Shavuot: Bridging the Unbridgeable Chasm
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2015
Shavuot is a short holiday – one day in Israel, two in the Diaspora.
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May 15, 2015
Bar mitzvah film school
Pat Sierchio
May 15, 2015
Over the years I’ve attended several bar mitzvahs — most of them at the movies.
#Broken Promise: Gov. Brown’s Revised Budget Cuts out People with Developmental Disabilities
Michelle K. Wolf
May 15, 2015
Postcards on an American-Jewish identity in Israel
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2015
Andrew Lustig, a Jewish spoken word artist, wrote this piece intending it to be performed — to be spoken. It was first performed on stage at a ChaiPowered storytelling event at LimmudUK. Illustrator Lon Levin created the artwork in collaboration with Lustig.
Blatter fears Israel vote could set dangerous precedent
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2015
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is worried that a dangerous precedent will be set if Palestine goes ahead and asks for a vote to suspend Israel at the annual Congress of soccer\’s governing body on May 29.
California Senate votes to end beliefs waiver for school vaccinations
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2015
California parents who do not vaccinate their children would have to home-school them under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate, the latest move in a battle between public health officials and \”anti-vaxxers\” who fear vaccines are dangerous.
Why ‘Mad Men’ was one of TV’s most deeply Jewish shows
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2015
AMC’s ad campaign for the second half of the final season of “Mad Men” centered on the phrase “The End of an Era.”
Ahead of Olympics, 2 synagogues to open in Rio de Janeiro
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2015
Rio de Janeiro is set to open two new Orthodox synagogues ahead of the Brazilian city’s hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games.
House overwhelmingly passes Iran review act
Jewish Journal
May 15, 2015
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill requiring congressional review of any nuclear deal with Iran.
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