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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

3 Years and Just Getting Started

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

  Kveller
‘Transmitzvah,’ Streaming on Netflix, Is Full of Yiddish and Jewish Magic

The Incredible Legacy of Marion Wiesel, Elie Wiesel’s Wife and Translator

A Jewish Ode to Cabbage

‘Yarden is Back Home, But Our Home Is Missing,’ Bibas Family Shares After Bittersweet Hostage Release

Aleeza Ben Shalom of ‘Jewish Matchmaking’ Is Still Working Hard to Help People Find Their Bashert

 
  American Jewish World Service – AJWS
“Whoever holds a mic gets a charge”: Inside Thailand’s fight for free speech

AJWS Denounces “Stop Work” Order that Freezes All Foreign Assistance and the Reinstituting of the Global Gag Rule

In El Salvador, the LGBTQI+ community refuses to be erased

AJWS Statement on the Need to Extend Temporary Protected Status and Humanitarian Parole

Stories of Hope, January 2025

           
     
  Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

Appalling or ‘common sense,’ Trump’s Gaza proposal reinforces his image as disruptor in chief

The Pink Peacock, Glasgow’s queer-friendly, Yiddish-oriented, anti-Zionist cafe, sets its sights on Brooklyn

Federal health department to investigate medical schools over pro-Palestinian graduation protests

  NYT > World > Middle East
Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza

What to Know About the Trump Family’s Deals in the Middle East

Trump and Netanyahu Leave Little Daylight Between Them

Trump Torpedoed the Iran Nuclear Deal. Now He’s Calling for Another One.

Trump’s Proposal on Gaza Is a Risk for Egypt and Jordan

  The Forward
Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor

American Jewish leaders grieve as Hamas terrorists convicted of murdering their friends go free

My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

How the master builder behind ‘The Brutalist’ was inspired by her hometown synagogue

Trump directs Health and Human Services to investigate medical schools for antisemitism

 
       
     
  Aish.com
Why God Doesn’t Reveal Himself Today

Widow Who Cannot Pay Her Rent

How Tu B'Shvat Cultivates Joy and Deepens Your Connection to Judaism

Sweet and Spicy Hasselback Salami

Beshalach 5785: When is Enough, Enough

 
  Jew or Not Jew
Dr. Wily

S. An-sky

Josh O'Connor

Benj Pasek

Ozzy Wiesblatt

 
  Jewish NewsJewish News
Farage praises Trump’s ‘appealing’ Gaza plan

UK and US Jewish leaders react to Trump Gaza proposal

“I think everyone has an inner chutzpah”

Labour extends John Mcdonnell suspension as four MPs readmitted

Leap of faith: it’s a matter of respect

 
   
       
     
  News & Views – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
Israel Joins the US in Quitting the UN Human Rights Council

WATCH: Israel Takes Counter-Drone Defense to the Next Level

Diaspora Minister: Strengthen Jewish Identity to Combat Antisemitism

Proposed Knesset Bill Offers Cash to Gazans Willing to Relocate

2,500-Years-Old Yemenite Arrowheads Uncovered in the Negev

 
  Washington Jewish Week
You Should Know … Tova Zimm

Stephanie Tankel Fosters Lifelong Jewish Learning for All Ages

Music, Arts Bring Ring House Residents Closer Together

Art, Dance, Music and Theater to Bring On Spring

The Fight Against Polarization With Interfaith Council’s ‘Celebration of Light’

 
  My Jewish Learning
Sanhedrin 51

Sanhedrin 50

Higher Than Speech is Song

The Jewish History of Cheez Doodles

Sanhedrin 49

 
           
           
         

           
           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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