a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins wit...
“Sending a child to public school does not terminate parental rights at the door,” Representative Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) told the Old Gray Lady. “It gives power back to parents.” Of course, the news outlet then trotted out the old “book banning” false allegation and decried how it...
Sunday, January 5, 2025 Jewish Traces in Unexpected Places: Pennfield Middle School Starts Winter Concert with Hava Nagila We never stop being amazed at the popularity and resiliency of Hava Nagila, probably the most played Hebrew song of all time, and how often it appears in non-Jewish venu...
"This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies." He added, "Let’s rip the waste out of our great nation’s budget, even if it’s a penny at a time." This is the president’s latest move to reduce spending in the U.S. af...
Morais. Sunday-School. Hebrew World, The E A Hekal ha-'Ibriyyah H A W Chicago 1877 - 79 N. B. Ettelsohn and S. L. Marcus. Supplement of "Israelitische Presse." Helpful Thoughts E A M New York 1897 - 1903 Julia Richman and Rebecca Kohut, later with Richard Gottheil, M. Harris...
I really didn’t want her to be anywhere near me on her special day. But before you jump to the wrong conclusion, let me tell you why. Between Hanukkah, New Year’s, and my daughter Allegra having been born on the 18th of the month, December tends to offer our family almost too mu...
Update from Rabbi Laura Novak Winer, Ed.D. Director, Master’s in Educational Leadership Program, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion School of Education The educational leaders of our part time, Sunday, Shabbat, afternoon, and congregational educational programs continue to be the star...
Feb. 11, 11:00PM Bais Yaakov Elementary: Open 11:00 AM – Daven in school – No MTA bus Bais Yaakov Middle/High School: Open 10:30 AM – Daven at home – No MTA bus Bais Yaakov Preschool: Open 11:00 AM – Daven in school – No MTA bus Baltimore City Public Schools: Closed ...
But if my self-worth was derived from being near famous people... it just makes me want to barf. It scares me. It disturbs me. That that’s the excitement? The status? “Wow, you were standing next to Madeleine Albright?” People, people, people. We gotta wake up. ...
if Judaism lived in a continual antagonism to the champions of ultra-Hellenism and those of the old-school Romanism, it met, on the other hand, with wide-spread sympathy on the part of the masses, and of those of the élite who were free from national prejudices. It would have found ...