by MICHAEL BETTENCOURT on SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 路 LEAVE A COMMENT Dr. Ronnie Perelis is the Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies and director of The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs. This past August, he presented at鈥�
A century ago, Rosh Hashanah in 1918 for Jews in the United States was different than any prior ones during the First World War. Until April 1917, American Jews had only been involved in the war as onlookers who worried about their fellow Jews suffering in the midst of the war in Eastern Europe ...
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Camp Machanaim, 鈥渢he American Camp With Jewish Spirit鈥� for girls and boys was established in 1929 near Monticello, New York. The name Machanaim was consciously adopted from the biblical verse in Genesis, 鈥淎nd Jacob said when he saw them: `This is God鈥檚 camp.鈥� And he called the name of that place ...
Tu B鈥橝v (15 th day of the month of Av), the ancient holiday when young single women of Jerusalem danced in the vineyards hoping to find their mates, is historically a festive day when thoughts of young men and women turned to marriage. Today, Tu B鈥橝v is a popular time for weddings, which are ...
The New Lamentations = Megilat Ekhah ha-h蹋adashah = Di Naye Megilas Ekhah, a small, trilingual booklet in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish by Israel Fine, was published a century ago in 1917 as a fund-raising effort for the Central Relief Committee. Immediately after the outbreak of World War I, urgent鈥�
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