2+ week, 2+ day ago   (967+ words) Ki Tavo · Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8 By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel in Chula Vista, California Nothing makes modern Jews fidget quite like “God’s Chosen People.” Say it aloud and watch the synchronized wince. Someone reaches for “Well, technically…” which is how you…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (179+ words) descendant in a class otherwise populated by Ashkenazi Jewish girls. She has thick curly hair and pronounces...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (106+ words) Ben-Zion Orgad (August 21, 1926- April 28, 2006) was an Israeli composer. His family emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933, where he started violin lessons in 1936. [Wikipedia] His family emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933, where he started violin lessons in 1936 From 1942 until 1946, Orgad studied violin…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (143+ words) By Sam Ben-Meir in New York City to write poetry after Auschwitz is obscene– but what he meant was that it is inexcusable to write poetry as though Auschwitz never happened, as though we could go on as before, as…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (403+ words) the Lawrence Family JCC and San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, led by Board Chairs Liz Nederlander Coden...the center of our conversation will be an ancient Jewish idea with very contemporary implications for leadership:...the questions before us at…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (140+ words) other honors Lerner was born in New York City to a Jewish family He was the son of Edith and Joseph Jay...