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⭐ Jewish Journal Wins 5 AJPA Awards Including Best Weekly Newspaper

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The Power of Passover: It Compels Us to Look at Both Darkness and Light

David Suissa -
The Passover seder can be seen as a great dance between darkness and light. We don’t read our story like a Hollywood movie. Slavery is not a set up for the big ending of liberation.

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Rabbi Rebecca Schatz, the Listening Rabbi

Kylie Ora Lobell -
When the time came to pick a career, Schatz knew she wanted to be a rabbi.
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Passover 2022: Are Jews Still People of the Book?

Samuel J. Abrams -
Tonight marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The centerpiece of this festival is the Seder: a festive meal designed to tell...
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Inside the Princeton BDS Referendum Controversy

Alexandra Orbuch -
After the Chief Elections Manager of Student Government informed Tigers for Israel that abstentions counted as votes cast, he reversed the decision. Opposition thought the referendum failed. Now it’s up in the air.
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UAE’s First Fully Equipped Jewish Neighborhood to be Established, Rabbi Says

Jennifer Bell, The Media Line -
District to include synagogue, homes, schools, community center, and hotels

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One of 2 Conservative Rabbinical Schools in the US Is Slashing Tuition — by Nearly 80%

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA - 0
Los Angeles
(JTA) — Mark Asher Goodman is beginning to imagine finishing paying off roughly $85,000 in student debt he incurred while training to become a rabbi — nearly two decades...
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Rapper Kosha Dillz Brings Passover to the Desert at Coachella

Brian Fishbach - 0
Why is this Coachella different from all other Coachellas? This year’s Coachella begins on the first night of Passover. If you’re choosing to attend...
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United States

Princeton BDS Referendum Vote in Dispute

Aaron Bandler - 0
There is currently a dispute over whether or not a referendum supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement passed the Princeton University student body or not.
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Commentary

Twisting the Holocaust to Fit a Narrative

Dr. Rafael Medoff - 0
With the approach of Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah) comes yet another wave of attempts to distort the Holocaust in order to advance various political or social agendas.
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Movers & Shakers

L.A. Federation Stages Pre-Passover Program, Day Schools Support Ukraine

Ryan Torok - 0
The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles held a special pre-Passover program at its BAR Center at the Beach in Venice highlighting the holiday’s...
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Community

Chicago to Hollywood to Encino: Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz’s Route to VBS

Ari L. Noonan - 0
Life is about to change for the congregants at Valley Beth Shalom, one of the largest Conservative synagogues in the United States, when the new senior rabbi, Nolan Lebovitz, takes over in July. 
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Editor's Notehttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgDavid Suissa - 0

Passover: Peoplehood Meets Ideahood

You may have noticed that in recent years, the term “Jewish peoplehood” has grown in prominence.
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My Turnhttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgDennis Prager - 0

Ukraine: What Is in America’s Interest?

As a result of the Russian invasion and partial destruction of Ukraine, the question “What is in America’s interest?” is the question of the day.
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Columnistshttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgDan Schnur - 0

Three Women to Watch

Three female leaders on three different continents have taken steps in the last several days to impact U.S. and global politics.
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Columnistshttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgKylie Ora Lobell - 0

Connecting With God at Passover

The major theme of Passover is freedom.
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Columnistshttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgTabby Refael - 0

How a Woman Can Wear Down a Man

When it comes to how women treat men in male-female marriages, my eyes are open.
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My Turnhttps://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jj_avatar.jpgRabbi Daniel Bouskila - 0

Agnon’s Seder

Imagine being at S.Y. Agnon’s Passover Seder.
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L.A. Stories
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Israel

Israel Appoints Noa Tishby As First Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and Delegitimization of Israel

Brian Fishbach -
Actress, producer and activist Noa Tishby was appointed today as Israel’s first Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism and Delegitimization of Israel.

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Going Beyond Disability Awareness to Inclusion

Michelle Friedman - 0
We must stop seeing disability as a deficit to overcome. We must acknowledge people with disabilities as equal members of society with the rights and options to participate in all aspects of it.
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On Impermanence: The Two Sanctuaries

Matthew Schultz - 0
The Exodus story — recounted each year at Pesach seders around the world — tells the story of the Israelites’ two great sanctuaries. 
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Inviting the Refugee Child to Our Seder Tables

Rabbi Julie Schonfeld - 0
Each year at our seders, we remember the four children; the Wise child, the Rebellious child, the Simple child, and the child who does not know how to ask.
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Iowa’s Antisemitism Bill and 101 Years Since My Grandpa Confronted Henry Ford

