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Conversation withâ€- Dr. Ellen Umansky U of Fairfield prof finds commonalities between Judaism and the Jesuit order (Jewish Ledger)
FAIRFIELD - Dr. Ellen Umansky has taught at Fairfield University since 1983, when Carl and Dorothy Bennett of Stamford established the institution’s first endowed chair, and what was to become the longest-running Judaic studies program at an American Jesuit university.
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Sephardic phenom cantor ready for Bay Area debut (J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California)
ing Torah with his home synagogue in Tiberias, Israel; five years with Congregation Mogen David in Rockville, Md.; two years with Atlanta’s Congregation Or VeShalom.
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First CT rabbi to be ordained at Chovevei Torah comes to Beit Chaverim (Jewish Ledger)
WESTPORT - Yossi Pollak might not have become a rabbi if Jewish life at Rutgers University hadn’t once been so anemic.
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Two Jewish communities celebrate their merger (The Capital)
A story on the Arundel Report page of The Capital Monday about the merger of two local Jewish communities contained several errors. The correct name of the new synagogue is Congregation Kol Shalom.
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Community Calendar (Northbrook Star)
Deadline for calendar items is 10 days in advance of the desired publication date. Send information on clubs, lectures, community events, religious events, reunions, support groups and singles to: Community Calendar, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; fax to (847) 486-7451 or e-mail to glenview@pioneerlocal.com.
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America’s religious fascists waging war on love, people and families: Part 2, the perpetrators, continued (Online Journal)
Fascism has two interlocking, rudimentary needs: concocting an anti-intellectual mythic ideology and identifying a group of people who, based on that ideology, can be blamed for all society’s ills.
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Muslim, Jewish educators swap ideas in Greensboro (Greensboro News & Record)
GREENSBORO — Seated around a teardrop-shaped table, the little group talked about Judaism and Islam, science and math, microscopes and computers. And when Google Maps found the Philippines, Nurjavier Abubakar rose from his seat and touched the southernmost island shown on the high-tech SMART Board display. Just like that, the three educators from a private Muslim school reached across 9,063 ...
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Rabbi fights order to halt home prayer meetings (Freedom Forum Online)
PORTLAND, Maine — A Hasidic rabbi is challenging an order by the city of Portland to halt weekly prayer meetings at his home because they violate zoning regulations.
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Conversation with…Rabbi Lev Ba’esh Director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, Interfaith Family.com , Inc. (Jewish Ledger)
With intermarriage on a steady rise in the U.S., the makeup of many congregations is changing to reflect an increasing interfaith presence. Rabbis and other Jewish leaders are working to understand and meet the unique and often complex needs of interfaith families seeking to build Jewish lives.
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LCCC atheists put up ‘gay Jesus’ poster (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
ELYRIA — Jesus Christ had a homosexual relationship? Those words, written on a poster above the image of a topless man tenderly kissing Jesus on the neck, angered dozens of students Thursday night at Lorain County Community College. “We had complaints all day,” said Amanda Lucero, a senior who also works [...]
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