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Passaic family says new Torah helps 'connect' them to daughter who died a year ago
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLife's darkest events can sometimes lead to new sources of light. Last weekend's completion,...
Ancient treasure among 1,650-year-old objects unearthed in Israel
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIsraeli archaeologists recently announced the discovery of buried treasure dating back to the Jewish...
What is Shavuot? When is it? Everything to know about the Jewish holiday, the Feast of Weeks
The Palm Beach Post· 6 days agoWhat is Shavuot? According to the Jewish faith, Shavuot celebrates the time when Moses received the...
Commentary: Forgotten Torah corrected in time for Shavuot
Today's News-Herald· 6 days agoAlmost 90 years ago, a Jewish scribe sat bent over a parchment, quill in hand, writing. Painstakingly, he formed each Hebrew letter of the Torah—304,805 in all. This scroll ...
Texas' public schools should be teaching reading and writing, not religion
San Antonio Express-News· 4 hours agoAmid all the talk of supposed liberal indoctrination of public school students, the Texas Education Agency has offered a very real example of religious indoctrination in its proposed elementary ...
A Miracle from Hiroshima
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoReading the Torah and the Bible when I was growing up was rich with that wonder. A walking staff turns into a snake. Flames adorn a bush, but don’t...
A Pikesville native with a rare type of dwarfism is starring on Broadway
The Baltimore Banner· 6 days agoWhen Matthew August Jeffers was practicing the Torah portion of his bar mitzvah, his tutor would...
Heather Conn Hendel, 48, teacher, caregiver, matchmaker and newlywed, dies days after giving birth -...
JTA· 4 days agoConn Hendel was very involved in her New York City synagogue before moving shortly before her death...
Dig deep, be willing to change to achieve that which fills your soul
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Torah commands us to be a blessing. Becoming a blessing means living in a way when others viewing our actions will experience more beauty, more meaning, more sacredness in God’s world.
‘Bad Shabbos’ Review: Kyra Sedgwick and Method Man Star in a Likable if Formulaic New York Jewish...
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe better bits tend to be Judaic-centric, such as the moment where the converting Meg refers to the...
