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Symi Rom-Rymer, 32 As a child, Symi Rom-Rymer heard stories about her great-grandfather’s 1911 journey from Russia to the U.S. “I was very aware of the immigrant experience,” says Rom-Rymer, who is a founder and director of the Global Muslim Jewish Friendship Forum, an Internet-based grassroots organization that tries to unite members of both faiths […]

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Deborah Fishman, 28 Twitter: @deborahfishman http://hachavaya.blogspot.com Deborah Fishman has no loom, warp, weft or shuttle. Instead the tools of this self-described “network weaver” — who seeks to bring together like-minded Jewish activists and professionals into a strong, vibrant fabric — are the Internet, phone, conferences, face-to-face meetings and endless rounds of Jewish Geography. Through her […]

Shabbat Shalom Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:58 p.m. Torah: Num. 1:1-4:20 Haftarah: Hosea 2:1-2:22 Havdalah: 9:05 p.m.                                                     Our parsha, the first in the Book of Bamidbar [Numbers], opens with a peculiar request to Moses: “You and Aaron shall tiphkidoo [to number them, to record them] by their groups, from the age of 20 years up, […]

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