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This Week in Jewish Farming: Ode to corn
Before I get to this week’s blog post, I have to give (another) shout-out to my neighbor and custom farm tool designer Larry Giglio, who delivered this marvelous, custom-built tape roller to the farm this morning.
Who wants to become a Yiddish maven?
My great grandfather, though he lived in Chicago his entire life, only spoke Yiddish (with a sprinkling of English thrown in).
Orthodox shul takes first step to hiring female clergy
In what would be an unprecedented move among Orthodox synagogues in Los Angeles, Congregation B’nai David-Judea plans to hire a woman clergy member by September 2015.
Brigitte Bardot calls for ban on shechitah, terms it ‘ritual sacrifice’
Brigitte Bardot published an open letter in several leading French newspapers calling for a ban on shechitah, or Jewish ritual slaughter.
Study: Test all women of Ashkenazi descent for BRCA defect
All women of Ashkenazi descent should be screened from age 30 for the BRCA gene mutation that causes breast cancer, an Israeli study recommends.
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