About Vidui, the National Jewish Outreach Program website writes: “One aspect of the teshuvah/repentance process is to verbalize one’s sins. This takes place during the confession. The confession must be with a true heart – one must truly repent the action (s)he is confessing. Vidui is recited during every Yom Kippur service, including the afternoon… Continue reading Whoa.
“The JFS mess was avoidable” (The Jewish Chronicle of London) Geoffrey Alderman explains why the Chief Rabbi of London could have prevented all the recent misery at JFS and looks at the (rather ridiculous) “Certificate of Religious Practice” now required from all parents who wish their children to be considered for admission to JFS in… Continue reading Another Conversion News Roundup!
My friends, my husband and many others joined Rabbi Avi Weiss protesting against Ahmadinejad speaking at the United Nations. See the video for more information.
A delicious sampling of the latest news in Jewish conversion! “Shas MK: Ease Conversion for IDF Soldiers of Jewish Descent” (Israeli National News) At some point during the conversion process, I heard that things went a lot smoother if you had a Jewish father or some kind of Jewish ancestry. Too bad I couldn’t unearth… Continue reading Conversion in the News Roundup: Because the "Who is a Jew?" question is now an extreme sport!
Julian Curry talks circles around and about the “n-word” and leaves my mouth hanging wide open. Also check out: “Biracial Hair”
“Playing the ‘anti-Semitism’ card (hate that term) against Venezuela” says things between Jews and Latin America are more complicated than the American media is telling us. Could it be true? Well, anything’s possible but….
Enjoy that Shabbat meal this Friday/Saturday because you’re going to mighty hungry from Sunday night to Monday night when Yom Kippur kicks in. One of the most serious (if not, the most serious) Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur has five big prohibitions that will leave you hungry, dirty, horny, possibly smelly and wearing Crocs outside the… Continue reading Yom Kippur…Judaism’s Spiritual Bootcamp
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6677444&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1 Parshat Ha’azinu from G-dcast.com is set to a funky, soulful bet when African-American convert and musician Anthony Rogers-Wright reads. More Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com/ .G-DCAST Newslettermailing list.© 2009, g-dcast llc..
Every Friday evening, the Nunez family sits down to a traditional religious dinner. Moshe Nunez and his family moved to Crown Heights, a New York neighborhood with thousands of Hasidic Jews. 1 of 2 Like most families in their Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, their Jewish Sabbath meal includes blessings over the wine… Continue reading This is how we do it…
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