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The four cups of wine don’t come out until the Passover seders next week, but several New Yorkers started preparing for that part of the holiday last week. Nearly 400 people attended The Jewish Week’s third Grand Wine Tasting event at City Winery, sampling the products of 27 companies, including major wineries, wine importers, wine […]

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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 6:53 p.m. Torah: Leviticus 1:1-5:26; Exodus 12:1-20; Numbers 28:9-15 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 Havdalah: 7:53 p.m.        Today people break bread together to show camaraderie; in olden days people used to share salt as a sign of friendship. In addition to its tastiness salt is ubiquitously found on dinner tables […]

About a decade ago, the American Jewish community saw the birth of its own “startup sector:” grassroots organizations on shoestring budgets offering new ways to connect with Judaism, from concerts to bike rides to camping. Today, many of these groups are looking for the significant, long-term funding that would enable them to transcend the scrappy […]

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