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Sabbath candles: 5:38 p.m. Torah readings: Genesis 12:1-17:23 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:27-41:16 Shabbat ends: 6:36 p.m. “God said to Avram: Lech lecha, go forth from your land, and from your birthplace, and from your father’s house to the land which I will show you.” [Gen. 12:1] Why is Avram (not yet re-named Abraham) told that he […]

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Hazon, the New York-based Jewish environmental organization, is using a yellow school bus to send a green message. Actually, 11⁄2 yellow school buses. In a kick-off ceremony last week outside the United Nations, in honor of Jewish Social Action Month, a “Topsy Turvy Bus,” two chassis fused together, began a three-month journey across the country. […]

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