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On any given day there are many things that you really look forward to doing, but there are always a few things on your to do list that you dread.  Usually those dreaded chores are on your list all week long.  Initially, this dvar Torah started on the looking forward to list but eventually got pushed back day by day to the day before panic list. It’s easy to remember the things that you wanted to avoid.  I still remember as a child being in bed watching the clock and hoping my parents would not come to my room and say wake up it’s time to go to Sunday school.  As an adult, an avoidance item was going to Shabbat services, however, through intense personal growth and a significant amount of shame, I feel blessed to have found meaning in Judasim and I feel blessed ........READ MORE.

 
 
     
   
   

           
 
   
           
     
           
       
  Jewish World Watch
Newsweek: America Is Buying Chinese Goods—and Supporting China’s Genocide | Opinion

The Humanity of it All: JWW Statement on the Israel-Hamas War 

Tying Together Our Past, Present, and Our Future

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Elie Wiesel Foundation Awards Grant to Nonprofit Trio to “Restore the Rights and Dignity of the Uyghur Population”

  Kveller
A Special Sukkot Gathering To Mourn October 7

What Does It Feel Like to Be a Jewish Parent in a Post-October 7 World?

These Are the October 7 Stories I Can’t Stop Thinking About

The Story of Our Sukkah — And How You Can Build One, Too

18 Jewish Baby Names Inspired by Taylor Swift

 
  American Jewish World Service – AJWS
From Despair to Dignity: Supporting Migrant and Refugee Sex Workers in Uganda

Stories of Hope: September 2025

The Origins of AJWS: Reflecting on 40 years of Human Rights Activism

A place to breathe again: How an AJWS partner in Kenya restores hope to young mothers

AJWS Statement: Congress Must Reject Trump’s Latest Attack on Foreign Assistance

           
     
  Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Deal to release ‘ALL of the hostages’ from Gaza has been struck, Trump announces

Many smaller NYC congregations rent their space. As real estate prices soar, how do they find a home?

As Slovenia takes a hard line against Israel, its tiny Jewish community feels increasingly isolated

In Israel, a struggle to reconcile grief and joy as Sukkot and Oct. 7 coincide

Bari Weiss, Free Press founder who started as antisemitism crusader, named editor-in-chief of CBS

  NYT > World > Middle East
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How did stalled talks turn into a deal between Israel and Hamas?

Trump revels in ‘historic’ deal between Israel and Hamas but offers few details.

What Trump’s 20-Point Gaza Peace Plan Envisions

What We Know About the Remaining Hostages in Gaza

  The Forward
The answered prayers of Trump’s artful ceasefire deal

Israel and Hamas have agreed to hostage release deal as part of phased peace plan, Trump announces

It was once Sweden’s only news broadcast — what did it say about Israel?

It was one of klezmer’s greatest days — will there ever be another?

Has the Jewish joke become an endangered species — Òu sont les blagues d’antan?

 
       
     
  Aish.com
Ugly Lies, Deadly Consequences: How Falsehoods Fuel Antisemitism

The Check Up: Sukkot

Sukkot 5786: Building Sandcastles

Why Sukkot Is the Holiday of Joy

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  Jew or Not Jew
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  My Jewish Learning
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  Washington Jewish Week
Trump Announces Israel-Hamas Deal

Editorial: Manchester Murders Shatter Yom Kippur

Shaare Tefila’s Last Charter Member Dies at 103

Bari Weiss Named Editor-in-Chief of CBS

Katherine Kahn

 
  Washington Jewish Week
Trump Announces Israel-Hamas Deal

Editorial: Manchester Murders Shatter Yom Kippur

Shaare Tefila’s Last Charter Member Dies at 103

Bari Weiss Named Editor-in-Chief of CBS

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  My Jewish Learning
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