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Jewish Reconstructionist Federation, the organization of congregations that are part of the fourth (and youngest) recognized branch of American Judaism ...

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Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ...

In the frame of safeguarding and the transmission of the Sephardic memory, the European Sephardic Institute has as aprimary vocation to collect, centralise, analyse and put at the disposal of everybody, the written, sound and visual documents that can witness the huge richness of the different Sephardic communities that have participated in a large way to the culture of the different ...

Humanistic Judaism is a nontheistic alternative in contemporary Jewish life. It was established by Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine in 1963 in Detroit, Michigan.

Sephardic genealogy at Sephardim.com - see our list of names, recipes, and other resources.

Sephardic Genealogy, Jewish Genealogy, sources of information. Internet, archives, books ...

This site is meant to serve as introduction to the teachings of the chassidic master Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810).

The Babylonian ( Iraqi ) Jewry Heritage Center is both a research center and museum. It publishes research and newsletters and holds conferences. It maintains strong ties with jews from Iraq in the Diaspora. Join us on an exciting and memorable tour of the center's wide range of activities and read our latest newsletter.

The Jews of Cuba, those few who remained after Castro took power, are able to worship openly again after almost three decades of religious restriction.

SAUDADES Portuguese Sephardic History A feeling of joy descends slowly Finding its resting place within me The images of the past now an inspiration Listening to the memories fills me with tenderness I have survived, I am here, I am alive Connected always to my past with love and saudade For those who went before, so I open my heart like a shrine Unblemished by bitterness or hate Filled with ...

CONTENTS Introduction Foreword Language Groups Tribes and Dialects Order the book The Peoples of the Red Book Abazians (Abaza) Abkhaz Aguls Akhvakhs Aleuts Altaics Aliutors Andis Archis Asiatic Eskimos Bagulals Baraba Tatars Bartangs Bats Bezhtas Botlikhs Budukhs Central Asian Jews Chamalals Chukchis Chulym Tatars Crimean Jews Crimean Tatars Didos Dolgans Enets Evens Evenks Georgian Jews ...

Karaism is the original form of Judaism as prescribed by God in the Torah. Karaite Judaism rejects later additions to the Tanach (Jewish Bible) such as the Rabbinic Oral Law.

MERCAZ USA is the Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement, the voice of Conservative Jewry within the World Zionist Organization, the Jewish Agency for Israel, the American Zionist Movement and the Jewish National Fund to support religious pluralism in Israel and strengthen the connection between Israel and the Diaspora.

A 90-minute film, A Life Apart: Hasidism in America , is the first in-depth documentary about a distinctive, traditional Eastern European religious community. In an historic migration after World War II, Hasidism found it most vital center in America. Both challenging and embracing American values, Hasidim seek those things which many Americans find most precious: family, community, and a close ...

The Last Jews of Libya This Web site is by, for, and of the entire community of Jews of Libya. I thank everyone who made this project possible, especially the narrators, who contributed their time, stories, and photographs to ensure that the life and memories of the Jews of Libya will not vanish. I am grateful to the Librarians Association of the University of California (LAUC), for support and ...

Secular Humanistic Jews understand Judaism as the human-centered history, culture, civilization, ethical values, and shared fate of the Jewish people. IFSHJ links organizations worldwide.

Kahal B'raira is an affiliate of the Society for Humanistic Judaism, the national umbrella organization for Humanistic Judaism.

Concerning the culture war of secular humanism against Judeo-Christian morality, from the standpoint of traditional Judaism.

Machar, the Washington DC Congregation for Humanistic Judaism is community of secular Jews who value Jewish identity, Jewish culture, Jewish holidays and life-cycle events, Jewish education, and the commitment of the Jewish people to social justice.

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Humanistic Judaism Homepage Welcome to the world of Humanistic Judaism. This organized branch of Judaism is for Jews wishing to maintain their Jewish identity in a non-theistic manner through congregations and communities. Humanistic Judaism differs from secular or cultural Judaism in that it is congregational in form and substance. Jewish education, holidays, tradition and life cycle events are ...

KARAYLARIN &#220YI / KARAIM HOME PAGE A View of Chufut-Kale, Crimea This Web site is dedicated to the history and culture of Crimean Karaims Here you will find a fascinating history of Karaims or Karailar (sing. Karai), their language, culture, and heroic struggle to survive. Crimean Karaims are people of Turk(ic) descent who have adopted Karaism. This movement could be described as a return to ...

Click and Go! Catalog Torah Portion Viewpoints Discussion Kosher Nexus Metivta News Siddur Quiz Our Mission The UTJ is a trans-denominational education and outreach organization dedicated to promoting the principles of traditional Judaism. We support and encourage traditional Jewish practice among individuals, congregations, institutions, scholars and religious leaders across the spectrum of the ...

The Walking Stick Foundation is a nonprofit tax-exempt Jewish and Native American partnership dedicated to the recovery and preservation of indigenous spirituality.

Jewish walking tour of Hassidic Community, in-depth fascinating exciting. See scribe, Chassidic synagogue, Chassidic library, etc.

ARTHUR BENVENISTE'S HOME PAGE On this page you will find articles I have written dealing with the history of Sephardic Jews, with a special interest in Crypto Jews. THE 2002 CONFERENCE OF THE SOCIETY FOR CRYPTO JUDAIC STUDIES CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FORM See the Pictures of my son's Wedding INDEX THE BENVENISTE NAME IN HISTORY THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME 'BENVENISTE' GRANDPARENTS ...

