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On South Sudanese Christians

Heather Robinson’s Aug. 24 opinion piece, “Israel Should Not Deport South Sudanese Christians,” is very hypocritical. In this country, which is vastly larger than Israel, illegal immigrants are caught at the borders they attempt to enter and sent back to their homelands. However, tiny Israel, which has already opened its gates to so many desperate […]

At Or Zarua, New Leader And Membership Push

Rabbi Scott Bolton is serious about Torah, the arts and Jewish learning — and he also likes tossing a Frisbee.

Sprucing Up For Yom Tov

For members of a synagogue, the preparation for the High Holy Days season starts weeks, if not months before Rosh HaShanah. In some congregations, there are the daily selichot prayers that are recited during the month of Elul that precedes Tishrei, and additions to the daily worship services. There is increased giving of tzedakah and […]

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On South Sudanese Christians

At Or Zarua, New Leader And Membership Push

Sprucing Up For Yom Tov

Renewed Plea On Inclusion

Israel’s Next Export: Edgy Rock?

Free Range Jew

Repentance, Atonement And Independence

Fly Them To The Moon

An Alpine Idyll

Never Forgetting — Soviet Jewry Movement, That Is

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