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Assimilation and Romanticizing the Past
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... and I see him in every talis, every yarmulke. We tend to romanticize the past, the older generation. They sang Passover songs with so much more feeling, with more gusto than my parents. Now my parents are the eldest and they sing with more gusto ... Comment?
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The Ethics Of The Omer: The Abstract Omer Paintings Of Yitzhok Moully
... Omer. Doing the mitzvah of counting the Omer was of course pretty easy. Remembering to start the second evening of Passover and remembering to stop the day before Shavous took a little concentration but somehow I always managed. No, for me the ... Comment?
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... Omer. Doing the mitzvah of counting the Omer was of course pretty easy. Remembering to start the second evening of Passover and remembering to stop the day before Shavous took a little concentration but Comment?
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Rabbi Shlomo RiskinOhr Torah: Childhood Memories
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" In the second month [Iyar] on the afternoon of the fourteenth day, he shall prepare it [the second Passover Sacrifice ]." One of the many injunctions in this week's portion is that of Pesach Sheni "second Passover" a "second chance" for anyone who was ritually impure on Passover to bring the festival sacrifice four weeks later and eat it then. Comment?
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Q&A with Israeli MK Stav Shaffir
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... Salko Robertson - producer of such films as "The Oh in Ohio," "Lab Rats" and "When Do We Eat?" a comedy set at a Passover seder -realized that she Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have reasserted their dominance of Israeli soccer but media reports on ... Comment?
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State Department notes rise in anti-Semitism
... May 20. "At times, such statements led to desecration and violence." It noted the continued "flourishing" of the Passover blood libel as well as Holocaust denial. Secretary of State John Kerry noted the phenomenon in introducing Ira Forman, the new ... Comment?
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Sunday, May 19 was Pentecost, one of the major days in the church calendar commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles on the day of the Jewish festival, which was a harvest festival observed on the fiftieth day from the record day of Passover. Comment?
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Biblical sect struggles to survive
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... Tel Aviv, and near the West Bank city of Nablus on Mount Gerizim, the group's holiest place and site of its yearly Passover sacrifice. The Samaritans, who hold Israeli and Palestinian residency rights, try to steer clear of politics. Their numbers ... Comment?
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The Column | Suggestions for some good Jewish viewing on Netflix, instantly
... of its many Jewish themes pops up, I'm suddenly all eyes and ears. All it takes is a whisper of "bar mitzvah" or "Passover" or even "marble rye" for me to perk up. But since I don't watch prime time TV, and since I don't have cable or satellite, my ... Comment?
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Once Upon A Time, The Catholic Church Decided That Beavers Were Fish
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... The Bible forbids Jewish people from eating chametz - foods made from wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats - on Passover. Ashkenazi Jews consider corn, rice, and legumes, a class of foods called kitniyot , as forbidden on Passover as well. It isn't ... Comment?
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A Hero When Jews Desperately Needed One: An Interview with Hank Greenberg Biographer John Rosengren
... days, and when he was in the minor leagues he lived in an Orthodox boarding house so he could eat the Seder meal on Passover. He didn't want to deny who he was. It's interesting that of all cities to play in, Greenberg chose Detroit, home to some of ... Comment?
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... sedra specifically in mind when he wrote his treatises on religion. He would have pointed to its demand that the Passover sacrifice be done "in accordance with all its rules and rites" as evidence of his claim that religion is basically an ... Comment?
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Bible Prophecy Alert! Rapture Watch Signs For the Month of May 2013
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... have always celebrated the Feast of First Fruits or to Christians the Pentecost, exactly 50 days after the start of Passover. This is supposedly done so that the wheat would have time to ripen. In the Bible, Jesus refers to the Wheat as the good ... Comment?
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... to categorize the weeks of the semester based on issues of The Eye : spring break was between issues 6 and 7; Passover was issue 8; class registration was issue 10. A complete transformation of mindset is complicated at times, but this ... Comment?
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Wayne Federman coming back for laughs
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... in Israel 10 years ago, it was the aftermath of the Second Intifada. Palestinians had blown up pizza parlors and Passover Seders, and Israelis needed a reason to laugh. Comedian Avi Liberman approached his fellow Jew Federman at LA's Improv comedy ... Comment?
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... new music video, Good Shabbos, and we would be honored if you'd post it. We figured the world had enough Purim, Passover and Chanukah tunes and videos - so why not one for the most important day of all?" Excellent point. We present a classic episode ... Comment?
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Boruch Spiegel, Warsaw ghetto fighter, dies at 93
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... a large group there decided to launch a struggle against the Nazis. When German troops entered the ghetto on Passover eve to round up its inhabitants, members of the Jewish underground groups opened fire from rooftops and windows of the ghetto ... Comment?
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... "It was like fighting a well-equipped army with firecrackers." In the early morning of April 19, the eve of Passover, a German force, equipped with tanks and artillery, tried again, surrounding the ghetto walls. Spiegel was on guard duty and, ... 3 comments
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Phil Anderson: If it's spring, it's Blintze Brunch time
... ringleaders, looks forward to the Blintze Brunch every spring. The dates vary so as not to conflict with the Passover or Easter holidays, ensuring the maximum number of people can attend. Asked how many people turn out on a yearly basis, Jack shook ... Comment?
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NGO watchdog flags - inconsistencies' to Congress
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... this year for resurfacing a centuries-old smear on its website that accuses Jews of using Christian blood to make Passover matza. Questioned on the report by the , the NED sent a statement strongly defending its actions and questioning the quality ... Comment?
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