The \”Genocide and Religion: Victims, Perpetrators, Bystanders and Resisters\” Synoposium went deeper than many such conferences by examining as many as possible of the various groups involved in a genocide — the perpetrators, the victims, the bystanders and resisters — all of whom can be found in every such conflict, past and present.
I didn\’t exactly mean to go incognito, but when my friend Ben didn\’t recognize me — even after chatting with me for a minute at the noisy Purim carnival — I realized I was onto something: I could be anyone.
Can the history of a nation be told through its music? If that nation has only been around for about 60 years, it\’s conceivable.
\”When you\’re out in the water, when you see the sunrise or sunset, and when you see how small you are in comparison to the massive water, and the current and waves, it humbles you,\” Shoshtain said. \”Everything in nature connects you to spirituality, if it\’s done properly.\”
The sight of men in uniform dragging religious Jews away provokes a visceral reaction in any Jew: nausea, cramps, tears. It evokes the images of the Holocaust, no matter how dissimilar the situation may be.
Rabbi Dan Ehrenkrantz, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC) in Philadelphia, recently made one of his biannual visits to Southern California.
Herzog is just one of many kosher labels around the world that hope to change the image of kosher wine. It\’s a two-pronged battle: The first is to change the perception of kosher wines in the mainstream world; the second is to change the kosher wine drinker\’s palate to appreciate finer wines.
Welcome to Southern California\’s new world of Gourmet Kosher. As America has fallen in love with food over the last decade, the kosher world has not been too far behind.
Not everyone can be a matchmaker. And not every match that\’s offered is one that should be taken up.
Let me state for the record: I am a trendsetter.
This just in, according to no less an authority than The New York Times. Based on their most recent census analysis, more American women are living without a husband than with one.
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