Make jewish friends! The Young Professionals' Kesher (YPK) is a group of jewish friends for singles and couples in their 20's and 30's who want to make additional jewish friends their own age, and build a sense of Jewish community. YPK offers a wide variety of activities for jewish friends, including religious education, community service, and social events. All great opportunities for making ...

The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism - New York City ... New York City's affiliate of the Society for Humanistic Judaism -- a non-theistic alternative for those whose Jewish identity is primarily cultural or intellectual rather than religious.

Hasidism Note: The Hebrew word Hasid means pious and is employed in classical Jewish sources to designate one whose spiritual devotion extends beyond the technical requirements of Jewish religious law. The term came to denote an adherent of the popular East European Jewish religious movement whose history and doctrines are outlined below. Background to the Rise of Hasidism 17th- Century ...

Machon Tzomet Excerpts in english from Alon Shvut's popular Shabbat BeShabato OU Torah Insights This week's parasha now online!! Shabbat is always around the corner... Learn all about this week's parasha through divrei Torah from your favorate rabbanim from all around the world in print, audio, and video formats Riskin, Weiss, Leibowitz, Goldvicht and many more... Shabbat & Chagim Candle ...

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Tour tapes, from tours by Sherwin T Wine from The Center for New Thinking. They introduce the listener to important people, thinkers, places, events, and ideas in the evolution of human culture.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY The Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit Genizah Fragments The Newsletter of Cambridge University's Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Library No. 31 April 1996 Images of the Newsletter: Page 1 (452, 680 bytes) Page 2 (430, 632 bytes) Page 3 (436, 880 bytes) Page 4 (442, 534 bytes) In this Edition: Memories of a momentous find T-S unit ...

Wandering Thoughts on the Sephardim and Their Language, Ladino SOL LEVENSON SINCE childhood my concept of a Jew had been limited by my 3 family origins in Eastern Europe. The only Jews I knew were Yiddish speakers, some of whom also spoke either Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, or Russian and, in my mother's family, uncles, aunts, and cousins who spoke Yiddish and Rumanian. Not all of them spoke ...

Or Ami is a new full service Reform Congregation in Agoura offering high holy day services, shabbat, religious school and more.

1326 Egmont Street, Brunswick, Georgia 31520 (912) 265-7575 Click on the link below to find the yahrtzeit date of a loved one. Nestled among the great oaks in historic Brunswick, Georgia, Temple Beth Tefilloh has served as the center of the Jewish community for more than 100 years. Established in 1886, and designed by renowned Jewish architect Alfred S. Eichberg, Beth Tefilloh remains rich in ...

Jewish Studies Internet Resources Jewish Studies Email: mideast @libraries.cul.columbia.edu Jewish Studies Internet Resources home WWW Virtual Library Department home Sephardic Jewish Communities 500 Years/Spanish Jews in Turkey A film and photography exhibition by Laurence Salzmann) Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews Bibiografia BSZNet: Gateway to Sephardic Resources Cattle, Cotton and Torah (C.

The third Nordic conference on Middle Eastern Studies: Ethnic encounter and culture change Joensuu, Finland, 19-22 June 1995 Signs of New Life in Karaim Communities Tapani Harviainen University of Helsinki NB *This is the unedited paper as given at the Joensuu conference. An updated and edited version has been published in Sabour and Vik r, Ethnic encounter and culture change, Bergen/London ...

The third Nordic conference on Middle Eastern Studies: Ethnic encounter and culture change Joensuu, Finland, 19-22 June 1995 Signs of New Life in Karaim Communities Tapani Harviainen University of Helsinki NB *This is the unedited paper as given at the Joensuu conference. An updated and edited version has been published in Sabour and Vik r, Ethnic encounter and culture change, Bergen/London ...

Spoken Karaim : project description The project's main purpose is to produce an interactive multimedia CD that will support the Karaim community in its efforts to maintain its language and pass the language to the younger generation provide a companion sound resource for the forthcoming book Spoken Karaim which describes the Karaim language provide information about the Karaim language and ...

Temple Israel is a Jewish congregation in Minnealpois, Minnesota affiliated with the Reform movement and the UAHC.

Jewish and Israeli Lists sefarad The Sephardic Electronic Archive (SEA) List owner: Yitzchak Kerem mskerem@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il Subscription address: listserv@shamash.nysernet.org Purpose: SEA is a means of sharing information and communicating around the world with those interested in Sephardic studies and affairs. SEA is intended to fill that gap, by promoting the exchange of information, ...

Song of Songs Chant Sephardic Tradition This is a sample of how the Song of Songs is sung in the Sephardic tradition. The sample is Song of Songs 1:1-4, as sung by cantor Solomon Amzallay (of Morocco). Click on a line of text to hear a sound file in Sun audio (.au) format. Or, click on the RealAudio icon to hear the whole text in RealAudio format. Sights and Sounds of Song of Songs Last ...

Recent Publications of Lithuanian Karaims In spite of numerous obstacles of a linguistic, economic and political nature, the Karaims in Lithuania have been able to produce the following publications during the six years of their national renaissance: Karaimu etnografine paroda Karaimskaja etnografixeskaja vystavka, text by Juozas Vercinkevicius and Romualdas Firkovicius. An illustrated ...

Am Echad Resources: Information and Opinion from a Traditional Jewish Perspective ...

Al-Qirqisani center The al-Qirqisani Center for the Promotion of Karaite Studies Who we are The al-Qirqisani Center for the Promotion of Karaite Studies is a cooperative of people involved in promoting the study of Karaism. Our focus is on the publication of Karaite texts (old and new), the promotion of the awareness of Karaite Judaism, and the presentation of accurate information on Karaism for ...