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Seven Torahs disappear from Kew Gardens Hills temple
New York police are investigating the disappearance of several Torahs from a Kew Gardens Hills temple, police said. Seven Torahs were reported missing Saturday morning from the Jewish Center of Kew Gardens Hills at 71-35 Main St., a police spokesman...Tags: Police Investigations, Police, Kew Gardens Hills, New York, Kew Gardens
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2 congregations become 1
Sun reporterTwo area Jewish congregations that are facing declining or aging populations will officially become one today, and are celebrating the merger with the dedication and consecration of their Torah scrolls. With the 11 a.m ceremony, Kol Ami of Annapolis...Tags: Restructuring and Recapitalization, Heavy Engineering, Religious Leaders, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Annapolis
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What is a synagogue, anyway?
Forum Publishing GroupBelonging to a synagogue wasn't a big deal in my family while growing up. Oh, we were very Jewish, at least in the kitchen. Mom kept it kosher. Two sets of dishes and silverware, cuts of meat from Malke the butcher, poultry from the live chicken farm, and...Tags: Yom Kippur, Long Island, Religious Festivals, Florida, Music
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Torah thefts stymie Jewish community
ST. LOUIS — A Torah scroll valued at about $30,000 that was reported stolen from a St. Louis-area synagogue is one of a handful of Torah scrolls stolen in the last year in the U.S., mystifying police and the Jewish community. Speculation on a...Tags: Assault, Crimes, Religious Texts, Religious Leaders, Judaism
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Broward County: Beth Torah's Gen-X Club plans outing to GameWorks
The Gen-X Club at Tamarac's Temple Beth Torah is hosting a get-together at GameWorks, in the Oasis section of Sawgrass Mills. A social club for those born between 1963 and 1983, X-ers will gather at 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the lobby of GameWorks. "We...Tags: Billiards, Snooker and Pool, Game Playing, Sawgrass Mills, Religious Texts
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Students donate to bomb shelter
South Florida Sun-SentinelTiny fingers struggled to hold up the bulky, poster-board $1,000 check replica that preschoolers from the Wiston Family Torah Tots Early Childhood Learning Center in Boynton Beach were about to donate. The crayon check with colorful handprints to denote...Tags: Boynton Beach, Religious Texts, Boca Raton
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4 filmmakers focus on sex and religion
' Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' **** All Roman Polanski has to do is show up on-screen, as he did playing a French policeman in "Rush Hour 3," and he brings with him a world of weaselly self-amusement and criminally loose morals. That's his...Tags: Music Theater, Gene Siskel, Orthodoxy, Music Box Theatre, Minority Groups
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Hollywood meets the Holy Land
PATRICK GOLDSTEININ HOLLYWOOD, a town full of Jews, there's a long-standing tradition to be in denial about being Jewish. Asked once why he never made films about Jewish characters, Louis B. Mayer complained: "Rabbis don't look dramatic." When Hitler was killing Jews in...Tags: Adam Sandler, Massacres, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Jeremy Piven, William Morris
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Jews' faith journey leads from Uganda to L.A. and back
The music was distinctly African, driven by pulsing drums and lively melodies. But the lyrics were in Hebrew, sung by a diminutive rabbi with coal-black skin and a yarmulke as colorful as its history. The high-spirited conga-line sashaying through...Tags: Bible, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Religious Leaders, West Hills, Game Playing
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Duel in the Sun
South Florida Sun-SentinelFlorida is poised to play a major role in the outcome of the next presidential election, once again. Will the state's delegates be seated? Which candidate will capture the considerable South Florida Jewish vote? The three central players in the political...Tags: Democracy, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Boynton Beach, Elections
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In Boca Raton, Obama pledges unwavering support for Israel
The Associated PressSen. Barack Obama on Thursday promised "an unshakable commitment to Israel's security" as he sought to reassure doubtful Jewish voters. He also said he hopes to help improve relations between American blacks and Jews. In a passionate appearance at a...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Elections, Illinois, Political Candidates, Florida
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Republican leaders attempt to drive a wedge between Barack Obama and Jewish voters
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsState Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Boca Raton, today led a Republican Party attack on Barack Obama???s scheduled visit Thursday to a synagogue in south Palm Beach County. Hasner, the Florida House majority leader, told reporters in a telephone conference call........Tags: Dan Gelber, National Government, Terrorism, Heads of State, Elections
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