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Paris Jewish Center Destroyed by Arson
Carole Raphaelle Davis
August 26, 2004
A Jewish community center in Paris that serves kosher meals to the poor was set on fire early Sunday morning. The soup kitchen, a converted synagogue on the ground floor of a five-story residential building on the Rue Popincourt in Paris\’ 11th District was partially destroyed. Anti-Semitic graffiti, Nazi symbols and references to Islam were found on the center\’s walls.
Passion of Pesach
Rabbi Michael Beals
April 1, 2004
In my junior year at UC Berkeley, I brought an Egyptian co-resident from International House named Khalid to Purim services.
This was my gesture toward international understanding and cultural appreciation between Muslim and Jew. What a disaster!
What’s in a Name?
Rabbi Lisa Edwards
January 22, 2004
When Jews come across the biblical name for God — spelled yod-hay-vav-hay in Hebrew — custom teaches us to substitute the term Adonai ("my Lord"), for according to Jewish tradition those letters are the unpronounceable name of God.
Light One Candle
Marlene Adler Marks
December 6, 2001
By rights, this should be a one-candle Chanukah.
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