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Giants CEO Larry Baer missed elimination for Yom Kippur

Edit The Miami Herald 14 Oct 2016
He listened on the radio as he drove 15 minutes from AT&T Park ... Baer noticed there were far fewer people around the food and the host immediately sent him upstairs, where rabbis and friends were gathered around a television watching the Giants in the 14th ... "As we go to the top of the 18th, the rabbis and four people including myself simultaneously say, 'It has to happen in the 18th because of the significance of the No ... ......

The religious wanderings of Bob Dylan, Nobel laureate

Edit Deseret News 14 Oct 2016
For the first time since the last century, this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature went to an American writer — singer, songwriter, author Bob Dylan. At 75, Dylan is still filling concert halls and arenas and rocking late into the night. He’s been quoted in Supreme Court decisions, and St ... And when he received the 1991 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, he paraphrased a famous rabbi in his brief acceptance speech....

Israel Police's new chief rabbi: Homosexuals 'not in line with laws of nature'

Edit Topix 13 Oct 2016
Much like the IDF's recently-appointed Chief Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim , the Israel Police's new chief rabbi Rami Brachyahu's past is mired by a series of controversial statements against the LGBT community and about women ... ....

New police chief rabbi opposed to renting apartments to homosexuals

Edit Indonesia News 13 Oct 2016
"I call on Erdan to annul Brachyahu's appointment. It is not commensurate with the values of the police and it is not commensurate with the values of the State of Israel," Zio ... ....

CNY Inspirations: The Power of Unity

Edit Syracuse 13 Oct 2016
Follow this theme and author posted Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.   ... Rabbi Evan Shore has led Shaarei Torah Orthodox Congregation for 27 years. He also teaches at the Syracuse Hebrew Day School as well as the Rabbi Jacob Epstein School for Jewish Studies. ....

At 88, Dr. Ruth is — what else? — still talking sex

Edit The Miami Herald 13 Oct 2016
Dr ... Ruth coming to our community for this amazing event,” said Rabbi Hector Epelbaum, spiritual leader of Temple Beth Israel, in a news release. Dr ... “As a rabbi and father of three myself, I know first hand how hard it can be to speak about sex in general and about sex from a Jewish perspective,” Epelbaum said....

On Judaism's holiest day, temple hosts interfaith dialogue examining religion

Edit WPTV 13 Oct 2016
SUBURBAN BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - At a time when tensions across the country seem to be an all time high, many people look to religion for help. Others point to religion as the problem ... “Religion too often has caused conflicts,” said Rabbi Barry Silver ... Rabbi Silver believes our survival depends on realizing that fact. ....

Yom Kippur Remarks by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
(Source. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs). Thank you, Rabbi Adam, for your kind introduction ... When Rabbi Scheier extended the invite to mark Yom Kippur here with his congregation, I knew I couldn't pass up the opportunity ... Shimon Peres ... (TRANSLATION ... Later, Mr ... Over the course of our tour, myself, Rabbi Scheier, and an inspirational Auschwitz survivor, Nate Leipciger, heard all about the history of the camp ... The Railcar ... Yom Kippur....

Repenting in All the Wrong Ways

Edit Medium 13 Oct 2016
Right in the middle of the Days of Awe this year, the least repentant man alive released the least genuine apology ever filmed ... The horrible public apology is an American tradition that predates Trump ... Rabbi Rosenberg again.“Our sages tell us that t’shuvah is a multistep process ... 2 ... 3 ... 4. Seek forgiveness ... 5 ... From Rabbi Rosenberg.“The ultimate goal of t’shuvah is not to obtain forgiveness from someone else or to wipe away our sense of guilt....

Obituary: Jacob Neusner, academic who transformed study of American Judaism

Edit Scotsman 13 Oct 2016
Jacob Neusner, influential scholar of Judaism. Born. July 28, 1932, Hartford, Connecticut. Died. October 8, 2016, Rhinebeck, New York, aged 84. Jacob Neusner, who transformed the study of American Judaism, becoming one of the most influential 20th-century scholars of the religion, has died at the age of 84 ... His work was quoted so extensively by retired Pope Benedict XVI that Time magazine dubbed Neusner, “the Pope's favorite rabbi” ... ....

New book untangles global hair trade (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
(Source. Goldsmiths, University of London) ... Entanglement ... What happened when the US banned hair from communist countries? Or when an orthodox Jewish rabbi forbade Jewish women from wearing wigs made from Indian hair? Why is hair rarely labelled as Chinese in the shops when China is the world's largest supplier of wigs and extensions? And why are Tasmanian Aborigines seeking to reclaim the hair of their ancestors from European museums?....

Mascots

Edit Slate 13 Oct 2016
The comedy of a Christopher Guest mockumentary comes from a simple formula ... Christopher Guest characters believe themselves to be the cream of the crop! But the crop is, like, kumquats ... making us believe that mascotting is a job worth taking seriously ... and Sr ... a huge-headed rabbi mascot pumps up the crowd; the Fist plays air guitar before a wall of flame; a plumber dances with the adorable turd he’s unclogged from a toilet ... ....

'A school Asa would be proud of' (Lehigh University)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
(Source. Lehigh University) ... 7) at the annual Founder's Day Celebration ... 'Capitalize on those programs that make Lehigh unique. If you're a student, apply for that grant or program even if it's a reach ... We know that only together, we are genius.' ... It concluded with a benediction offered by Rabbi Danielle Stillman, associate chaplain and director of Jewish Student Life, and the singing of Lehigh's alma mater by the Lehigh University Choir....
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