Blogging the Omer, Days 20 & 21: Havieinu Leshalom Me’arba Kanfot Ha’aretz and a really funny joke

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Jew School | 05/10/08 21:50

Week Three, Day seven Malchut of Tiferet Week Three, Day six Yesod of Tiferet This past weekend, Be’chol Lashon (In Every Tongue), a project of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research sponsored a conference in San Francisco of Jews and Jewish identified ethnic groups from around the world. Many of these groups are...

  Israel at 60 Shabbat

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Jewlicious | 05/10/08 1:17

In 1946 the Yishuv - Mandatory Palestine’s Jewish community - built this road, designed by engineer

  5th of Iyar

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Jewlicious | 05/09/08 21:48

Tonight is really the anniversary of the creation of Israel, but the date is moved up to not coincide with Shabbat. On this day in Jewish History * A decree issued prohibiting the import by Russian Jews of books in any language, 1800. * Joseph Rivlin laid the [...]

  CFS: Orthodykes Anthology

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Jew School | 05/09/08 16:20

Just to mix things up a little: A call for subs for an anthology that has nothing to do with either the election race or Israel! Rather, Orthodykes. I don’t know any more than what’s below, so please follow submission guidelines or pass along to potentially interested parties….. Call for Submissions: KEEP...

  Why I won’t give up Yom Ha-Atzma’ut

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Jew School | 05/09/08 11:04

Remember when Yom Ha-atzma’ut used to be easy? Nowadays it seems like you’ve got three choices.. You can follow our co-blogger Chorus of Apes and go all Nakba on us. You can go all “neo-Zionist” instead and lose yourself in congratulatory paroxysms of pride and militaristic extremism. See here for...

  Why I won’t give up Yom Ha-A

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Jew School | 05/09/08 11:04

Remember when Yom Ha-atzma’ut used to be easy? Nowadays it seems like you’ve got three choices.. You can follow our co-blogger Chorus of Apes and go all Nakbaֲ on us. ֲ You can go all “neo-Zionist” instead and lose yourself in congratulatory paroxysms of pride and militaristic extremism. See here for...

  Why I won’t give up Yom Ha-A

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Jew School | 05/09/08 11:04

Remember when Yom Ha-atzma’ut used to be easy? Nowadays it seems like you’ve got three choices.. You can follow our co-blogger Chorus of Apes and go all Nakbaֲ on us. ֲ You can go all “neo-Zionist” instead and lose yourself in congratulatory paroxysms of pride and militaristic extremism. See here for...

  Moving beyond the Hamas “third rail” — Congress calls for a ceasefire

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Jew School | 05/09/08 10:29

What is a “third rail” anyway? Do subways and trains even have dangerous “third rails” anymore? Regardless of its modern day relevance, the “third rail” is an often-heard political term for the undiscussable, unapproachable topics - the ones that are too “charged” to deal...

  Moving beyond the Hamas “third rail” — Congress calls for a ceasefire

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Jew School | 05/09/08 10:29

What is a “third rail” anyway? Do subways and trains even have dangerous “third rails” anymore? Regardless of its modern day relevance, the “third rail” is an often-heard political term for the undiscussable, unapproachable topics - the ones that are too “charged” to deal...

  Blogging the Omer Day 19; Pursue Justice

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Jew School | 05/08/08 18:58

Week Three, day five, Hod of Tiferet JTA reports on Rabbis for Human Rights, North America’s new initiative, the In Pursuit of Justice campaign, launched today, Israel’s 60th birthday, in Central Park. The campaign includes the replanting of olive trees in the West Bank and poor Jewish neighborhoods; a human...