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IM Issue 121 – March 2018

Poland Tries to Curb Holocaust Speech — Israel Fights Back Even as international pressure mounted on Poland to back away from a new law that would make it illegal to blame Poles for crimes committed by Nazi Germany, the Senate passed the legislation. The bill, which sets prison penalties for using phrases like “Polish death camps” to refer to concentration camps set up by the Nazis, is subject to the approval of President Andrzej Duda. Supporters are urging him to sign it, even at the risk of rupturing relations with Israel and the United States. In response, Mr. Duda said that he would review the legislation closely before deciding whether to sign, but he added that he was “absolutely outraged” that the Israeli ambassador had criticized the legislation during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp on Polish soil. “I don’t…

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Video Torah

March 3 – Parshat Ki Tisa: Seeing the Golden Calf

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. Video Torah is created by BimBam (formerly G-dcast), a non-profit production company dedicated to raising worldwide Jewish literacy using the tools and storytelling style that speak to today’s youth. Click the triangle on the picture to view and listen. {source} <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/zTck2s1N5Pc?rel=0" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>     {/source}

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Rabbi's Corner

Lies and Truths

Lies and Truths

It might seem strange that we are at a point in time that we need to talk about telling the truth, but we are clearly at that point in time.

The Torah says: “You must not carry false rumors; you shall not join hands with the guilty to act as a malicious witness.” (Exodus 23:1)

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President's Message

February 2018:

As some of you may know, we are now beginning to prepare our committee and synagogue-wide budget for our next fiscal year. This is a complicated process that involves many hours from our volunteers, who are tasked with developing a balanced budget each year. Our synagogue’s budget is funded primarily through our dues charges however we do run fundraisers throughout the year to help to cover some of our operational costs. (more…)

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February 24 – Parshat Tetzaveh: Priestly Gold is the New Black

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February 17 – Parshat Terumah: The Mishkan: Some Assembly Required

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Odds & Ends

TWO STATE | ONE STATE | NO STATE

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. Published on February 7th, 2018 | by LedgerOnline Point/Counterpoint TWO STATE | ONE STATE | NO STATE Which solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict works best…or works at all?   Trump’s No-State Solution By the Jewish Ledger Editorial Board Early on in Michael Wolff’s controversial but totally plausible tell-all book Fire and Fury, there appears a conversation from January of last year between Roger Ailes, lately head of Fox News, and Steve Bannon, newly named White House strategist.           “Does he get it?” asked Ailes suddenly, pausing and looking intently at Bannon.           He meant did Trump get it…Did the playboy billionaire really get the workingman populist cause? But it was possibly a point-blank question about the nature of…

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February 10 – Parshat Mishpatim: What The Bible Says About Money Lending

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Odds & Ends

Pesah Guide for 5777

The opinions expressed on this webpage represent those of the individual authors and, unless clearly labeled as such, do not represent the opinions or policies of TBS. THE RABBINICAL ASSEMBLY PESAH GUIDE1 The Committee on Jewish Law & Standards (CJLS) Kashrut Subcommittee2 Introduction by Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, Chair, CJLS Stories play a key role in identifying a religion or nation, especially the ones at the center of a community’s history and ritual, the ones taught to members of the community from an early age and repeated often by adults in rituals and prayers. Such master stories express in easily understandable and emotionally compelling terms a community’s understanding of its origins, its values, and its goals. If one were to compare the view of life and humanity embedded in the master stories of, for example, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism – and the United States, China, and Israel – one would…

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