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Category Archives: Religion & Philosophy
‘Celebrating Yiddish’ concert featuring Cantor Shira Ginsburg is set for ‘The Linda, on June 5
Ne’imah Jewish Community Chorus will perform its 19th annual concert “Celebrating Yiddish” at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, June 5, at the Linda Norris Auditorium, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, 318 Central Ave. Ne’imah’s guest performer will be Cantor Shira Ginsburg (left) from … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture, Blog, Organizations, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged Capital District, Central Ave, concert, Debbie Friedman, East End, hebrew union college, imah, israeli composers, Judith Ginsburg, Linda Norris Auditorium, New York, New York City, Shira Ginsburg, singer song writer, TROY
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Auschwitz bar mitzvah for 78-year-old Oscar-winner Branko Lustig
RABBI MARK BLAZER drapes a tallit around the shoulders of Hollywood producer Branko Lustig, who will celebrate his bar mitzvah at Auschwitz. (David Sprague for Universal Studios Hollywood) By TOM TUGEND LOS ANGELES (JTA)–Branko Lustig, 78, two-time Oscar winner for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, News & Politics, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged Auschwitz, bar, branko lustig, Croatia, David Sprague, Gerald Molen, Hollywood, holocaust, Israel, Los Angeles, Lustig, MARK BLAZER, Oscar, Phil Blazer, Poland, puppet regime, Rabbi Mark Blazer, Schindler, scottish bagpiper, Sophie, Steven Spielberg, TOM TUGEND, United States, universal studios hollywood, West Los Angeles, Zagreb
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Tweaking tradition: Online project modernizing Jewish texts with today’s lingo
MORGAN FRIEDMAN, relies on crowd-sourcing to translate Jewish texts into modern English vernacular. By SUE FISHKOFF SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)–Morgan Friedman loves the way people talk. He wants others to love it, too. The 35-year-old social media entrepreneur, formerly of Brooklyn, … Continue reading
Remembering the lives of six million
AN ISRAELI SOLDIER REACTS as she visits the Holocaust museum at Yad Vashem. (Associated Press) Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Memorial Day, is marked on the Hebrew date of Nissan 27th. On this day we remember the lives of the six million … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged Albany, America, Barry Trachtenberg, Bergen, Beth, Beth El, Beth Israel, Beth Shalom, Brazil, Center, Chancellor Rose, Christian Movement, Clifton Park, D.C., Dame, Doris Bergen, Dr. Rochelle G, Hillel, holocaust, Israel, Jerusalem, jewish book awards, Katie Weaver, Marion, Matthew Rozell, nazi war criminals, New York City, Paulo, Rabbi Robert Fine, Ray Wolfe, Rogerio Marx, Schenectady, Scotland, TORONTO, Tuzla, Vermont, Warsaw, Washington, Western Ave, yad vashem jerusalem
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Farmer, rabbi and maple syrup maker, Shmuel Simenowitz melds Torah and environmentalism
RABBI SHMUEL SIMENOWITZ outside his Readsboro, Vt. sugarhouse, a replica of an 18th-century synagogue. By SUE FISHKOFF SAN FRANCISCO (JTA)–It’s easy to spot Rabbi Shmuel Simenowitz at a Jewish food conference, an environmentalist gathering or any of the other progressive-minded … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged Baltimore, Don, farm, God, intellectual property lawyer, Long Island, maple, New York, Oprah Winfrey, rabbi shmuel, Rabbi Simenowitz, readsboro vermont, San Francisco, Shlomo, Simenowitz, SUE FISHKOFF, Torah, Torah Jew, Vermont, Vt.
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The four ‘sons’ as characters from ‘Glee’
By JAY MICHAELSON NEW YORK (Forward)–On a Tuesday night in April, millions of people will gather together for the tale of four Jewish children, each of whom embodies contemporary Jewish consciousness in a different way. The evening is filled with … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Culture, Blog, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged barbra streisand songs, Brad Falchuk, Child, Claire Danes, David, fox television series, God, Hadassah, JAY MICHAELSON, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Mark Salling, Neil Diamond, New York, Noah, passover seder, Puck, Rachel, Rachel Berry, Schindler, Torah, way
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On the 10th of the first month, Nissan, Joshua led the Jewish people across the Jordan River
By STEVE FELDMAN and ROBERT SKLAROFF PHILADELPHIA (JTA)–One of the most significant dates in Jewish history and Israeli history is here, but again will pass by with hardly any attention and no fanfare. The Book of Joshua states that on … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged Abraham, book of joshua, Christian Bible, Egypt, eternal remembrance, Europe, God, Israel, Jericho, Jerome Verlin, Jordan, Jordan River, Joshua, land, Middle East, Mohammed, Palestine, Philadelphia, President Obama, Rachel, ROBERT SKLAROFF, Sarah, STEVE FELDMAN, stories of the prophets, Torah, Yom
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Should frozen sperm be used to create posthumous grandchildren?
By MICHELLE GOLDBERG NEW YORK CITY (Tablet)–Last fall, 27-year-old Ohad Ben-Yaakov was injured in an accident at his part-time job, and he died after two weeks in a coma. Ben-Yaakov wasn’t married, nor was he in a relationship. No woman … Continue reading
Escaping the box: 18 minutes to Passover freedom
By EDMON J. RODMAN LOS ANGELES (JTA)–In every generation, the Haggadah tells us, the wise, the simple, the non-askers and even the baddies are obligated to see themselves as though they themselves actually had come out from Egypt. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading
Area congregations set Passover seders
Congregations in The Jewish World’s readership area have scheduled Passover seders. The listings below are for all the seders we received information about by Tuesday, April 5. Contact your congregation if its seder is not listed. Congregation Agudat Achim SCHENECTADY–Congregation … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Local, Religion & Philosophy
Tagged April, Barbara Wasser, Beth El, Beth Israel, Clara Simon, community seder, Delmar, Delmar DELMAR, Eastern Pkwy, Ellen Daviero, Ernie Wein, Faith, Katie Weaver, Lisa Glindmyer, Marion, Nechama Laber, passover seder, Rabbi Avraham Laber, Rabbi Matthew Durbin, Rabbi Moshe Mirsky, rabbi nachman, Rabbi Ted Lichtenfeld, Robin Scharf, Seder, Southern Renssalaer County, Southern Rensselaer County
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