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UNIDOS POR LA PAZ Y HERMANDAD – UNITED FOR PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD
San Juan, Puerto Rico ENGLISH VERSION BELOW El pasado 24 y 25 de noviembre de 2023, miembros, amigos y familiares de la comunidad judía reformista de Puerto Rico se unieron en un evento histórico: tres rabinos fueron homenajeados y honrados por su trayectoria y labor. Como todos los viernes en la noche, la congregación se […]
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Our Torah And Jewish Memory – Shabbat Terumah
We sometimes get so used to the things around us that we stop seeing them. That is, we don’t consciously remember what the things mean or what they stand for. Consider the two framed documents on the sides of the bimah here. On my right is the document from the Memorial Scrolls Trust in London […]
Kristallnacht: What We Know Now
Rabbi Norman Patz Temple Sholom of West Essex Shabbat Toledot November 9-10, 2018 / 2 Kislev, 5779 “Don’t send your boys to school in the morning.” That’s what a neighbor told the mother of John and Ernie Oettinger on November 9th 1938. The neighbor was a fireman who knew the SS plans for attacking Jews […]