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Jewish News
From TorahMusings.com: ▪ Prof. Lawrence Schiffman to join YU as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (via e-mail) ▪ The Jewish Matchmaker ▪ RCA clarification on brain death ▪ King James Bible at 400 ▪ Richard Joel interview ▪ Faculty oversight … Continue reading
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Debbie Friedman Is Dead
JTA reports: Debbie Friedman, a popular singer and songwriter who is widely credited with reinvigorating synagogue music, has died. Friedman died Sunday after being hospitalized in Southern California for several days with pneumonia. She was in her late 50s. “Debbie … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Music, Reform Judaism, Stephen S. Wise temple
Tagged american congregations, debbie friedman, Dennis Prager, jewish liturgy, synagogue music, union for reform judaism
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Arizona Jewish Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords critical after shot in the head
As soon as the news broke from Tucson, the New York Times began reporting that the shooting might have been politically motivated by right-wingers such as Sarah Palin. This was in its news reports (since deleted). It turns out the … Continue reading
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Tagged congresswoman gabrielle giffords, ezra klein, five books of moses, Gabrielle Giffords, john boehner, reform synagogue, rep john boehner
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Jewish News
TorahMusings.com reports: ▪ Secular Judaism and its discontents ▪ NY Times’ appalling article about the breakdown of two marriages ▪ New ethical kosher mark to be tested in January ▪ Who should replace Jonathan Sacks as chief rabbi? ▪ Eating … Continue reading
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Tagged brady bunch, chief rabbi, jewish news, jonathan sacks, kindergarten classroom, mortgage foreclosure, neighborhood gossip, orthodox jews, painful path, state attorney generals
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Jewish News
From TorahMusings: ▪ Former FBI lawyer opposes Pollard release ▪ Results of Jewish non-profit copmensation survey ▪ New ‘liberal halachic’ rabbinical school taking shape in Toronto ▪ The ‘Real Jew’ Debate ▪ The truth about the wig couple ▪ SALT … Continue reading
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Tagged american jewry, chief rabbi, child molestation, josh berman, moses mendelssohn, Young Israel
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