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The Blogs: The Ganges River Drying Worst in 1300 years | Allen S. Maller
The Ganges River, a lifeline for 600 million people in India and neighboring countries is experiencing its worst drying period in 1,300 years. Using a combination of historical data, paleoclimate records and hydrological models, researchers…
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The Blogs: Parshas Vayelech-Shabbos Shuva 5786 | Boruch Rizel
This week’s Parsha talks about Moshe Rabbeinu saying goodbye to Klal Yisroel saying:
“I am a hundred and twenty years old today; I can no longer go out and come in, and Hashem has told me you shall not cross this Yarden.”
Rashi…
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The Blogs: Remembering like Seneca what Glassblowers do with their Breath | Gershon Hepner
Seneca, not just a Stoic,
but at his suicide heroic,
being quite unsanctimonious,
once showed his buddy Posidonius
how flasks of glass are blown with breath.Like human mortals at their death
glass vessels always tend to shatter
when dropped, like…Continue Reading
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The Blogs: Spain’s Shameful History Against Jews | Sabine Sterk
Spain’s Shameful History Against Jews and Its Dangerous Embrace of “Palestine”
Spain has a long, disgraceful history when it comes to Jews and the Jewish state. From the Spanish Inquisition to the modern recognition of a so-called…
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Manhattan synagogue says it won’t host Mamdani on Yom Kippur, following mayoral candidate’s Rosh Hashanah service in Brooklyn
Rabbi Sam Kates-Goldman had a message for his congregants — and his city — on Rosh Hashanah when he acknowledged and offered gratitude to a prominent regular and a special guest in the pews.
Brad Lander, New York…
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The Blogs: Life Planning | Tzvi Gleiberman
He said to them, “Today I am 120 years old. I am no longer allowed to come and go before you, for God said to me, ‘You will not cross this Jordan River.’
If Moshe’s age explains why he can’t lead, then why mention that God said he…
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The Blogs: The Ten Days of Repentance: Before Whom Do We Repent? | David Harbater
We now find ourselves in the midst of the Aseret Yemei Teshuva—the Ten Days of Repentance that begin with Rosh Hashanah and culminate with Yom Kippur. These days are the most spiritually charged of the Jewish year, a time when our tradition…
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The Blogs: Animal Chaplaincy Journal. Entry #4: Many Voices, One Journey | Mikhail Salita
“We come from different places… different states, different countries… but when we sit together, we share one language — the language of compassion.”
One of the most moving parts of this journey is the community itself. Our group is…
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The Blogs: No, South Park, We Are Not to Blame for Jew-Hatred | Eyal Bitton
In a recent episode of South Park, Sheila Broflovski, the Jewish mother character, flies to Israel to confront the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. In the middle of the war against Hamas, she accuses him of fueling antisemitism, declaring:…
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