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Israel’s population rises to nearly 8 million
Jewish Journal
September 12, 2012
Israel\’s population is nearing 8 million, up almost 100,000 from the end of 2011, according to data released on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
Nourish Your Soul With a Helping of Jewish Learning
Michele Alperin
August 24, 2006
Many Reform Jews express their connection with the divine through social action and tikkun olam, fixing God\’s world. While all of these are also part of my own life as a Jew, it is study that nourishes my rationalist-traditionalist soul and links me to another realm.
Song of the Sons
Rabbi Perry Netter
June 29, 2006
The centerpiece of the third section of the Tanach, the section known as Ketuvim (the Writings), is the Book of Psalms. The Book of Psalms contains some of the most majestic poetic images in the history of the Hebrew language.
Perky Obit Girl
Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
June 29, 2006
When I came to The Journal as a copy editor and had the opportunity to write and edit stories and interview celebrities (both real and pseudo), I couldn\’t have imagined a better job. Then came the curveball: In addition to writing and editing, I was asked to coordinate the obituaries. Ouch.
In the Seats Around You
Meredith Jacobs
September 29, 2005
The High Holidays make your mind wander — wander around the people around you and no longer around you.
City’s Plight Brings Flood of Memories
Rabbi Anne Brener
September 8, 2005
In New Orleans, the Jews are the only ones buried in the ground. Others, if their mourners have any means at all, are laid with the expectation of eternal rest in stone crypts to protect them from rising waters. My mother used to say, \”Someday, we Jews\’ll all be floatin\’ down the river.\”
Just as in California, where we know that one day \”the big one\” will come, in New Orleans, we knew that someday the water would overtake us. But the denial overtakes the wisdom, and we stay and build lives. I think of Pompeii. New Orleans was so beautiful.
Remember Sept. 11 the Jewish Way
Joel Haber
September 8, 2005
I\’ve always had a difficult time assimilating tragedy, and although it hit much closer to home for me, Sept. 11 was not much different.
Even though it touched people all around me, and I was definitely affected, it still did not seem as intense or painful as it should have been.
I sought the solace of my friends, and gave it as much as possible, just like everyone else in New York City. And although I knew people who died in the Trade Center, and others who lost close relatives and friends, I still only understood the calamity in my mind. It didn\’t really hit my heart the way it hit others\’.
Then I found a uniquely Jewish way to relate, and was able to come to personal terms with this tragedy.
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