Jewish Treats
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01/21/2020
Financially Support Important Causes
If you are unable to personally help important and worthy organizations…
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01/20/2020
Inauguration Oil
Elected U.S. presidents are inaugurated on January 20th. But, it wasn’t…
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01/20/2020
Be a Jewish Leader
You too can help lead the Jewish people by assuming volunteer positions in…
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01/17/2020
Anatomy of a Jewish Leader
This week’s Torah portion re-introduces us to one of the most seminal…
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01/17/2020
Stand Up for Justice
No matter what the circumstances, always assert all of your influence and…
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01/16/2020
Judah Touro
Unlike many of the great philanthropists recorded in history, Judah Touro…
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01/16/2020
Supporting Jewish Causes
While many worthy causes such as hospitals and museums were built as a…
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01/15/2020
Always (Kosher) Coca Cola!
I’d bet you never heard of the Pemberton Medicine Company! Perhaps you have…
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01/15/2020
Kosher Supervision
Hundreds of thousands of items are under kosher supervision in the United…
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01/14/2020
America’s First Synagogue
In 1656, Shearith Israel, the first synagogue was established in the…
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01/14/2020
Historical Synagogues
Make an effort to learn the history of houses of worship in the United…
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01/13/2020
Skeptic’s Day: Or is It?
Happy “Skeptics Day,” is the annual opportunity to acknowledge those who…
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01/13/2020
Righteous Skepticism
Every subject deserves the presumption of innocence, but that does not…
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01/10/2020
How Many Tribes?
The challenge to name the number of tribes of Israel would fall into the…
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01/10/2020
E Pluribus Unum
Like the Latin statement (literally – from the many, one) about merging…
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01/09/2020
Jews in Mississippi
In 1804, a year after the “Louisiana Purchase” was concluded, the United…
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01/09/2020
Jewish Mississippi
When traveling, try to learn the Jewish history of the places you plan to…
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01/08/2020
Stairs or Ramps?
“National Take the Stairs Day,” is celebrated on the second Wednesday of…
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01/08/2020
Exercise is a Jewish Value
Staying healthy is a fulfillment of the Torah’s mandate to “safeguard your…
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01/07/2020
The Tenth of Tevet
And it was in the ninth year of [King Zeddekiah’s] reign, in the tenth…
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01/07/2020
Purpose of Fasting
Fasting is meant to help people focus on important issues when tragedy…
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01/06/2020
Completing the Cycle of Talmud
In August 1923, weeks before the High Holidays, Rabbi Meir Shapiro, dean of…
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01/06/2020
Study the Talmud!
With dozens of resources online, including translations of the Talmud into…
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01/03/2020
Serach’s Serenade
When perusing the list of the generations of Jacob found in Genesis 46, one…
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01/03/2020
Study about the Women in the Bible
There are many lessons learned from the women mentioned in the Bible,…
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01/02/2020
A Kosher Buffet
While it seems a bit counterintuitive to have a day celebrating abundant…
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01/02/2020
Don’t Overeat
Eat well balanced, nutritious meals. Proper nutrition is always an…
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01/01/2020
Jews and 2020
On Rosh Hashana eve 2007, late night comic, David Letterman, quipped, “It’s…
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01/01/2020
Get Your Eyes Examined
Make sure to schedule an eye exam as part of one’s regular medical…
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12/31/2019
From Midnight to Noon
Frank Sinatra famously sang that New York is a “city that never sleeps.”…
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