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The New Year of Trees |
Rabbi Michel Schlesinger of Congregation Israelita Paulista (CIP) in Sao Paolo, Brazil gives his views on Tu Bishvat which were recently published in a Sao Paolo newspaper. Article in English & Portuguese. |
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Jewish community publicly celebrate Chanukah for the first time in Alicante |
Regional Alicante news website focuses on the first public celebration of Chanukah in the city's central square |
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Zionism has always been about building an exemplary society |
The Jerusalem Post's Haviv Rettig Gur interviews Masorti Olami's International Vice President, Dr. David Breakstone, ahead of the 36th World Zionist Congress and the 150th anniversary of Herzl's birth. |
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How Pato Met Jessica |
The Jewish Week writes about the aliyah and love story of MAROM Olami's Lucas (Pato) Lejderman and his wife, Jessica. |
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Night and Day in Jewish Time - A Hadassah magazine article about MAROM Budapest's Siraly Cafe |
With a new wave of cultural hot spots, dance clubs and restaurants catering to them—not to mention the growing numbers of spiritual and religious venues created to assist with questions of faith and identity—for young Jews in Budapest these may be the best days of their lives. |
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Life after Madoff |
Haviva Ner-David writes in the Jerusaem Post about her losing money with Madoff and moving her family from Jerusalem to Kibbutz Hannaton. |
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Rabbinical duo leads drive to revive Conservative kibbutz |
Ha'aretz's Raphael Ahren looks at the work of Rabbis Yoav Ende and Yonatan Sadoff in revitalizing Kibbutz Hannaton |
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The ‘Crime’ of Praying with a Tallit, and a Plea for Tolerance by Nofrat Frenkel |
In The Jewish Daily Forward, Nofrat Frenkel tells her story of regulary praying at the Kotel (Western Wall), and being arrested for it on one particular day in November. |
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JTA's 'Wandering Jew' visits Masorti Kibbutz Hannaton |
Kibbutz Hannaton was the winner of JTA's "Where should we send The Wandering Jew ?" contest, meaning that Ben Harris spent some time meeting people at the kibbutz. Read his blog entries here. |
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Australian Jewish News - "The Masorti Option" |
With Kehilat Nitzan moving into its own purpose-built synagogue next year, the Masorti (Conservative) stream of Judaism – relatively new to Australia – has taken another major step forward. Peter Kohn examines the Masorti movement in Melbourne and Sydney. |
