 -
Cemetery project among Jewish award winners
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It’s Hipster Tu B’Shvat time!
January 29, 2010Cross-posted at my personal blog. Tu B’Shvat is tonight. Since it’s been a while that I’ve been part of something Jewish (living with Mr. B does not count as doing something Jewish, although sometimes I try to pass it off as such,) I wanted to celebrate, which involves planting trees and eating [...]
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Paris symbol of Jewish life reopens as jeans shop
January 28, 2010 -
Once Upon a Time in Sheikh Jarrah
January 26, 2010Either it’s all in their mind or police officers in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah give a disproportionate dose of force to ultra-left protesters than those fighting for the Jewish claim to the neighborhood. A few Jewish families moved into the Palestinian area recently, causing the eviction of a few permanent Palestinian residents. [...]
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NADAV Foundation awards grants to North American NGOs
January 26, 2010 -
Who’s Scroll Is It Anyway?
January 14, 2010More than 2000-years-old, the Dead Sea Scrolls are far from being a dead issue. A couple of months ago I posted about a battle between two top Jewish American intellectuals who differ in opinion as to who wrote the Scrolls ‘