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Hebrew course piques Iranian Jews’ interest

Karmel Melamed November 16, 2007

Also known as \”Read Hebrew America,\” the course has been picked up by nearly 700 synagogues in North America during last 10 years through the National Jewish Outreach Program (NJOP), a nonprofit organization based in New York. The objective is to promote Hebrew learning among American and Canadian Jews who have lost touch with their Jewish identities. While this is the first year Nessah has participated in the program, its leaders said the free Hebrew course has attracted more than 600 local Iranian Jews to its first three sessions.

Nourish Your Soul With a Helping of Jewish Learning

Michele Alperin August 24, 2006

Many Reform Jews express their connection with the divine through social action and tikkun olam, fixing God\’s world. While all of these are also part of my own life as a Jew, it is study that nourishes my rationalist-traditionalist soul and links me to another realm.

Food for Thought

Rabbi Daniel Greyber April 13, 2006

Scientists will tell you that the senses of smell and taste are most strongly associated with memory. I think eating resembles what learning the Passover story should be — we allow something from outside of ourselves to enter us; we \”digest it\” and change it (it is we who must tell the story so that our children can hear it) and it changes us and nourishes us and stays with us forever.

Bonding Over Torah

Jane Ulman January 12, 2006

Generally taught once a year, with 10 to 20 girls enrolled per class, the program affords mothers and daughters special time together. It also introduces the girls to peers from other schools, allowing them to view bat mitzvah as a more universal experience.

Intense Me’ah Gets High Marks

Penny Schwartz, JTA January 5, 2006

Me\’ah, which began in 1994 with 50 students in greater Boston, is also now being offered in Baltimore, Cleveland, Rhode Island, Florida, New Jersey and New York.

The World of Do-It-Yourself Judaism

Gaby Wenig December 30, 2004

So is it possible to squeeze 5,765 years of history, culture, law and food into a 380-page book? Yes! While academics might snub their noses, the books actually can teach both the idiot and the dummy quite a bit about Judaism.

Divining Prayer

Amy Hirshberg Lederman September 25, 2003

Writer Amy Hirshberg Lederman became obsessed with learning Hebrew, spending every hour of the day — in the classroom, on the streets, at home, even in her sleep.

The Whole Kingdom

Gaby Wenig February 27, 2003

When Ahuva Goldstein attended Yeshiva Rav Isacsohn Torath Emeth in 1960, she had five students in her sixth-grade class.

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