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What is the meaning of:
“weaving together fringes of Jewish life”?

Posted on 2009/05/30 by davka

Do you wear a Kip­pah and/or Tzitz­it? On Sep­tem­ber 24, 1996 I asked my rab­binic col­leagues… in par­tic­u­lar, those who wear Kip­pot (and request/require the stu­dents in their con­gre­ga­tions to wear Kip­pot when either study­ing or enter­ing the syn­a­gogue), whether they wear … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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19th Century Jewish Cultural Hero

Posted on 2009/05/22 by davka

I col­lect (Amer­i­can) Juda­ic lapel but­tons. I have approx­i­mate­ly 3000 unique items. Each one rep­re­sents a dif­fer­ent moment in the Amer­i­can Jew­ish expe­ri­ence. Peri­od­i­cal­ly I share them here. My uncle was named after Mendele Mocher Sforim (the “Grand­fa­ther of Yid­dish lit­er­a­ture”). His old­er broth­er, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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