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My Father's Paradise: A Memoir About a Lost Jewish World

Alex Remington | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Judaism, Aramaic, My Father's Paradise, Book Reviews, Ariel Sabar, Memoir, Kurdistan, Kurdish Jewry, Israel, Kurdish Jews, Books News

I recently read Ariel Sabar's memoir My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, which was published last year. It begi...

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The Philip Roth Reader: Love Means Always Having to Say You're Sorry

Karen Stabiner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Misogyny, Short Stories, Judaism, Politically Correct, Coen Brothers, Goodbye Columbus, Roth Five Short Stories, The Philip Roth Reader, A Serious Man, Defenders of the Faith, Political Incorrectness, Jewish, The Humbling, Reading, Philip Roth, Books News

I'll endure a dollop of political incorrectness for the sake of an insanely smart story; in this post-feminist world, I'm just that confident.

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Mergers One Way For Struggling Synagogues To Survive

nydailynews.com | By Clare Trapasso | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Synagogue Mergers, Queens Synagogue, Jewish Temples, Queens, Synagogue, Temple Mergers, Judaism, New York News

It may be getting harder to have faith in Queens' Jewish community. Dwindling membership and a tough economy have led to mergers and closures of Qu...

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Anne Z. Boxer | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Health Care Reform, Religion and Politics, Religion, Buddhism, Jeffrey Goldberg, Judaism, Boulder, Denver News

If any of you can think of that word or phrase that is less dramatic than "a perfect storm" but more resonant than "coincidence" please let me know.

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Stage Door: Wolves at the Window, Circumcise Me, Forbidden Broadway

Fern Siegel | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Theater, Off-Broadway, Entertainment, Religion, Judaism, Comedy, Saki, New York News

Ten Saki short stories are adapted for the stage in the piercingly funny Wolves at the Window. Smartly rendered and acted, Wolves, running through Dec. 6, is a gem.

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Jewish Liberation From The Ghetto: Excerpt From "Emancipation"

GlobalPost | Michael Goldfarb | Posted 11.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Palestine, Globalpost, Jews, Marx, Judaism, Books, Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto, New Books, Moses Hess, Communism, Michael Goldfarb, Emancipation, Israel, World War II, Books News

Michael Goldfarb GlobalPost An excerpt from Michael Goldfarb's new book, "Emancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolutio...

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The Charter For Compassion: Read, Affirm, Share

Amy Novogratz | Posted 11.12.2009 | Impact

Read More: Karen Armstrong, Christianity, Islam, Charter for Compassion, Ted, Judaism, Impact News

Today, the culmination of more than a year's work was unveiled as the Charter for Compassion was officially introduced in Washington, D.C. Read the Charter and join people around the world in affirming it.

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Can Arab/Muslim Countries Criticize Israel Under the UN Anti-Blasphemy Resolution?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Islam, Israeli Settlements, Bible, Gaza, West Bank, Judaism, Association for World Education, Pakistan, United Nations, Oic, Fgm, Canada, Arabs, Awe, Occupation, Female Genital Mutilation, Egypt, Torah, UN Human Rights Council, Quran, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Blasphemy, Zionism, Israel, Old Testament, Doru Costea, Sharia, Iheu, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, World News

How do the Arab/Muslim countries of the OIC plan to continue their criticism of the Israeli occupation and settlement expansion without, in a way, violating their own proposed resolution?

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An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, God, Atheism, Judaism, Jay Michaelson, Meditation, Kabbalah, Sefirot, Living News

Last week, in part two of our introduction to Kabbalah, we suggested that in Jewish mystical theology, "God does not exist -- God is existence itself."

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Shabbat Elevator Ruling Reignites Debate Over Lifts

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press Writer | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: Shabbat, Jews, Rabbinical Elevator Ruling, Judaism, Shabbat Elevator, Jews Elevators, Israel, Elevators, Shabbat Elevators, Elevator, World News

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An Introduction to Kabbalah, Part 2: God Does Not Exist, God is Existence Itself

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Mysticism, Ein Sof, Yoga, Philosophy, God, Moses Cordovero, Judaism, Jay Michaelson, Kabbalah, Nonduality, Spirituality, Sefirot, Living News

At the deepest, most fundamental level, the true reality of our existence is One, Ein Sof, infinite, and thus the sense of separate self that we all have is not ultimately true.

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Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A., Holistic, Disposable, Children, Green Parenting, Babysitter, Waldorf Education, Diapers, Neuroscience, Strollers, Mothering, Eastern Europe, Actress, Medicine, Sitcom, Trend, Family, Research Professor, Materialism, Replacement Level, Nanny, Home-Schooling, Body, Nbc, Caregiver, Planet, Husband, Los Angeles, Sierra Magazine, Sustainable, Ucla, Reform Judaism, Health, Judaism, Population, Vegetarian, Homemade Hygiene Products, Bedsharing, Discipline, Earth, Liberal, Potty-Training, Cleaning Products, Cloth, Tolerance, Holistic Moms Network, Cats, Acting, Southern California, Kids, Celebrity, Stay-at-Home Mom, Mayim Bialik, Hollywood, Elimination Communication, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Religion, Water, Fast Food, Slings, Environment, Mom, Shtetl, Blossom, Green News

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

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The Man Behind the J Street Smear Campaign

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: J Street, Aipac, Lenny Davis, West Bank, Jews and Barack Obama, Judaism, Lobbyists, Arab-Americans, Congress, Israel, Politics News

There sure is a lot of effort going into discrediting an organization that is, in fact, only a little to the left of the "mainstream" pro-Israel organizations.

