Jewish Religion and Thought
“When the status of the yeshivah students is resolved, Shas will return to its positions in the government and the Knesset,” the party said.
Erez Sherman and Jarrod Grover, who are friends, agreed that the loser must wear a jersey of the winner’s team during the conclusion of Shabbat services.
Researchers are investigating the possibility that the artifact is evidence of a tax revolt, such as that of the biblical King Hezekiah against Sennacherib.
Hauer was a “trusted adviser, cherished colleague and wise counsellor” and a “bridge-builder whose faith, humility and moral clarity inspired all who knew him,” William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents, told JNS.
NY exhibit underscores how medieval Christians both sang songs from Hebrew Bible and persecuted Jews
“Here you sing these Psalms every day, yet on Good Friday you go out and you beat up your Jewish neighbors,” Roger Wieck, of the Morgan Library and Museum, told JNS. “I don’t have an answer for you.”
The “very profound” deepening of Israel’s connection to Judaism of several decades accelerated “intensely” after Oct. 7, Rabbi Jeffrey Woolf told JNS.
There, she prayed for the Jewish people; the defeat of their enemies; and the safe return of the remaining 48 hostages being held by terrorists in Gaza.
Worshipers also marked the dedication of a new Torah scroll and offered prayers for the hostages and for Israeli forces fighting in Gaza.
“For many, being present in synagogue has become their way of pushing back against antisemitism,” said Rabbi Brian Strauss, who leads a Conservative synagogue in Houston.
“All the help the police can get is welcome,” David Julian, the rabbi and cantor of a Conservative synagogue in Memphis, told JNS.
“I chose to write about Ezra and Nehemiah because of all the biblical works of Tanach. It resonates most with the times we are living through,” Yael Leibowitz said.
It includes prayers and liturgical poems for the High Holidays, the Three Festivals and more, according to the Sephardic rite.
