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But first, I want to put these prizes in context, beginning with a word about shabbat, shmita’s temporal Jewish sibling. The world needs shabbat right now. We need boundaries. We need rest. We need time when we switch off electronics. We need at least one day that we don’t buy stuff. We need at least one day that we spend with family and friends. After a boundary-less year of covid, our need for some kind of structured shabbat has never been greater. And so, then, to shmita. The word means...

Keshira haLev Fife is well known in the Jewish community of her native Pittsburgh, where she conducts Shabbat services and Hebrew school classes. But she’s not your average prayer leader or educator. As a self-described “proud Jewish woman of color,” she said she “sprinkles, sparkles, disrupts expectations and offers blessings in the service of the Divine.” She is a kohenet (Hebrew priestess), part of a small but growing international movement of mostly queer women, including self-d...

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Keshira haLev Fife is well known in the Jewish community of her native Pittsburgh, where she conducts Shabbat services and Hebrew school classes.

Don’t call them ‘fringe’: Innovative Jewish groups seek respect from the mainstream February 18, 2021 12:56 pm Keshira haLev Fife, a kohenet (Hebrew priestess), is the founder and leader of Kesher Pittsburgh, an independent, post-denominational Jewish community. (Courtesy of Fife) Advertisement (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Keshira haLev Fife is well known in the Jewish community of her native Pittsburgh, where she conducts Shabbat services and Hebrew schoo...

Apartments sold and rented Second-hand apartments sold Jerusalem and environs Jerusalem: A 138-sq.m. four-room, second floor apartment with a balcony, elevator and parking on Rachel Imenu St. in Old Katamon was sold for NIS 4.45 million. A 85-sq.m., four-room, third floor apartment with parking on Hamachteret St. in Armon Hanatziv was sold for NIS 1.25 million (RE-MAX - Hazon). Tel Aviv and central region Tel Aviv: A 116-sq.m. five-room, 10th floor apartment with a balcony, storage room, eleva...

Jewish leaders need to step up on climate change The Jewish world’s environmentalist engagement of three decades ago is overdue for a revival. Photo by Karsten Winegeart/Unsplash/Creative Commons February 3, 2021 (RNS) — As the Biden administration gears up to combat climate change, I’d like to see the leaders of my religious community at the forefront of those rallying to the cause.  It’s not as if the Jewish rank and file are unconcerned. Back in 2014, a PRRI survey fou...

The Exile to Come It is often said that the foundation of the state of Israel represents “ Reishit Tzmichat Geulateinu,” the first flowering of our redemption, the long-awaited bookend to close out the centuries of Jewish exile that began in the year 70 AD with the sacking of the Temple in Jerusalem at the hands of the Romans. It is pretty to think of Israel as such, but it is almost certainly untrue. It is more likely that the first flowering of our redemption will turn out to have been a ...