Galia Miller Sprung - 0
Ford bought the Dearborn Independent in 1919 and starting in May 1920 his antisemitic articles became a mainstay of the weekly newspaper, until he finally capitulated and shut it down in 1927.
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Another Bloody Ramadan in Israel as “Partner for Peace” Incites Murder

Micha Danzig - 0
Sadly, as it is with history, governance and everything else it has touched, the PA exploits Ramadan, using it to corrupt and to incite violence.
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JJ Podcast Network

PodcastsDavid Suissa and Shanni Suissa - 0

Honoring our Grandparents at the Seder Table

Listen to the full episode on any of your favorite podcast platforms! In this special Passover episode, David and Shanni discuss the value of honoring...
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PodcastsErin Ben-Moche and Esther D. Kustanowitz - 0

Mindy and Mandy Moved Us While Oscars Snoozed Us

After briefly breaking down the Oscars, the Bagels compare it to the Jewish community after COVID (of course) and wonder if the trailers for "In The...
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Rabbi Doctor Daniel Friedman: Talmud For Regular Folks

Author and speaker Daniel Friedman shares transformative wisdom from our Sages, as well as surprising research from his doctoral thesis on American Christian attitudes...
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PodcastsShmuel Rosner and Shanni Suissa - 0

Jeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith

Jeffrey Bloom and Rabbi Gil Student speak with Shmuel Rosner about their new book: "Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith". Rabbi...
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Rosner's DomainShmuel Rosner - 0

This Isn’t About Kamala, It’s About America

I was sad to hear about Kamala Harris and the student incident. Not because I’m worried about the support for Israel, but because I’m worried about the state of America.
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A Tale of Two Briskets

Debra L. Eckerling - 0
Traditional food is the hub of any Jewish holiday, and you can’t get more traditional than brisket. 
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Theater

The Story of “REBECCA! Mother of Two Dynasties”

Toby Klein Greenwald -
Raise Your Spirits (RYS) Theatre released, in the days leading up to Pesach, the video (for women only) and audio recording (for everyone) of our latest biblical operetta, “REBECCA! Mother of Two Dynasties.”
Culture

Frank Stella’s “Had Gadya” Series Comes to Hebrew Union College

Debra L. Eckerling -
American artist Frank Stella’s “Had Gadya” series has arrived at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Los Angeles.
Film

Passover Comedy “When Do We Eat?” Still Puts the “Fun” in Dysfunctional Seder

Brian Fishbach -
When husband and wife team Salvador Litvak and Nina Davidovich Litvak released their Passover comedy “When Do We Eat?” in 2005, they knew they had created something special. 

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Table for Five: Passover

Salvador Litvak - 0
A Script That Allows To Be Our True Selves
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Table for Five: Metzora

Salvador Litvak - 0
Words That Hurt, Words That Heal
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Table for Five: Tazria

Salvador Litvak - 0
Welcome To The Tribe!
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A Bisl Torah

A Bisl Torah

A Bisl Torah – What’s Missing?

Rabbi Nicole Guzik - 0
One of the main themes of Passover is humility. We eat matza that is flattened as a reminder to calm down our often puffed...
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A Bisl Torah

A Bisl Torah – Dayeinu

Rabbi Nicole Guzik - 0
As I visit preschool classrooms and watch model seders, the prayer, “Dayeinu” is belted out, chanted with fervor and enthusiasm. Over any other Pesach...
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A Bisl Torah

A Bisl Torah – A Stroll through the Park

Rabbi Nicole Guzik - 0
This past Wednesday was National Take a Walk in the Park Day. I laughed when I saw the name of the holiday. Why do...
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Mah Nishtanah – A new poem for Passover

Rick Lupert - 0
Why is this night different from all other nights? I’ve always read this as Why and always knew the answer had something to do with being free. But then one branch of Judaism suggested...
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Night of Spring Cleaning

Gershon Hepner -
When God in Egypt killed all of the first- born sons––it was the last of plagues, the tenth–– the panic that ensued was quite the worst the...

Mountain of Holiness

Gershon Hepner -
Whether the capital of Ukraine should be called Kiev or Kyiv is more immediate and maybe just as murky as whether “Turkikiye” should be the name...

Guess Who’s Kohening To Dinner? – A poem for Parsha Metzora

Rick Lupert -
After this, the kohen shall come to look at the house.
 -Leviticus 14:36 Buying a home is complicated. (I’d also like to mention, if you are lucky enough...

When Screams the Soul

Annette Sabbah -
From that which our minds can no longer grasp our silent gazes recoil - we turn to look away, failing to understand and yet, somehow must turn again to look ... to perhaps...

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