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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 

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

  Kveller
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When ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ Went Yiddish

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  American Jewish World Service – AJWS
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Celebrating 40 Years of Global Change with AJWS

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  Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Brandon Johnson appointee resigns amid criticism for tearing down Israeli hostage poster

Resolution calling for ‘urgent delivery’ of Gaza aid co-sponsored by nearly all Senate Democrats

Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan doubles down after suggesting Israel ‘kills babies as a hobby’

Some of Israel’s staunch supporters are now using words such as ‘genocide’ to describe the war

Christian Zionists in South Korea open country’s first Holocaust museum

  NYT > World > Middle East
Michael A. Ledeen, Reagan Adviser Involved in Iran-Contra, Dies at 83

E.U. to Lift Economic Sanctions on Syria

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Britain, France and Canada Condemn Israel’s Expansion of Gaza War

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  The Forward
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A gala for Jewish Queer Youth celebrates untold, queer Jewish stories

A century ago, Hitler declared war on the ‘lying press’ and targeted a feisty little newspaper — sound familiar?

 
       
     
  Aish.com
The Magna Carta and the Jews

Judaism’s Capitalist Twist: Why Biblical Economics Isn’t as Radical as You Think

How to End the Fight Before It Begins

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  Jew or Not Jew
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  Jewish NewsJewish News
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  News & Views – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
Israeli Gov’t Committee Advances Bill to Designate Qatar ‘Terror-Supporting State’

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  Washington Jewish Week
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