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YU Presents Inaugural Day of Giving (Yeshiva University)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Sep 2016
(Source. Yeshiva University). Goal to Raise $5 Million in 24 Hours, September 20 - 21, With 'I Am YU' Campaign ... 'Through its commitment to Torah, groundbreaking research, pioneering human rights and social justice programs, and unwavering support for the State of Israel, YU is a radiating force that is shaping our world,' said President Richard M. Joel ... Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 13 September 2016 21.58.08 UTC....

Boundary reform may be necessary, but please don't make the situation worse

Edit The Independent 13 Sep 2016
Leaving aside accusations of party bias, it's sensible to even out major numerical disparities between parliamentary constituencies. But slavish adherence to plus or minus 5 per cent of an average size does seem rather inflexible ... It makes no sense. Patrick Cosgrove. Chapel Lawn, Shropshire Lest we forget ... Rodney Lunn ... Focus will often be on the Torah or the Bible or the Qur’an — and maybe on speaking Arabic or Hebrew rather than English....

THE LOUNGE

Edit The Jerusalem Post 12 Sep 2016
Sefer Torah Just in time for Rosh Hashana, the Schmelzer family, owners of the Shlomo Group, dedicated a new Torah scroll in memory of the patron of the family, Shlomo Schmelzer ... ....

‘Allah’ is Arabic word for God

Edit Lancaster Online 12 Sep 2016
Once again, I wish that your staff would fact-check letters to the editor before printing them. William G. Smith’s claim that “Nowhere in the Torah or the Christian Bible will you ever see Allah used as one of the names ... ....

Eid al-Adha: Meaning, traditions, celebration

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Sep 2016
Five things to know about Eid al-Adha.. 1 ... 2 ... As Abraham was about to sacrifice his son, God stopped him and gave him a sheep to kill in place of his son. A version of the story also appears in the Torah and in the Bible's Old Testament. 3 ... 4 ... ....

5 things to know about Eid al-Adha

Edit The Oklahoman 12 Sep 2016
In most of the Muslim world today, the faithful are celebrating Eid al-Adha, the second of two major holidays in Islam. The day begins with morning prayers. The celebrations continue with visits to friends and family, exchange of gifts and feasts ... Here are five things to know about the holiday.. 1 ... 2 ... A version of the story also appears in the Torah and in the Bible's Old Testament. 3 ... 4 ... ....

Compassion: Hallmark of Islam

Edit Arkansas Online 10 Sep 2016
Many years ago, I took a couple of semesters of translation workshops with University of Arkansas Professor Miller Williams. As I distributed my first-ever translation of an Arabic short story to my classmates for their critique, he urged them to show compassion to me -- a scientist ... -- Miller Williams ... Thus, Jesus Christ is saying, that through his conduct, he is expressing the true meanings and essence of the Torah....

Timely tour: Popular Oklahoma City interfaith event aims to dispel myths 'one kid at a time'

Edit The Oklahoman 10 Sep 2016
Five years ago, a fledgling interfaith event geared for young people drew about 40 teens and their advisers ... The Rev ... Before his involvement, the tour was not held consecutively, but he decided it would be beneficial to offer it as an annual event ... 21 ... Firsthand look ... The tour participants were shown the temple's sacred Torah scrolls and also got to go inside a sukkah, a hut-like structure used in ancient times during the harvest season....

Colorado events Sunday memorialize 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks

Edit Denver Post 09 Sep 2016
The events include. ... Money raised supports the families of fallen firefighters ... In south metro Denver, hundreds of members of the Jewish faith are expected to dedicate a Torah scroll at the Chabad Jewish Center at 9950 Lone Tree Parkway in a ceremony that begins at 1 p.m. A Torah scroll is a handwritten text of the Five Books of Moses in the original Hebrew in honor of the first Torah written for the first time 3,300 years ago by Moses....

Denver to commemorate 9/11 with ceremonies, World Trade Center wreckage and free concert downtown

Edit Denver Post 09 Sep 2016
Colorado Remembers 9/11 begins at 1 p.m. in Denver’s Civic Center park ... “When we come together as a community, we triumph in the face of tragedy ... More than 250 service men and women from five branches of the U.S ... Hundreds of members of Jewish faith are expected to dedicate a Torah scroll at the Chabad Jewish Center at 9950 Lone Tree Parkway in a ceremony that begins at 1 p.m ... “That is the message of our holy Torah.”. ....

The ultra-Orthodox Jews combining tech and the Torah

Edit BBC News 09 Sep 2016
"Programming is very similar, especially the way of thinking.". Like many of his friends, Slaven grew up expecting a life of quiet learning. Haredi men are expected to spend most of their time studying the Torah and Talmud, Judaism's sacred texts, leaving their wives to go out and work ... Listen to David Baker's report for BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents, Torah and Tech in Israel, on the BBC iPlayer ... But it's the original digital detox ... ....

Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer review – self-expression in the Jewish diaspora

Edit The Guardian 09 Sep 2016
An imploding marriage and a global crisis collide in a dizzying third novel. Life in any community is almost always defined by rituals. participating in them, shunning them, protecting them, carving out private space in which to enact singular versions, or subversions, of them. It’s questionable whether scale makes much difference ... And yet Sam/Samanta might blow up Other-Life’s synagogue, but not without first removing the Torah first ... ....

Parshat Shoftim: Murder of an individual – a shock to the nation

Edit The Jerusalem Post 08 Sep 2016
The more closely we examine the Torah’s instructions in this case, the more we discover the incredible significance of human life in its eyes ... ....
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