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On the eve of the first of three presidential debates, “American Jews are likely to vote to re-elect President [Barack] Obama by a margin of better than two to one over Gov. Mitt Romney.” That’s the finding of an American Jewish Committee national survey, which like it or not should come as no surprise. Jews […]

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Last Wednesday night, when much of the Jewish community was still bolting bagels and lox to break the Yom Kippur fast, about 50 Jews were taking in the art and music of Umbanda, an eclectic religion unique to Brazil, at a downtown gallery. “We tried to provide a creative post-Yom Kippur experience,” said Alex Minkin, […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Candlelighting: 6:13 p.m. (Fri.); 6:10 p.m. (Sun.); after 7:07 p.m. (Mon.) Torah: Exodus 33:12-34:26;  Numbers 29:23-31 Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 Havdalah: 7:10 p.m. (Sat.); 7:05 p.m. (Tue.) This the time of year when Jews invite ushpizin, guests from the Bible, into our sukkah. Many of us nowadays manufacture our own list of invitees — […]

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