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SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Trumpian Hypocrisy on Shabbat
“RABBI GAVE US A SHABBAT PASS FOR Inauguration Friday Night” According to TMZ: Ivanka Trump and hubby Jared Kushner got special permission from a rabbi to break from Orthodox Jewish laws that ban use of technology — like cars — on the very night they’re celebrating [...]
December 23rd, 2016 - 1:02 am § in Misc.
What Happens When Shabbat Comes During Christmas Season?
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When Chanukah fell on Shabbat, across the street from Nazi Headquarters
It was the eighth night of Chanukah in Kiel, Germany, a small town with a Jewish population of 500. That year, 1931, the last night Chanukah fell on Friday evening, and Rabbi Akiva Boruch Posner, spiritual leader of the town was hurrying to light the Menorah before the Shabbat set in.Directly across[...]
January 9th, 2015 - 11:13 am § in Religion
BREAKING NEWS: Paris Synagogue CLOSED for Shabbat Sevices
http://www.vosizneias.com/190549/2015/01/09/police-order-all-shops-closed-in-famed-jewish-neighborhood-in-central-paris-far-from-attacks/[...]
January 10th, 2014 - 3:39 am § in Misc.
On Shabbat: A Story of Teshuvah .. Redemption
Holocaust Survivor Meets Her Liberator Nearly 70 Years Later The Star-Ledger | By Naomi Nix of the Star Ledger in New Jersey Reports Tonight my wife will light Shabbat candles. After they are lit we will wish “Shabbat Shalom” to each other, to our guests and to Marsha Kr[...]
November 16th, 2012 - 11:02 pm § in Misc.
Last Shabbat Before War?
Religious Israeli soldiers gather for Friday evening prayers inside a tent set up in a tank staging area along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, 16 November 2012. Israel has called up thousands of soldiers and has moved hundreds of military vehicles to the border with the Gaza Strip[...]
March 7th, 2020 - 1:17 am § in Jews
AMAZON HAS EATEN THE JEWISH BOOK STORE
If J. Levine Books & Judaica cannot survive the retail revolution, what can? The Manhattan shop, founded in 1890 in Vilkomir, Lithuania, moved to New York City in 1905. The store sold more than books, though books are a lot more than just chopped liver. Like similar stores wherever Jews have [...]