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14 hrs ago | American Spectator

Breaking Fast With Bill Safire

SUNDAY A truly terrible day. It is the day before Yom Kippur, a big Jewish holiday, the Day of Atonement.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Malibu, CA

Sat Nov 28, 2009

Epicurious.com

Celebrate Hanukkah, Veggie-Style

"Throughout history, Hanukkah was a relatively minor festival, but it's become very popular in America, due to its proximity to Christmas." Since Hanukkah lacks the food-centered traditions of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, it can be tricky to prepare a festive feast for the celebration-which falls in a season that calls for hearty food and family ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Hanukkah, Dining, Christmas, Food, Recipes

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Haaretz

Groveling in the dust

After the Six-Day War, many in the Arab world concluded that Israel was here to stay, so they had no choice but to reconcile themselves to its existence.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Life, Holidays, Terrorism

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Counterpoint: On the eve of a lecture tour to the US

I am about to depart for a lecture tour to the United States. While I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about the Jewish scene across the Atlantic, I must admit that this time I am going with some trepidation because there is a new Jewish reality in the Diaspora.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Life, Holidays, Terrorism, Palestinian Territories

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Convert to Judaism from Christianity speaks at Congregation Ahavas Israel

Growing up as a Christian, Tova Mordechai knew almost nothing of her Jewish heritage.

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Related Topix: Religion, Judaism, Life, Holidays

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Ethiopian Jews celebrate return to Jerusalem in Sigd festival

Thousands of Ethiopian Israelis gathered on the Haas Promenade in the capital's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on Monday to celebrate Sigd, which has been observed for centuries to pray for the community's return to Jerusalem.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Shimon Peres, Life, Holidays

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Jewish Journal

Big Brother Where Art . . .

I don't know how it works in LA, but in Tel Aviv there are only two occasions on which traffic literally stops.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Life, Holidays

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Concord Monitor

Board of Contributors

My 7-year-old son and I emerged from our car on a sparkling afternoon in September.

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Related Topix: Concord, NH, Life, Holidays, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Opinion

Sat Nov 14, 2009

TPM Cafe

Krauthammer: Why Can't We Just Say That the Problem Is Islam

I'm going to write about Charles Krauthammer today without telling about the time he freaked out royally in synagogue on Yom Kippur.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Thu Nov 12, 2009

HeraldTribune.com

A Torah for Belarus

Inspired during Yom Kippur services, Ina Rae Levy began a quest to find and deliver a Torah to a synagogue that did not have one.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Religion, Judaism

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Courier News

Warren school's Fall Fest teaches ethnic tolerance

Noting it's never too early for the country's youngest citizens to learn about other cultures, Angelo L. Tomaso vocal music teacher Amy Myers is starting what may become a new tradition at the kindergarten to fifth-grade school.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Dunellen, NJ, Middlesex Metro, Morristown, NJ

Sun Nov 08, 2009

HendersonvilleNews.com

BPO in concert Saturday

The Brevard Philharmonic Orchestra will present an adventure in music Saturday at Brevard College's Porter Center when Artistic Director Donald Portnoy conducts the premiere of "Tekeeyah" by acclaimed American composer Meira Warshauer.

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Related Topix: Brevard, NC, Brevard College, Life, Holidays, Wilmington Metro, Wilmington, NC, Coastal Carolina University

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Jewish Press

Richard McBee Leipzig Machzor: A Vision from the Past

Seven hundred years ago in a synagogue in southwest Germany near the Rhine River, the chazzan opened a new machzor on Yom Kippur as he began Kol Nidrei .

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Haaretz

ANALYSIS / Palestinian anger over Jerusalem is affecting Abbas

The pattern repeats itself: A relatively marginal Jewish organization calls upon the public to hold prayers on the Temple Mount to mark Yom Kippur, Sukkot or, as was the case this week, "Rambam Day" . These announcements win a great deal of attention in the Palestinian and Arab media, of course.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Life, Holidays, Sukkot

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Official state ceremony to honor Ethiopian Jewish culture

After 30 years of Jewish immigration from Ethiopia, the State of Israel will finally mark the community's flagship festival, Sig'd, in an official ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Monday.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Life, Holidays

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Jerusalem Post

Spinning out of control?

Jerusalem's simmering embers were stoked again Sunday in a confrontation that broke out between Muslims who barricaded themselves in the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, and Israeli police who came to remove them.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Riot, Life, Holidays

Thu Oct 29, 2009

SF Sentinel

Return to Egypt - with Sentinel Israel Correspondent Mario Uriarte

Rob, Hannah and I took turns posing in front of the "Welcome to Egypt" sign as we crossed the border.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Travel, Egypt, Sudan Travel, Sudan Travel, Egypt Travel, Israel Travel, Life, Holidays, Sukkot

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Weirton Daily Times

PV Methodist Women discuss mission .....

The monthly meeting of the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Women was held on Sept.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Vienna, WV

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Ynetnews

To be Jewish, even without God

Several weeks ago, just between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur , I too sat with the multitude of Israel in Leonard Cohen's unforgettable concert .

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Life, Holidays, Rosh Hashana, Shimon Peres, Religion, Judaism

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Jewish Press

Steven Plaut The Man The Gulag Couldn't Break

Fall arrived late this year in Budapest, where I am visiting from Israel, and it is still very warm on Yom Kippur.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Travel, Israel Travel, Budapest, Hungary Travel, Hungary Travel, Life, Holidays,

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