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TheUniversity of California, Santa Cruzuses colored icons to help students identify foods that meet their religious diet, such as icons indicating an item is halal, vegetarian or contains pork. Dining services atBoston Universityin Massachusetts have kosher and halal food options, and ...
Rosh Hashanahis the the beginning of the Jewish New Year, in this case 5783, and kicks off the High Holy Days. It is an important two-day holiday with a focus on long prayer services in synagogue, spending time with family and praying for repentance as God judges you for the year and ...
My Jewish Learning is a not-for-profit and relies on your help Donate Cycles of time are central to Jewish life. Just as Shabbat punctuates the week, so too the holidays punctuate the year. Less known, but no less central in the Jewish cycle of time, is Shmita, the “year of rele...
This is exactly what every Jew goes through all the time. Everyone can understand this according to his own experience. All the ups and downs that a person goes through throughout his life can be compared to the exile in Egypt, because the main exile is the exile of the soul. A person...
It is difficult to pinpoint the exact time when hamsas emerged in Jewish culture, though it is clearly a symbol ofSephardic nature. Jews might have used the hamsa to invoke the hand of God, or to counteract the Evil Eye with the eye embedded in the palm of the hand. Some hamsas cont...
“Some of our Jewish employees who are religious or just want to observe holidays have asked things like, ‘How do we manage if we’re supposed to be on-call over the weekend during Shabbat? How do other people handle that?’” Phillips said. “We put together some resources in res...
Despiteall the time I spent with my dad this yearandin the years prior, even with all the great memories I had to look back on, the words wouldn’t come. I was just at a loss. In so many ways. Continue reading→ Share this blog post: ...
Now you’ve reached the stage Dad and I have speculated about since you were a little guy clapping along to “Shabbat Shalom” during the children’s service. In less than a year, you will become a Bar Mitzvah, an adult in the eyes of the Jewish community responsible for carrying out ...