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Remembering The Past, Building The Future

Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Majdanek Concentration Camp, Holocaust, Prayer, Auschwitz, Nazis, Concentration Camp, Judaism, Rabbi, Genocide, Religion News

We wandered through this concentration camp in the blazing sun. It was uncharacteristically hot for this time of year. It somehow didn't seem right.

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Rabbi Busted In Massive Illegal Cigarette Scheme

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: New York Crime, Cigarettes, New-York-City-Cigarette-Tax, Ny News, Hasidic Jews, Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York News, NY Crime, Rabbi, New York News

A Brooklyn rabbi could face up to 15 years in prison after being busted for selling illegal cigarettes. Rabbi Meshulam Rothschild is said to have chea...

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Fraser Robinson

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Flotus, Michelle Obama, Heritage, LaVaughn Johnson, Cohen, Jewish, Ancestors, Wpa, First Lady, Slavery, Chicago, South Carolina, Fraser Robinson, Genealogy, Family History, African Americans, Great Migration, Great Depression, Rabbi, Funnye, Celebrity News

It's providential for Michelle's sake that LaVaughn ever met Fraser C. Robinson, Jr. because he would have much preferred to never leave the South.

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14 By 14, A Biblical Emissions Mandate: 14 (Percent Reduction) By (20)14

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Covenant, Carbon, Religion, Environmental, Leviticus, Climate, Bible, Sabbatical, Environment, Coejl, Greenhouse, Torah, Jewish, Rabbi, Green Faith, Religion News

We should let our workers rest from their labors; and the Earth should be allowed to rest, too. Social, spiritual and ecological sustainability intertwine.

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References For A Rabbi?

Debra Weiner | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Rabbi, Wedding Planning, Planning 101, Mixed-Faith Wedding, Jewish Wedding, Interfaith Wedding, Interfaith-Marriage, Weddings News

One of the more difficult tasks for us was finding a rabbi who would perform a Saturday afternoon ceremony for a mixed-faith couple.

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Decisions, Decisions

Cailin Goldberg-Meehan | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Wedding Officiant, Planning 101, Wedding Planning, Planning Stress, Rabbi, Jewish Wedding, Wedding Stress, Weddings News

I am not a girl who lost sleep fantasizing about her hypothetical wedding. But at five years in, I was positively rash. But I am a sucker for ceremony and thought the planning would be fun.

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Arkansas Soldier Shooter's Tell-All Letter To FBI

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Eugene Levy, Islamic Extremists, Little Rock, Arkansas Soldier Shooter, Fbi, Abdulhakim Muhammad, Jewish, Rabbi, Crime News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A man who pleaded guilty to shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting station in Arkansas said he also shot at the...

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Top Three Tips For Hiring A Rabbi For Your Wedding

Rabbi Dan Ain | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Religion, Marriage, God, Relationships, Jewish, Interfaith, Ketubah, Faith, Weddings, Rabbi, Wedding Officiant, Wedding Tips, Judaism, Religion News

With marriage in the State of New York now available to all, this wedding season promises to be an especially busy one. Here are a few suggestions that all couples looking for a rabbi to officiate might want to consider.

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Bob Dylan, It Turns Out, Lives in Israel

Bradley Burston | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Tel Aviv, Haaretz, Rock Music, Bob Dylan Concert, Music, Israel, Bob Dylan, Bradley Burston, Rabbi, Judaism, Entertainment News

Like any true rebbe, certainly like Shlomo Carlebach, Bob Dylan is spectacularly flawed. But like any true rebbe, he has worlds to teach us about ourselves and this life, and we know this much: we are simply not going to get this stuff from anyone else.

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On Corn And Marriage: A Rabbi's Reflections From The New York Senate Gallery

Rabbi Andrea Myers | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Gay Marriage, Lgbt, Rabbi Gay Marriage, New York Senate, New York Gay Marriage, Judaism Gay Marriage, Judaism, Rabbi, Religion News

I went to Albany on Friday not expecting anything to change. But I got to witness what was a sacred moment. I got to see thoughtfulness and deliberation lead people to change their minds and their votes.

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Prayer: An Expression Of The Heart

Scott Perlo | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Jews, Synagogue, Prayer, Sincerity, Judaism, Chasidic, Rabbi, Religious Services, Religious Experience, Religion News

I offer this thought as a guide: whatever your worship, ask yourself, "did my heart express itself today?" If so, you have truly prayed.

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That's A Lotsa Matzo: Huge Loaf Of Unleavened Bread In Newark

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Kosher, Matzoh, Weird Food, Cory Booker, Newark, Newark Mayor, New Jersey, Mount Olive, Manischewitz, World Records, Matzo, Rabbi, Weird News News

NEWARK, N.J. -- They're calling it the monster matzo. Kosher products maker Manischewitz rolled it out Tuesday to celebrate the opening of its new co...

