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Idealist.org Founder Launches New Social Action Network

Since he was 8 years old, Ami Dar wanted to change the world. Last week, he might have. On March 11, in an online presentation attended by over 10,000 people from 88 countries, Dar launched an online and on-the-ground network that could affect the way social action takes place around the globe. “All over the […]

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A Sense Of Kashrut And Tragedy

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 6:50 p.m. Torah: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22 Haftarah: Ezekiel 36:16-38 Havdalah: 7:50 p.m. The two main subjects dealt with in this week’s Torah portion of Shemini seem to be totally removed from each other. First we read of the tragic death of Aaron’s two sons, Nadav and Avihu, and then we […]

For Preschool Teachers, An Israel Immersion

Lesson from Israeli classrooms, where the stress is on ‘interdependence.’

ADL’s Foxman To Abbas: Recognize Israel, Change The World

Feminist Seder Pioneer Esther Bronner Is Subject Of New Documentary

What Might An Israeli Pew Study Have Concluded?

The American Diplomat Menachem Begin Trusted

Finding Jewish Warmth In The Cold of Siberia

When A Rabbi Gets Sick

A Jewish Outlaw, 17th-Century Style

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