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Why no mention of Jesus in story about Christmas? A Dec. 8 story in NeXt provided a valuable service to the non- Jewish community with an extensive explanation of the Festival of Lights (Hanukkah). The symbols, traditions and holidays of Judaism were given a brief and clear description. The origin of Hanukkah was detailed as the Maccabean revolt against an unjust tyrant with the subsequent rededication of the Jerusalem Temple, accompanied by the miraculous burning of the one-day supply of oil that lasted for eight days. The graphics included a depiction of a young boy in solemn prayer.
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Year 5770 - In Judaism, represents 5,770 years since the creation of Adam holidays, 21 days
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... the end of the year about approaching holidays. School officials decided that this excitement cou... promoted and endorsed the religions of Judaism and Islam, conveyed the impermissible message of d...
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Pondering Judaism's annual high holidays, Rabbi James Diamond, of Princeton University, says they could be called the "hi" holidays because "Jews who haven't seen each other all year gather in synagogues and temples to say 'Hi!' Los Angeles Rabbi Jacob Pressman, also witty, offers these petitions in his Rosh Hashana (new year) prayer:
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Pondering Judaism's annual high holidays, Rabbi James Diamond of Princeton University says they could be called the "hi" holidays because "Jews who haven't seen each other all year gather in synagogues and temples to say 'Hi!' Los Angeles Rabbi Jacob Pressman, also witty, offers these petitions in his Rosh Hashana (new year) prayer:
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Pondering Judaism's annual high holidays, Rabbi James Diamond, of Princeton University, says they could be called the "hi" holidays because, "Jews who haven't seen each other all year gather in synagogues and temples to say 'Hi!' Los Angeles Rabbi Jacob Pressman offers these petitions in his Rosh Hashana (new year) prayer:
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Hanukkah, which began at sundown yesterday, though popularly recognized and celebrated, is typically considered a "minor" holiday in Judaism. Playwright and novelist Herman Wouk called the holiday "the last and least of the minor holidays" in his 1988 book "This is My God.
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I found it unfortunate that Julia Duin did not mention Secular Humanistic Judaism, the one movement in Judaism that meets the identity and ceremonial needs of cultural and secular Jews ("Study finds Jews in U.S. drifting away from faith," Page 1, Wednesday). The affiliated communities of the Society for Humanistic Judaism reach out to culturally Jewish and intermarried families in a way that gives them a Jewish home and with a philosophy that is consistent with their worldview. Instead of the "woe is me" attitude expressed in Ms. Duin's article and by many members of the Jewish community, Humanistic Judaism affirms a positive Jewish identity, independent of supernatural authority - a place to celebrate and commemorate Jewish holidays and the life cycles of birth, bar/bat mitzvah, marria...
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HACKENSACK, N.J. - Jonnie Sofer used to dread the Jewish High Holy Days. Year after year, she traipsed to synagogue, feeling a heavy sense of obligation but little fervor for one of the most introspective and widely observed holidays in Judaism.
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Islam and Judaism will each begin celebrating one of their holiest holidays this week: Ramadan and Rosh Hashana, respectively. Ramadan begins tonight or Thursday, depending on the sighting of the new crescent moon. For the next four weeks, Muslims worldwide will honor the holy month by avoiding food and water from sunrise to sunset and reading and reciting scripture from the Koran. In Lewiston, 300 to 500 Muslims will gather at the Lewiston-Auburn Islamic Center every night to pray and break the daily fast.
