Friday, December 11th, 2009
Our Peterbald cat Sasson watching our oil hanukkiah last year. Hanukkah (also transliterated as Chanukah), a joyous but minor holiday begins this...
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It's a pity so many of us are coughing, sneezing, and otherwise feeling miserable, because this week's NYC Jewish events include engaging talks, fun...
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Most of the events I cover in this column reflect the culture of American Jewry's majority Ashkenazi Jews. This weekend American Sephardi...
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Events of Jewish interest include limited screenings of several movies, but we'll start with tomorrow's job fair in Staten Island. Staten Island Job...
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J.J. Keki of Uganda's Abayadayu Jewish community. Two Jewish singles events will take place tomorrow and motzei Shabbat (Saturday night):...
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Rabbi Arik Ascherman, executive director of Israel's Rabbis for Human Rights, will talk and answer questions about Gaza, the Goldstone Report on...
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Several film festivals are coming up in New York that will feature Israeli films. JCCManhattan will hold the Other Israel Film Festival from November...
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Ritual is pretty important in Judaism. Unlike some other religions subjective belief alone does not suffice. And so it should not come as a surprise...
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This article will be an update to several recent stories. To the events this week which I listed in my previous article I would like to add the...
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If the Jewish Museum's permanent exhibit and The Derfner Judaica Museum have whetted your appetite for Jewish ritual art you'll want to see Tobi Kahn:...
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