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jewish texts on fair voting and just elections

Posted on 2020/10/17 by davka

prepar­ing for a planned response In ear­ly March 2020, before the Coro­n­avirus pan­dem­ic lock­down began here in New York City, I was approached by T’ru­ah: the invi­ta­tion I’m reach­ing out with what I hope might be a fun vol­un­teer project with T’ru­ah. We’re putting … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Did you go to the Purim Concert?

Posted on 2018/02/25 by davka

Purim: Megilla Read­ings, Balls and Con­certs (oh my; so many options) As long ago as 1864, New York Jews attend­ed Purim Balls, a tra­di­tion now main­tained for the past 32 years at The Jew­ish Muse­um. And, not only in New York, … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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