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סיפור נחמד על חגי היהודים

2008-12-14T07:44:00.000-08:00

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Massive World War II collection debuts online

2008-12-10T12:27:00.000-08:00

Massive World War II collection debuts online from PhysOrg.com

(AP) -- An online collection of World War II documents, billed as the world's largest, debuted last week. Footnote.com, which archives historical documents on the Web, developed the collection with the National Archives and Records Administration.

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פרשת חיי שרה

2008-11-27T22:20:00.000-08:00

מה קורה בפרשת חיי שרה

מותה של שרה, קבורתה במערת המכפלה לאחר משא ומתן עם עפרון.

שליחותו של אליעזר עבד אברהם למצוא שידוך ראוי ליצחק.

אברהם נפטר כשהוא בן 175 "בשיבה טובה זקן ושבע", והוא נקבר במערת המכפלה יחד עם שרה.

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מצורף דף מעניין ובו רעיונות מקוריים לפרשת תולדות

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הרעיונות נשלחו על ידי אורן פז ומבוססים על שיעוריו של הרב יוסף בן פורת

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Get Rid of the Performance Review! - WSJ.com

Nazi-hunter says he's closing in on 'Dr. Death'

2008-07-17T16:37:00.000-07:00

By JEANNETTE NEUMANN - APx
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The world's top Nazi-hunter said Thursday he's made progress in finding 94-year-old "Doctor Death," a former concentration camp physician accused of torturing Jewish prisoners as they died and who may have been living for decades in Argentina or Chile.

Art Appreciation at the Holocaust Museum:'08 Holocaust Art & Writing Contest

2008-05-24T01:21:00.000-07:00

The St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) invites the community to attend “Lessons of the Past…Promises for the Future,” the 2008 Art and Writing Contest for students in grades 6-12. Winners will be announced at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 29, at the Holocaust Museum Theater.

The competition is dedicated to the memory of the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust and sponsored by Dr. Ira and Judy Gall in honor of their grandchildren. There are two divisions for both art and writing categories: Division 1: 6-8th grade; Division 2: 9-12th grades.

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Lag b'Omer unity shattered by battle for grave of Kabbalah rabbi bar Yohai

2008-05-18T14:27:00.000-07:00

From Haaretz

In Israel's answer to the Woodstock Festival, nearly half a million people will gather on a Galilee mountaintop on May 22, where they will pitch tents and engage in 24 hours of feasting, singing and ecstatic dancing.

They will be taking part in the annual celebrations held on the yahrzeit of second-century sage Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai at his burial place on Mount Meron, near the northern Israeli city of Safed. The yahrzeit coincides with the minor festival of Lag b'Omer.

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Israel at Sixty

2008-05-14T01:14:00.000-07:00

Christians – the ancient self-designated heirs to the Jews – commemorate Christ's tormented way to resurrection and redemption in the weeks leading to Easter. Zionists – the modern self-designated heirs to the Jews – have their Lent after Passover, commemorating what they construct as their via dolorosa leading to the "Jewish State." In the weeks following Pesach the country indulges in a nationalistic orgy, hardly imaginable in any other modern state, reminiscent of a primitive tribe.

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Israel relaxes criteria for Holocaust survivors' stipends

2008-05-14T01:10:00.000-07:00

In a precedent-setting move, a state committee on Sunday rule that people who were incarcerated in Romania and Bulgaria during World War II are to be recognized and receive benefits as Holocaust survivors, even if they were not sent to Nazi concentration or extermination camps.

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Kabbalah museum to open in Jerusalem -JTA

2008-05-14T01:07:00.000-07:00

A museum devoted exclusively to kabbalah will open in Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Kabbalah Museum -- the only musem devoted exclusively to Judaism's mystical tradition, according to its founder -- is scheduled to open June 25.

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Germany bans two groups of Holocaust deniers

2008-05-10T05:22:00.000-07:00

BERLIN, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The German government on Wednesday announced a ban on two right-extremist organizations for their Holocaust-denying activities.
Police also conducted raids on Wednesday in three states and confiscated propaganda materials of the two groups, known as Collegium Humanum and VRBHV (the Association for the Rehabilitation of Those Persecuted for Disputing the Holocaust), the German Interior Ministry said.

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State of Israel turns 60

2008-05-07T15:14:00.000-07:00

Independence Day events commence with formal ceremony on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl. Israelis to celebrate country's 60th anniversary under tight security with large-scale concerts, laser shows, parades and traditional fireworks. Special IAF air show to be held Thursday

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Tell the Tale: Holocaust Remembrance Day - Google blog

2008-05-03T15:07:00.000-07:00

This week Israel observed Yom HaShoah, the Holocaust Remembrance Day, a holiday inaugurated in 1959 to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. This is an especially important day to Yad Vashem, the Jerusalem-based center for remembering the Holocaust's victims and survivors. I was fortunate to tour Yad Vashem's New Museum with my family last summer, and was moved and inspired by the experience.
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Jewish Food: Kosher by Design Short on Time

2008-05-01T23:54:00.000-07:00

Keeping kosher might put a few restrictions on one's choice of ingredients and require a little extra thought to be given to preparation, but in this latest in her series, Fishbein shows there are plenty of shortcuts available to meals that are tasty yet observant of Jewish law. Following the popular formula of a Rachael Ray or Sandra Lee, she uses small proportions of canned or prepared goods to cut down on time.

