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January 14, 2011
Canberra opens ritual bath
For the first time, Orthodox Jews in Australia’s capital city have a ritual bath. Mikvah Chaya Mushka Canberra opened its doors in Canberra this week for the small Jewish community of about 600 people. There is no Jewish school or kosher butcher, and Orthodox and Progressive Jews share a community center for prayer services, but local Jews believe a mikvah will attract more Jews to the capital.
JINSA leads Hispanic group to Israel
The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs is sending 16 U.S. Hispanic leaders to Israel. The group, leaving this Saturday, will meet \”with police and military personnel, business leaders, religious figures and government officials, including President Shimon Peres,\” according to a JINSA release.\n
‘The Bay’ drops Ahava, but not because of boycott
Jewish groups are satisfied that a decision by Canada\’s best-known department store chain to drop an Israeli beauty line is unrelated to boycott calls. A joint statement Thursday by The Bay stores, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto and the Canada Israel Committee said The Bay was dropping AHAVA beauty products \”primarily because of sales results which had been declining for several years.\” The announcement came days after a pro-Palestinian coalition, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, launched a boycott campaign against The Bay for selling the popular AHAVA line of Dead Sea beauty products.
A Prayer for Tucson
On this Shabbat Shira, the Sabbath of Song, We sing to God a song of grief For innocent victims Cut down too soon. May their memories be a blessing, May their lights shine brightly upon us.
Vatican to beatify John Paul II
Pope John Paul II, who made bettering relations with the Jewish world a cornerstone of his papacy, will be beatified on May 1, placing the Polish-born pontiff one step closer to sainthood. The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Benedict XVI will preside at the Vatican ceremony. John Paul died in 2005 and was put on a fast track to be made a saint.
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