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The Intermountain Jewish News reports that after breaking the fast of Yom Kippur on Sept. 26, Hebrew Educational Alliance congregant A.J. Hibshman was struck by lightning while entering his vehicle. Hibshman suffered severe burns and as of this post remained in critical condition. The improbability of this event was underscored by the fact that the rabbi had […]

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Sometimes the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah brings more than just a hora — for better and for worse.  From Al Gore’s L’Chaim to Ethiopia’s first Hebrew Torah, here are 10 news stories from JTA’s historical Simchat Torah coverage: [[READMORE]] 10. Macarena dance sneaks into Simchat Torah celebration (1996) The Latin dance craze of the 1990s […]

Actor Anne Hathaway wed her Jewish beau Adam Shulman in an interfaith ceremony with a priest and a rabbi. What other shared interfaith rituals has JTA picked up over years? [[READMORE]] In 1972, the title characters in the TV show “Bridget Loves Bernie,” starring Meredith Baxter and eventual second husband David Birney was picketed by the Jewish […]

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