This Week in Jewish Farming: Packing the larder
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September 5, 2014
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September 5, 2014
A rabbi’s eulogy for Steven Sotloff
Danielle Berrin
September 5, 2014
“Is there a sorrow greater than this?\” Rabbi Terry Bookman, senior rabbi at Temple Beth Am in Miami where I grew up, asked as he opened Friday\’s memorial service for slain journalist Steven Sotloff.
Israeli-Americans Get Their Own Birthright Trip
Tess Cutler
September 5, 2014
When Eden Bennun — who had to give up on plans to attend a Birthright Israel trip this summer because of a job — heard about a new trip aimed specifically at Israeli-Americans, she thought: “It must be fate.”
Sotloff lauded at Florida service as journalist committed to truth
Jewish Journal
September 5, 2014
Nearly 1,000 people including relatives, friends and prominent Florida politicians attended a memorial service on Friday for Steven Sotloff, who was killed by Islamic State militants, recalling him as a journalist committed to revealing the truth.
Statement of Principles: Ve-ahavta le-re`acha kamocha: Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself
Jewish Journal
September 5, 2014
We, members of the Los Angeles Jewish community, write to express our anguish and sorrow over the loss of life and scale of destruction in the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza.
Protesting Israel, Rabbi Brant Rosen quits congregation
Jewish Journal
September 5, 2014
A prominent rabbi whose outspoken criticism of Israel become too divisive for his congregation announced this week that he is resigning his pulpit.
Jewish couple confirmed dead in plane crash near Jamaica
Jewish Journal
September 5, 2014
A small U.S. private plane with an unresponsive pilot crashed off the east coast of Jamaica on Friday after veering far off its course toward southwest Florida and triggering a U.S. security alert that prompted a fighter jet escort.
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