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A Rabbi's Letter To Rep. Weiner

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: King David, Anthony Weiner, Lying, Sex, Hypocrisy, Anthony Weiner Twitter Scandal, Anthony Weiner Scandal, Rep. Weiner, Rabbi's Letter to Rep. Weiner, Rabbi, Religion News

Yes, you made a stupid mistake and then you lied, which made something stupid much worse, but our reaction says much more about us than you.

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The Bin Laden Dialogue: An Imam, Rabbi And Minister Struggle Over What To Preach This Weekend

Rabbi Justus N. Baird | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Minister, Burial, Imam, Interfaith, Multifaith, Bin Laden, Sermon, Religious, Rabbi, Osama Bin Laden, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Religion News

Two days after the news of Bin Laden's demise, an Imam, Rabbi and Minister reflect on what it means for people of faith: the 'celebrations,' the burial, and what to preach about this weekend.

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Brooklyn Rabbi Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Money Laundering, Saul Kassin, Crime, Mordchai Fish, New York Money Laundering, Brooklyn Rabbi, Rabbi, Religion News

By Ted Sherman Religion News Service TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) Of all those targeted in what became the biggest FBI sting operation in New Jersey history, ...

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Finding Faith, Doing Service In Haiti

Rabbi Sid Schwarz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haiti, Religion, Church, Bible, Haiti Earthquake, Judaism, Interfaith, Christianity, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Aid Groups, Ngos, God, Faith, Rabbi, Religion News

They don't meet many Jews and I was certainly the first rabbi they ever encountered. To them I was a minister to the chosen people of God and Israel was the Promised Land.

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The Rabbi Who Believes In Zeus: Why All Intuitions Of God Are Incomplete

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, World Religions, Santa Claus, Rabbi, Judaism, Greek Mythology, Commenters, Jewish Mysticism, Divine, Zeus, Religious Tolerance, Blog Comments, Spirituality, Religion News

No, I don't think that there is a huge bearded guy dressed in a toga sitting in a palace on a mountain in the sky. I believe in Zeus in the same way that Parmenides, Pythagoras and Plato did.

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Is Gabby Giffords Jewish Enough?

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish, Rabbi Jason Miller, Tucson, Patrilineal Descent, Interfaith, Gabrielle Giffords, Who Is a Jew, Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Rabbi, Religion News

The debate over "Who is a Jew" is back in the headlines following the shooting in Tucson, Arizona that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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The End of the Rabbi As Mr. Nice Guy

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Rabbis, Judaism, Rabbi, Religion News

The days of the rabbi as a weighty moral conscience are behind us. The rabbi as irritant has been replaced with rabbi as ego-massager. The rabbi's the with-it guy with whom you watch the ball game. Yep, that's one swell guy, our rabbi.

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Jail to the Thief

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vito Lopez, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Guy Velella, Eddie Cicotte, Vito Fosella, Pedro Espada, Larry Seabrook, Alan Hevesi, Corruption, Elected Officials, Rabbi, New York News

Since Hevesi has turned out to be a crook, what politician can we believe to be honest? In China, such a person would be executed, but that is not the American way.

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Rosh Hashanah: Why It's Your Real Birthday

Gahl Eden Sasson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Signs, Virgo, Libra, Astrology, Reform Judaism, Aries, Rosh Hashanah, Judaism High Holidays, Kabbalah, Shofar, Zodiac, Spirituality, Birthday, Rabbi, Judaism, Religion News

If you are human or consider yourself an offspring of Adam and Eve, then your mythological birthday is coming up on the new New Moon, September 8. Let me be the first, or perchance the only one, to wish you "Happy Birthday!"

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30 Days Before Dawn: A Non-Muslim Celebrating Ramadan, Day 2

Donna Baranski-Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fair Trade Olive Oil, Organic Food, Justice, Peace, Combatants for Peace, Rabbi, The Inner Life, Religion News

My husband Martin says we eat better during Ramadan. We certainly eat with more attention and care.

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Atheist Christopher Hitchens And Rabbi David Wolpe Duke It Out Over God

The Washington Post | David Wolpe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Atheist, God, Atheism, Judaism, Jewish, Prayer, Cancer, Erection, Rabbi, Hitchens, Books News

Ambling across the lobby with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine in the other, my antagonist nodded to me and said, "Hello, darling." It was...

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Even Paranoid People Have Real Enemies

Yisrael Campbell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obituary, New York Times, Jewish, Comedy, Rabbi, Comedy News

I read the obituaries because I know we lose a lot of good people, and I just like to check and make sure that we are also losing some of the evil folk, too.

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'The Rebbe': New Book On Life Of Jewish Leader Rabbi Schneersohn Disturbs Followers

The New York Times | PATRICIA COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hasidic Jews, Biography, Books, Rabbi, Rabbi Schneerson, The Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Judaism, Books News

Over the course of his more than 40 years as grand rebbe, he transformed this tiny Hasidic sect, with its headquarters in Brooklyn, into an influentia...

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