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Can We Argue Without Fighting?

David Suissa | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationships, Barack Obama, Religion, Debate, Israel, Judaism, Living News

When we give our individual insights the weight of revelation, we don't allow much room for different or conflicting insights, let alone the chance to have a debate about them.

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An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 1: What Is Kabbalah?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Jay Michaelson, Madonna, Kabbalah, Britney Spears, Judaism, Spirituality, Living News

Despite all the fame, or maybe because of it, it's often quite hard to get a clear answer to what Kabbalah actually is. It seems to depend on who you ask.

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Working for Peace is a Form of Prayer

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Islam, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mideast, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Peace, Gilad Shalit, Judaism, Gaza, World News

The exchange of several Palestinian women prisoners for IDF soldier Gilad Shalit could signal a tectonic shift in Israeli-Palestinian peace relations.

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A Serious Man

Will Menaker | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, The Coen Brothers, Judaism, Movies, A Serious Man, Larry Gopnik, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Todd Mccarthy, Entertainment News

The Coen universe is so meticulously crafted that the absence of an inherent order seems almost impossible. How could something of such exquisite function arise from something so absurd and meaningless?

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Anne Frank (VIDEO): Museum Posts Only Known Footage Of Anne Frank To YouTube

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Anne Frank House Museum, Anne Frank Video, Anne Frank YouTube, Holocaust, Wwii, Anne Frank, Amsterdam, Anne Frank Vid, YouTube Channel, Jewish, Judaism, Anne Frank Museum, Bergen-Belsen, Anne Frank Video Footage, Ann Frank Video, World News

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam has begun airing the only known video of the teenage diarist on a channel dedi...

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A New Year's Resolution

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Commandents, Yom Kippur, Right Wing Media, Nazi, Bible, Hitler, Chofetz Chayim, Judaism, Bloggers, Rosh Hashanah, Propaganda, Temple, Right Wing, Obama, Hebrew-Bible, Barack Obama, Michael Gerson, God, Mind.Body.Soul, Jewish, Torah, New Year's Resolution, Washington Post, Repentence, Confession, Hate Speech, Slander, Adolf Hitler, Loshon Hara, Ira Forman, Living News

This Yom Kippur there is reason for concern. The politics of rumor, innuendo, and lies -- sinat chinam -- is on the rise in our community and it hurts us all.

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Back to the Future -- The Tension Over Tense

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

With investments, mob psychology takes over. People get greedy at the top and afraid at the bottom. At the end of the day, they almost always default in favor of sleeping at night.

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Avoiding Darfive

Lee Bycel | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur, Darfur Genocide, Judaism, Sudan, Rosh Hashanah, Refugee Camp, Displaced Persons, International Aid, World News

I just returned after spending 10 days in Eastern Chad, observing Rosh Hashanah in Darfuri refugee camps. There are no Jews there, but there are millions of humans struggling to survive.

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Bill Maher, Roman Polanski and Barack Obama

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, Eliot Spitzer, Bill Maher, Religulous, Barack Obama Birth Certificate Controversy, Obama Birthers, Paul Krugman, Judaism, Denver News

Lineage and religion -- they are killer topics. It's not easy to escape religious roots. No one makes their own choice at birth regarding religion, yet ancestry and religious rules decide a lot.

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Kaparot: Yom Kippur In Crown Heights (PHOTOS)

Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Chicken, Yom Kippur, Jews, Kaparot, Judaism, Brooklyn, Yom Kippur Brooklyn, Slidepoll, Kaparot Crown Heights, Chicken Slaughter, Pictures, New York News

Photographer Matt Rodigheri has been documenting the Orthodox Jewish community in Crown Heights for a year. Kaparot, or "Atonement" is a custom per...

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Building A Sukkah With Jonathan Safran Foer And Josh Foer

forward.com | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Sukkah, Josh Foer, Brooklyn, Jonathan Safran Foer, Judaism, Sukkah Building, New York News

What sort of sukkah traditions did your family have growing up? Jonathan Safran Foer: According to family legend, our great-great-great-great-great...

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"Reinventing Ritual" at the Jewish Museum

Oliver Noble | Posted 09.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Rachel Kanter, Art, Heeb Magazine, Mezuzah, Judaism, New York City, Alex Mikesell, Jewish Museum, Reinventing Ritual, Tamara Kostianovsky, New York News

Reinventing Ritual is a bold conversation about the Jewish future. Who would have thought it would have happened on the Upper East Side?

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