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11/25/2022

Can You Say A Little Prayer For Me?

It states in the Talmud, “Rabbi Pinchas ben Hama gave the following…

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11/24/2022

The Thanksgiving Synagogue Service

While Thanksgiving is most certainly an American festival of gratitude,…

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11/22/2022

The Bird of Thanks

On Thanksgiving Day, it is customary in the United States to eat a turkey…

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11/21/2022

Toledot 5783-2022

“The Deeds of the Fathers are Signposts for the Children” (updated and…

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11/21/2022

World Hello Day

In 1973, Brian and Michael McCormack created World Hello Day as a reaction…

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11/18/2022

Placing A Veil

One of the most beautiful customs of a traditional Ashkenazi wedding is the…

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11/16/2022

A History of the Jews of Morocco

Jews have lived in Morocco for thousands of years. Jewish nomadic tribes…

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11/15/2022

A Diplomat to Romania

In July 1944, it was announced that a new Liberty ship under construction…

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11/14/2022

Chayei Sarah 5783-2022

“The Torah’s Recipe for Finding a Proper Mate” (updated and revised from…

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11/14/2022

Jewish Work in Diabetes

Today is World Diabetes Day. Not so long ago, diabetes was often thought of…

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11/11/2022

The First Advisor on Jewish Affairs

In 1942, after first serving as a rabbi in Buffalo, New York, and then in…

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11/10/2022

Hail the Holy Pomegranate

The pomegranate is a funny sort of fruit. Rather than eating the flesh and…

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11/09/2022

Kristallnacht

Kristallnacht, literally the Night of Crystal, but generally translated as…

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11/08/2022

Go Vote! It’s an American and Jewish Value!

Voting in free and fair elections is one of the most profound privileges…

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11/07/2022

Vayeira 5783-2022

“Sodom: The Home of Institutionalized Evil” (updated and revised from…

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11/07/2022

A Poet and A Martyr

Hannah Senesh (Szenes) was born in Budapest, Hungary, to an assimilated,…

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11/04/2022

Rabin Shot

It has been 27 years since Yitzchak Rabin was assassinated on November 4,…

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11/03/2022

The Jews of Panama

The history of the Jews in Panama is similar to Jewish history in other…

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11/02/2022

Name Change

It is not a coincidence that cultures around the world share a belief in…

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11/01/2022

The First Inquisition

Although it was not the first inquisition, the Spanish Inquisition* was…

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10/31/2022

Lech Lecha 5783-2022

“The Two Birds of Israel” (updated and revised from Lech Lecha 5763-2002)…

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10/31/2022

His Tricks Were Quite A Treat

It is commonly acknowledged that the magician and escape artist Harry…

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10/28/2022

National Hermit Day

Judaism is not known for encouraging asceticism (abstinence from mortal…

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10/27/2022

The Jews of Amsterdam

October 27, 1275 is noted as the first time the name “Amsterdam” was…

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10/26/2022

The Seven Mitzvot

Jewish law places great emphasis on the way a Jew must live and the rewards…

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10/25/2022

The Yom Kippur War

It would be impossible, in this brief format, to provide a full history of…

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10/24/2022

Noah 5783-2022

“The Story of Noah--Fact or Fantasy?” (updated and revised from Noah…

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10/21/2022

Ezer k’Negdo

Today’s Treat begins with a short, sweet story about the great Tzaddik of…

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10/20/2022

White Papers

For those who have studied the history of the return of the Jewish people…

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10/16/2022

Bereshith 5783-2022

“The Book of Humankind” (updated and revised from Bereshith 5764-2003) by,…

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