Friday 21 November, 2008
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A treasury of sacred cloth
A new Jewish Museum exhibition that has just opened in London features the mantles in which the Torah is dressed.
How Chief Rabbis have battled against Reform
Rabbi Dr Jeffrey Cohen reviews a new book on how Britain’s Orthodox establishment tried to stop religious schism
An Orthodox woman can lead the prayers
We speak to the authors of a new guide on how women can break through the glass ceiling in synagogue.
Is the Lubavitch book Tanya really racist?
Hampstead Garden Suburb Synagogue has dropped a course on the Tanya, the 18th-century Lubavitch work, after congregants’ protests.
Tzedek
Tzedek meaning justice, has been a mark and aspiration of the Jewish people since its beginning.
Benoni
Benoni is the word you would use in Israel to ask for a medium-sized cup of coffee.
Wandering Jew
A phrase that can describe the most trivial situations such as having to change tables at a wedding.
Kliachar yad
Kliachar yad literally means by means of the back of the hand and is a talmudic term referring to the performance of actions in a manner that is different from the normal way of doing things.
JEWISH DIRECTORY
UK Jewish sites
www.federationofsynagogues.com
National religion
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith
Rabbinic blogs
http:/rabbionanarrowbridge.blogspot.com (Jeremy Gordon)
BOOK EXTRACTS
The Siddur That Saved A LifeAn extract from In Search of Holiness, a newly published collection of writings of the late Rabbi Ephraim Gastwirth. |
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Friday, November 21
Shabbat begins in London at 3.49; Bournemouth 3.58; Leeds 3.39; Manchester 3.48; Tyneside 3.40; Glasgow 3.45.
Saturday, November 22
Shabbat ends in London at 4.54; Bournemouth 5.07; Leeds 4.53; Manchester 4.58; Tyneside 4.50; Glasgow 4.59.
RABBI, I HAVE A PROBLEM 
An Orthodox and a Reform rabbi tackle problems in Jewish life. |
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Chayei Sarah
“He had scarcely finished speaking, when Rebecca…came out with her jar on her shoulder. The maiden was very beautiful” Genesis 24:15-16