The Mitzvah of Growing a Tomato
Jewish tradition is deeply connected to the land. At the very beginning of the Torah, Adam and Eve, those first human beings, are commanded by God “to till and to tend” this world of ours.
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Chaplain (Rev.) J. Joseph Hart, GBMC’s director of spiritual support services, enjoys a moment in the hospital’s new kosher pantry with Rev. Saundra Rector, a staff chaplain at GBMC. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
GBMC to Dedicate Kosher Pantry
Members of the Jewish community now have access to GBMC’s 290-square-foot pantry for kosher refreshments, religious readings and personal contemplation while visiting their loved ones.
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Study Finds Widespread History of Sexual Abuse Among Formerly Orthodox
The study, by two Orthodox Jewish researchers, surveyed more than 300 participants over a three-year period
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Rabbi Georgette Kennebrae grew up in a military family that moved between Japan and Oklahoma. (Josefin Dolsten)
Gay and African-American Rabbi Wants to Shatter Stereotypes of What a Jew Looks Like
Jewish organizations are increasingly focusing on embracing diversity within their own communities and highlighting the voices of Jews of color.
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The brainchild of a 39-year-old Brooklyn businessman, Wrapp enables users to get tefillin for prayers for free. (Tefillinwrapp.com)
Need Tefillin? There’s an App for That.
Wrapp is the “the Uber of the tefillin world.”
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American, Canadian and Israeli flags are displayed in the S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Chapel on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. (Ady Manory)
Why Synagogues Started Putting American Flags in the Sanctuary
Though the American flag was officially adopted in 1777, it grew in stature in 1814, the year in which Francis Scott Key wrote what became the national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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Our neighbors have all kinds of needs. How are we meeting them? (Photo courtesy Derek Bruff/Flickr Creative Commons)
What in the World Is ‘Locanthropy’?
In a world where problems seem insoluble and basic civility has broken down at the cellular level, we ought to return to basics. Who are our neighbors? How do we treat them?
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Rabbi Dan Ain is taking a synagogue pulpit in San Francisco after a decade of creating Jewish programming outside of a synagogue space in New York City. (Courtesy of Ain)
They Tried to Take Judaism Out of Synagogue Spaces. Now They’re Coming Back to Them.
About 15 years ago, a series of Jewish groups that began springing up thought the synagogue was not responding to their spiritual and ritual needs.
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Rabbi Mike Moskowitz just took a job at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, a New York City synagogue serving the LGBT community. Next to him is the synagogue’s senior rabbi, Sharon Kleinbaum. (Courtesy of CBST)
This Orthodox Rabbi Just Took a Job at an LGBT Synagogue
Mike Moskowitz, 38, says serving queer Jews is a fulfillment of his duty as an Orthodox rabbi, not a contradiction. To him, this job is simply the best way to help those in dire need.
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Kenneth R. Feinberg: "What The Associated does in this community and around the nation and world is a fabulous example of how we can exhibit the best in Jewish and secular values, and I salute all of you.” (Courtesy of The Associated)
Associated Celebrates Raising More than $30 Million for 2018 Campaign
Kenneth Feinberg served as keynote speaker at the June 20 annual meeting of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.
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Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein wants people of all backgrounds to feel welcome in his Brooklyn community. (Josefin Dolsten)
How a Biracial Orthodox Rabbi is Using his Background to Create a Unique Community in Brooklyn
Growing up in the Orthodox community of Monsey, N.Y., as the son of an African-American mother who converted to Judaism and a white Ashkenazi father who became religious later in life, Isaiah Rothstein knows what it’s like not to fit in.
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