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From Auschwitz, a Torah as Strong as Its Spirit - NYT

2008-04-30T15:10:00.000-07:00

The back story of how a Torah got from the fetid barracks of Auschwitz to the ark of the Central Synagogue at Lexington Avenue and 55th Street is one the pastor of the Lutheran church down the street sums up as simply “miraculous.”
It is the story of a sexton in the synagogue in the Polish city of Oswiecim who buried most of the sacred scroll before the Germans stormed in and later renamed the city Auschwitz. It is the story of Jewish prisoners who sneaked the rest of it — four carefully chosen panels — into the concentration camp.
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Shabbat in Auschwitz - Haaretz

2008-04-29T03:58:00.000-07:00

In two and a half weeks, a group of young Jews will spend Shabbat in Auschwitz.

That opening line is nearly impossible to comprehend, and does not refer to a visit to a concentration camp. It is the first attempt since the onset of World War II to revive Jewish life, in what was once a mainly Jewish town with a name that will be linked forever to one of the great tragedies of Jewish history.

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Passover chicken with tomato-mint salsa -Metro

2008-04-24T15:22:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of Weight Watchers
April 24, 2008 12:30

The Jewish holiday Passover began at sundown on April 19 and lasts through April 27. One of the most prominent traditions on this holiday is the prohibition against eating anything that contains leavened food. For more delicious recipes, check WeightWatchers.ca. One serving of this dish (four servings total in this recipe) counts as 3 Weight Watchers Points.

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Chametz law? Much ado over nothing - Haaretzh

2008-04-24T04:12:00.000-07:00

By Yehuda Ben Meir

To see how far the politicians pretending to represent Religious Zionism have strayed from its original ideology, we need only look at the religious politicians' furor about nothing over Magistrate Court's Judge Tamar Bar-Asher-Zaban's ruling on the interpretation of the Chametz Law.

There has always been a fundamental difference between the Religious Zionist and the ultra-Orthodox approach to shaping Israel's image as a Jewish state. Religious Zionism recognized that it was impossible, and forbidden, to impose Jewish edicts on citizens by legislation. It did suggest, however, that every effort should be made - through understandings and agreements - to ensure the public expression of the state's character as a Jewish state.

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The Special Bond Between Catholics and Jews - Yahoo

2008-04-23T01:27:00.000-07:00

I believe Pearl's words should become part of the Jewish prayer book and recited every day by Jews. I am not an observant Jew. But I love God and I believe God loves me. I attend synagogue on special occasions and always on the high holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. I have had Pearl's last words carved into the tombstone which will adorn my grave upon my death, which I hope won't be for another eight to ten years.

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Can Israeli Judaism survive? - Ynet

2008-04-22T15:12:00.000-07:00

Israel provides reasonable Jewish environment for seculars, but will it last?

Uri Orbach

Israeli seculars enjoy a Jewish existence that is more intense than that enjoyed by any non-Orthodox American Jew. In America, if you do not observe the mitzvahs and are not connected to your community, your religion has not expression in your daily life. If someone would remind you, there is a chance that you would mark Passover or Hanukah (it takes place around Christmas time.)

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Seder: Meal offers chance to remember and observe Passover - The daily star

2008-04-22T04:01:00.000-07:00

By Terry Hannum -The daily star
he stories that surround the Passover season are so rich in their details of history and heritage that if one is not of the Jewish faith, an invitation to join in the Passover tradition of a Seder meal would be a great experience.

The Seder will take place this year on Saturday and Sunday. It is an event once a year that focuses on home, family and remembering a time in history that helped define the strength, endurance and sacrifice of the Jewish faith.
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Passover 1943: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising on Hitler's Birthday - political cortex

2008-04-22T00:08:00.000-07:00

By mole333 - Originally published by political cortex.

One of my annual diaries (when I remember to do them) is honoring the Warsaw Ghetto uprising during WW II, which happened to coincide with Hitler's birthday in 1943. I happen to feel that it was a particularly good birthday present for Hitler: the defeat of his elite force by a bunch of half starved, barely armed Jews.

This year the anniversary is particularly poignant because, as in 1943, Passover began at sundown on April 19th and April 20th, the day the uprising took off, was the first day of Passover. And that coincidence influenced the Seder I attended last night. In honor of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, in "honor" of Hitler's Birthday, in in honor of all who fight against tyrrany, I bring you a piece of history worth remembering.

Last night, at the Seder we attended, the hostess compiled her own Haggadah for the evening. Within it she included something that seemed out of place and too modern...except that it was perfectly appropriate for a night that in 1943 was the Passover Seder, such as it was, just before the Warsaw uprising. In her photocopied Haggadah she included this (source unknown):
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It’s Passover. Who’s Hiding the Matzo? - NYT

2008-04-22T00:05:00.000-07:00

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
To the lengthening list of comestible problems befalling our nation, add this: a matzo shortage.
From coast to coast, a shortfall of the unleavened flat cracker bread eaten by Jews during the eight days of Passover has sent shoppers scurrying from store to store in search of it. On Monday, Allison Mnookin circled the aisles of her local Whole Foods store in San Mateo, Calif., three times. There was no matzo to be found.

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Local students remember Holocaust victims by writing Kaddish cards

2008-04-21T13:02:00.000-07:00

EDMOND — While most students first learn about the Holocaust in middle school, writing the name of a person who lost his or her life makes that life and death seem more real.

Edmond Memorial students in Janet Holsaeter’s Community/Service/Leadership class, filled out Kaddish cards for 1,500 individuals whose lives were taken so abruptly.

“I feel like my students were impacted by just the sheer numbers of the victims’ names,” Holsaeter said.

She said it was just overwhelming to see the few names they had and know that each name stood for a person whose life was cut short.

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