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Children Write a Torah Scroll on the Ashkelon Coast
Children in the coastal district of Ashkelon were invited Wednesday night to begin a new project: to participate in writing a Torah scroll for their area. The project, sponsored by the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, will involve children ages three months to 18 years old. “It is considered a great deed, to write a Torah scroll in the merit of ...
Read MoreChief Rabbi Lau Urges Prayers for Pollard’s Release
Israeli Chief Rabbi David Lau has urged worshippers to pray for the release of Jonathan Pollard in services to be held over the Jewish New Year. Pollard has been imprisoned in the U.S. where he has served over 27 years of a life sentence. Rabbi Lau, Israel’s newly elected Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi called on communities to pray to God for “Our brother Jonathan Pollard,” saying ...
Read MoreChief Rabbi Lau Urges Better Treatment for Chickens in Kapparot Ritual
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, David Lau, called for better treatment of the chickens used in the pre-Yom Kippur kapparot ritual. Lau in a letter addressed to ritual organizers and participants wrote that causing the chickens to suffer before and during kapparot would be a “mitzvah through a transgression,” which he said “was not the intention of the sages.” “I would ...
Read MoreCanadian Province to Ban Kippa in Public
As part of the Charter of Quebec Values that is being developed these days in the Canadian province, employees of the public service will not be allowed to put on or wear religious symbols or garments. These include wearing a Star of David or a cross, or putting on a yarmulke, burqa or Sihk turban – or any external religious ...
Read Morebrooklyns crazy chicken lady and the 20 year fight against the kapparot ritual
Brooklyn’s ‘Crazy Chicken Lady’ and the 20-year Fight Against the Kapparot Ritual For years, Rina Deych was treated like she was crazy. Fighting the Yom Kippur ritual of kapparot, she was told things had always been this way and if she kept up the battle, she would only incite anti-Semitism. Year after year, people would kindly suggest she find another ...
Read MoreA Jewish Thought on Labor Day
It’s Labor Day once again, which brings up some very important questions: Where is the best Labor Day sale? Where did I put my dark hats? Labor Day has been around since 1882; after 129 years, perhaps it’s time to dust off the holiday, shine some light on it and figure out what it’s all about. Or, more importantly, what ...
Read More$5 Chickens for Kaporos at NCFJE
Subsidized chickens for the traditional Kaporos ritual will once again be provided for Crown Heights residents by the NCFJE. The discounted $5 price tag is made possible by a generous contribution from diamond mogul Morris Gad for the eighth consecutive year. He is joined by local landlord and developer, Rabbi Dovid Fischer, as co-sponsor. Chickens will be available Tuesday, September 10, from 2:00pm ...
Read More61% of Israelis: Separate State, Religion
The past Jewish year included an ongoing attempt to draft yeshiva students, emotionally charged Chief Rabbinate elections, the exclusion of ultra-Orthodox parties from the government, an attempt to impose the core curriculum on haredi schools, a dramatic High Court decision against the operation of businesses on Shabbat and an unprecedented ruling by the Jerusalem District Court in favor of the ...
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