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6 hrs ago | Jewish Chronicle

Should I give charity only to Zionist causes in Israel?

Question: A very Orthodox man came to our door collecting for a school which helps special needs children in Israel.

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Related Topix: Collecting, Life, Hobbies, Charity , Religion

10 hrs ago | Jewish Chronicle

Remember: when loyalty is blind, you can't see straight

I was standing in Auschwitz last month when news filtered through that Margaret Thatcher had died.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion

14 hrs ago | Israellycool

Awarding Good Jewish Educators

While there are many disagreements about the future of the Jewish community, the direction which it is taking and the ways that it may change, one issue seems to be agreed upon by all sides - the importance of Jewish education as a way of imparting a strong Jewish identity to the next generation.

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Related Topix: Religion

22 hrs ago | Jerusalem Post

Bennett reveals reform of religious services

Meretz MK: Bayit Yehudi in charge of religious services is just a change from a black kipa to a knitted one.

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Related Topix: Meretz (Israel), Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion, Wedding

Sat May 18, 2013

Salem-News.com

Church of Scotland Report Challenging Jews' 'Divine Right' to Palestinian Homeland Unchanged

The Church felt obliged to change some of it after Jewish leaders sought to interfere, one complaining that it was "an outrage to everything that interfaith dialogue stands for... and closes the door on meaningful dialogue". Another said "it reads like an Inquisition-era polemic against Jews and Judaism." The Israeli ambassador moaned that it ... (more)

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Religion

Porterville Recorder

The habit of Christianity

It is fashionable among many Christians today to regard anything that is habitual to be "unspiritual." Habitualness smacks of cold religious formalism rather than the warm, spontaneous response of the human spirit to God.

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Related Topix: Religion

In-depth Africa

Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria

Yet, two centuries of Christian Colonialism prevented him and many other Igbo from exploring that connection further.

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Related Topix: Religion, African-American, Israel, World News, Middle East

Denver Post

Judaism's revolutionary method for Divine connection: The concrete, not the concept

Where is your moral compass pointing? What are your social values? Hark will explore faith, morals, ethics and character at the intersection of religion ethics, culture, politics, media, science, education, economics and philosophy.

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Related Topix: Religion

Fri May 17, 2013

Harvard Crimson

Yeshar Koach, Yair Lapid

I'm a skeptical person. So I was apprehensive when Yesh Atid won 19 mandates in the Israeli parliament this January.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, Orthodox Church, Wedding, Palestinian Territories

CBS Local

Retirees Prepare For Bat Mitzvah

A group of Jewish women in their senior years will celebrate a childhood rite of passage today.

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Related Topix: Religion

Counterpunch

Women of the Wall

There was this Israeli man who from time to time put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors - as Jews have been doing for centuries.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Religion, Orthodox Church

Detroit News

Jewish school in Oak Park trains future rabbis

On a recent Friday afternoon, Rod Brown stood amid the racks of cotton shirts and shiny shoes at his shop on Northwestern Highway, murmuring prayers in Hebrew while leather straps encircled his arm.

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Related Topix: Religion

Thu May 16, 2013

The Times of Israel

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men rally against army service

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews participate at a May 16, 2013 rally to oppose the government's plan to start drafting yeshiva students into military and national service.

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Related Topix: Religion, Orthodox Church, Israel, World News, Middle East

Jerusalem Post

01:00Police question Utj MK Litzman suspected of fraud

United Torah Judaism Ya'akov Litzman was questioned with a warning by police on Thursday in suspicion of fraud, Army Radio reported.

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Related Topix: Religion

Jerusalem Post

Parshat Naso: Biblical rehab

In this week's Torah reading we read about a unique observance: The rule of the Nazirite.

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Related Topix: Religion, Opinion

Sentinel & Enterprise

John Ford Coley: Classic rock and roles

Grammy-nominated John Ford Coley will take the stage at the Bull Run Restaurant on Saturday at 8 p.m. With gold and platinum hits like "I'd Really Love to See you Tonight," "It's Sad to Belong," and "Love is the Answer," Coley is a living legend, having spent the last 40 years touring, writing, recording, producing and working with artists like ... (more)

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Related Topix: The Hollies, Pop/Rock, Religion

Wed May 15, 2013

Jerusalem Post

Israel, Zionism and the Diaspora: Who is a Jew" and the Conversion Problem ...

" A local rabbinical court ruled that the petitioning couple's marriage had been religiously invalid from the outset because the woman's conversion to Judaism 14 years earlier, was inauthentic." Introduction: What appears below, although critical, is meant to draw attention to issues I feel may impact how Israel is viewed by our Diaspora.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Wedding, Religion

Examiner.com

Pentecost: A Jewish and Christian Shared Celebration

This week the two Abrahamic faiths of Judaism and Christianity celebrate the liturgical feast of Pentecost , which is the ancient Jewish holiday festival called the "feast of weeks" or Shavuot .

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Passover, Christian Music, The Truth

Jerusalem Post

Grape Vine: Messiah may not come any time soon

After the disgusting display of intolerance at the Western Wall on Friday, when a concerted and violent effort was made to prevent the Women of the Wall from giving thanks to the Creator on the new month of Sivan, on a morning preceding Shabbat and just a few days before the Shavuot festival - which teaches kindness, concern for one's fellow human ... (more)

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Related Topix: Religion, Israel, World News, Middle East

The Jewish Journal

Cleveland kidnappings: We must be our brother's keeper

There's no better and more timely reading recommendation for Shavuot eve than Patrilineal Descent in American Reform Judaism, a paper recently published by the Jewish People Policy Institute .

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Related Topix: Religion, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Israel, World News, Middle East