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Read more: September 2026 / Tishrei 5787 Program Inspiration Ideas
September 2026 / Tishrei 5787 Program Inspiration Ideas
Legend For Types of Event Ideas:🫂 = Idea for Diversified program🧿 = Idea for Jewish Culture and Holidays program📖 = Idea for Jewish Learning program🌱 = Idea for Tikkun Olam…
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Read more: Where Will Our Journey Take Us
Where Will Our Journey Take Us
INTRODUCTION: The idea of journeys is important in Judaism. In two different Torah portions we read of our Biblical Ancestors embarking on journeys and documenting their journeys. Do you always…
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Read more: Balancing in a Sometimes Divided World
Balancing in a Sometimes Divided World
INTRODUCTION: Judaism values open dialogue and debate.Most of the Talmud (Jewish law) consists of the rabbis explaining their differing opinions on many different topics.While there may ultimately be one law…
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Read more: The Jewish Community of Venezuela
The Jewish Community of Venezuela
INTRODUCTION: History of Jews in Venezuela (Information gleaned from World Jewish Congress) Current Jewish life in Venezuela Orge Castellano, Times of Israel, Article after the Surfside Apartment Devastation in which…
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Read more: The Jews of Spain
The Jews of Spain
Facts about Jews in Spain, World Jewish Congress – Jews arrived in Madrid during the Roman period and expanded during the Visigoth and Muslim eras. (5th-8th centuries).– Under Muslim rule,…
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Read more: Astrology in Jewish Tradition
Astrology in Jewish Tradition
INTRODUCTION: The relationship between Judaism and Astrology can be complex. On the one hand, the study of planets, constellations, astrology, and horoscopes were seen as outside the realm of Judaism and not something to learn about. On the…
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Read more: Local Lulav and Etrog Making
Local Lulav and Etrog Making
OVERVIEW: On Sukkot, we are commanded to shake the lulav and etrog. This tradition is beautiful and fun but the carbon emissions it takes to import the lulav and etrog…
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Read more: Why Do We Fast on Yom Kippur
Why Do We Fast on Yom Kippur
INTRODUCTION: The idea of Fasting on Yom Kippur comes from the Torah: וְהָ יְתָ ָ֥ ה לָכֶ ֶ֖ם לְ חֻ קַּ ַּ֣ ת עֹולָ ָ֑ם בַּ ח ַּ֣ דֶ ׁש…
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Read more: Using the Foods of Rosh Hashanah to Teach About the Holiday
Using the Foods of Rosh Hashanah to Teach About the Holiday
KNOW: Participants will walk away learning foods associated with Rosh Hashanah. They will also understand how the foods are associated with the themes. FEEL: They will feel full with yummy foods. They…
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Read more: Alternative Tashlich
Alternative Tashlich
INTRODUCTION: Tashlich is a ritual done in the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur where Jews symbolically cast away their sins of their past year into a body of…
