What This Tisha B’Av Meant for Me: My Temple is in Trouble
Paul Starr
August 2, 2020
Next Tisha B’Av may be different. We may be commemorating the loss of something much more meaningful.
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observance
Where it comes from
Rabbi Dov Fischer
May 4, 2007
Not all of us realize it, but Parshat Emor is one of the most frequently read Torah portions we encounter. We typically read it in May, and again on Passover\’s second day and on the first two days of Sukkot. It is read on these two festivals because, like D\’varim (Deuteronomy) chapter 16 in Parshat Re\’eh, it sets forth critical details that define the Torah observances\’ unique requirements for us.
Pesach — in your own words
David Suissa
April 13, 2007
If you recall, a couple of weeks ago I asked you if there were Passover experiences that really moved you. Well, all I can say is I\’m glad I asked.\n
Stop sugarcoating intermarriage
Steven M. Cohen
March 9, 2007
Social scientists, myself included, have charted — and implicitly celebrated — the growing and exhilarating diversity of Jewish identities, communities and innovation.
Films: The trials and tribulations of fathers and sons
George Robinson
December 14, 2006
For so many Jewish men, it always comes back to fathers and sons, despite what Philip Roth might think. Look at the films of Daniel Burman, the rising young star of the New Argentine Cinema.
Jewish bond doesn’t draw all to Holiday observances
Tom Tugend
September 21, 2006
Statistically, 39 percent of all American Jews, and 44 percent of all Jewish college students, do not attend religious services, according to the 2000-2001 National Jewish Population Survey.
Thrown For A Loop
Avi Liberman
July 19, 2006
Looping is plugging in background sound for movies after they are shot so they sound more realistic. I had done some looping sessions before, but they were all in English. While this movie was also in English, there were plenty of scenes with Hebrew and Arabic in them. My Hebrew is far from perfect, but I can still pull off the Israeli accent so I was pretty sure I could do the job.
Tisha B’Av Dilemma: Day of Solemnity or Celebration?
Jane Ulman
July 19, 2006
\”There\’s a challenge for Reform Jews around the observance of Tisha B\’Av, and communities make all kinds of choices,\” said Rabbi Sue Ann Wasserman, the Union for Reform Judaism\’s director of worship, music and religious living.
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