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…ciles; Priest 236/158 Generosity to gentiles expiates Jews’ sins Escapism: Flight or Fight 50/63 Aliya (emigration to Israel); Desire for aliya really means one must address local problems 127/137 Earthly matters most 158/144 Avoiding responsibility for restitution; Restitution made personally 210/150 Flight preferred Economic Issues 48/61 Repentance achieved by giving charity; Wealth; Charity 71/127 Livelihood protected when possible 79/127 Humil…
…r 1942 NFS ____________________________________ Possibly Bezalel School Jerusalem, early twentieth century Synagogue scene, possibly Simcha Torah Metal Relief Repousse. $85 ____________________________________ Sol Schreibman USA Water Dance Women lithograph print $80 framed ____________________________________ Men Dancing with Torah in Micrography unidentified artist $80 framed ____________________________________ Simcha Nornberg b. Nowe Brzesko P…
…University-Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies The Cantors Assembly Mercaz USA North American Association of Synagogue Executives-NAASE Jewish Educators Assembly Jewish Youth Directors Association The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism-USCJ Women’s League for Conservative Judaism . The Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Respond to Attack at Colleyville, TX Synagogue January 15, 2022 13 Shevat, 5782 New York, NY…
…ained by trickery, through a reconciliation with his brother Esau. Jacob’s flight from Esau, and his 20 years under the thumb of Laban, have not provided him fulfillment of Isaac’s blessing. In order for Jacob to become a person of real power and legitimate authority, a true leader, he must have the ability to confront his brother Esau directly and to embrace Esau steadfastly, even though in doing so he will expose himself to serious injury. Jacob…
…might be a different story. But these little guys are no threat to five thousand years of Jewish civilization. Or take fasting on Yom Kippur. Let’s try multiple choice: Is the purpose of fasting on Yom Kippur (A) to create an atmosphere of solemnity, self-control, and spirituality to facilitate soul-searching and repentance; or (B) to weed out the weak and sickly among us. If you know the purpose of the fast, you are more likely to achieve its aim…
…arim (Deuteronomy), as well. Our world was rent asunder, smashed into a thousand pieces. The parallel of Temple worship with the synagogue and prayer is more than just an analogy, it is an exact spiritual equivalent. That is because, as all of you know, the practice of synagogue-based Judaism that emerged out of the flames of the first and second centuries of the Common Era is the explicitly and scripturally-ordained substitute for the entire syst…
…erent. Everybody does something behind closed doors, whether it be write a cheap romance novel or go to some forbidden site on the Web. The thing I do behind closed doors is write poetry. Long and involved, they usually represent some flaw in humanity or in myself or just some tragic love poem. Words spurt out of my mouth and I have to write them down or else I lose them, the ideas slipping through my fingers like grains of sand in an hourglass. I…
…n’s HaMishpat HaIvri. 5. Sefer Shut Binyamin Zev, Ya`aqov Glis edition, Jerusalem, 1959, sec. 78 116 (Hebrew University Mount Scopus Catalog no. BM 522.2/B454 vol. 1). 6. Sefer Nashim Hilkhot Ishut, 15:19, Shabtai Frankel Edition, Jerusalem 1982. Emphasis added. Cf. Magid Mishna there. In Binyamin Zev these statements of the Sages become a Rabbinic Decree (Taqanat Hazal) (Cited above p. 248 bottom). 7. Mitzvot ase 70, p. 147:3. 8. On Even HaEzer,…
…Jewish Men’s Clubs The Jewish Museum The Masorti Movement (Israel) Mercaz USA National Ramah Commission Ramah Programs in Israel Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies Women’s League for Conservative Judaism Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies National and International Organizations Anti-Defamation League (ADL) American Jewish Committee (AJC) Hadassah JACS: Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others JewishGen: The Offi…
…seums, galleries and universities. Anna Broell Bresnick was born in Hamburg, German, has lived in Vienna and Rome and currently resides in New Haven, CT. USA More information on the artist’s website: https://www.annabroellbresnick.com…
