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10 Rosh Hashanah Customs From Around the World

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By Menachem Posner You are probably familiar with the widespread (Ashkenazi) Rosh Hashanah customs of eating round raisin challah and apples dipped in honey, pomegranate, the head of a fish, sweet...
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What Is Tisha B’Av?

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(Chabad.org) Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av (July 17-18, 2021), is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, on which we fast, deprive...
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On Tisha B’Av, mourning incomparable loss, working on increased unity

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DEBORAH FINEBLUM(JNS) Why is Tisha B’Av the saddest day of the Jewish year? Eerily, not only were both of the holy temples in Jerusalem destroyed on...
Holidays

Making meaning: Tisha B’Av and connecting to Zionism

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(JNS) Sometimes, prayer can seem like a daunting task. For some of us, we feel like without a rabbi to tell us what page...
Holidays

What to know about Shavuot to unleash the power of the holiday

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By DEBORAH FINEBLUM(JNS) You could say that Shavuot is the most important holiday most Jews know virtually nothing about. And you wouldn’t be completely wrong. Nonetheless, the holiday—beginning...
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Who Was Shimon Bar Yochai?

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By: Barry Shaw An Israeli national disaster occurred at the Lag B’Omer festival on Mount Meron in northern Israel on 28 April when 45 people...
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Congresswoman Maloney Statement on Yom HaShoa

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On Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), author of the Never Again Education Act, released the following statement. “Today, on Yom HaShoah,...
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11 Images that Tell of Jewish Empowerment in the Holocaust

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By Mordechai Lightstone(Chabad.org)  Often in our reflections on the Holocaust, the imagery we focus on is the dread, and human suffering, gas chambers, mass graves and...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day back-to-back with Independence Day in Israel

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By: Ron Jager The days following Pesach are always an emotionally charged period in Israel. From celebrating the redemption of the Jewish nation during Pesach,...
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Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day – April 7th & 8th

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Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes Remembrance Day will be observed this year starting Wednesday evening, 7 April 2021 through Thursday, 8 April 2021. The official...
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The Pharaoh Syndrome

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By Tzvi Freeman(Chabbad.org) People knock pop psychologists and their euphemisms, but I often wonder if we wouldn't be better off borrowing some of their political correctness...
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Next Year in Jerusalem . . . Really

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By Aron Moss(Chabad.org) Question: Here’s one I always wanted to know. We traditionally end the Passover Seder with the wish, “Next Year in Jerusalem!” What if you’re living in Jerusalem? Do...
Arts & Culture

Passover Story Sung as a “Sea Shanty” is Blowing Up the Internet

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(TJVNEWS) Sea Shanties have blown up online especially on tic-toc, it was a matter of time before a Jewish-influenced song parody was created. A sea...
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Living Torah? What is the ‘Great Shabbat’?

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By: Rabbi Ari Enkin, Rabbinic Director, United with Israel The Shabbat before Passover is referred to as “Shabbat Hagadol,” meaning “The Great Sabbath.” It is...
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Last Chance: Help Needy Israeli Soldiers on Passover

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Send Passover Food Packages to Needy IDF Soldiers and their Families. COVID-19 had a devastating impact on Israeli soldiers and their families. Let us thank the heroes of...
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Freedom Lessons from Passover

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By Kenneth Abramowitz Jews around the world celebrate Passover next week. In the diaspora, during the first two evenings, we read the Haggadah with family...
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