We will be having many guests from Israel visiting our congregations such as Rabbi Gilad Kariv , Exec Director of the Israel Reform movement; Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon , Rabbi of Yozma Congregation in Modi'in; Yair Lootsteen, President of Kol Hanishama Congregation in Jerusalem. Check with your congregation to see what Israel program is being planned for the week and watch for special editions of our newsletter during that week.
Women of the Wall to celebrate 25th Anniversary
Women of the Wall have continued to fight for religious freedom and women's rights at the Western Wall. As Women of the Wall, our central mission is to achieve the social and legal recognition of our right, as women, to wear prayer shawls, pray, and read from the Torah collectively and out loud at the Western Wall. Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Women of the Wall, November 4, 2013.
In conjunction with ARZA Australia, ARZA Canada members are being offered a chance to experience Yom Hashoah in Poland and Yom Hazikaron/Yom Ha'atzmaut in Israel. A fully guided Reform Movement trip of a life time.
April 23, 2014 - May 7, 2014
Comprehensive and educational itineraries in Poland and Israel For more information contact les@arzacanada.org
Respond to the British Methodist boycott of Israel.
The British Methodist church is considering a boycott of Israel and has an online survey to collect opinions.You're welcome to tell the British Methodists why boycotting Israel is immoral and runs counter to the peace process and welfare of Palestinians.
Israelis continue to appear prominently in the list of Nobel Prize winners.Two Israelis working in the US were awarded this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry.Impressively for a small country - 6 of 23 Nobel Prize winners for chemistry during the past decade are Israeli.
The latest Nobel laureates, Arieh Warshel and Michael Levitt, announced Wednesday, mark Israel's fifth and sixth winners of the chemistry prize in under a decade.
In his new book. "Like Dreamers", Yossi Klein Halevi tells the history of Israel through the lives of 7 paratroopers who liberated the Old City in the Six Day War. Although they went in different directions, from traditional kibbutznik to radical settler, Halevi shows the commonality in their disparate stories - a source of optimism for the future of Zionism and Israel.
Halevi stands out as a staunch but practical Zionist, with a love of Judaism and a strong streak of empathy for his fellow human beings, as evidenced in this description of an altercation in his neighbourhood, in which he intervened on behalf of a young Arab man and his Jewish girlfriend.
Archaeologists discovered a two thousand year old tunnel leading form the Temple Mount to the City of David. The impressive tunnel, large enough to walk in, was built by the Romans for rain water drainage.
The IDF uncovered a sophisticated tunnel leading from Gaza to an Israeli kibbutz - ready for a terrorist attack. The tunnel was built with cement supplied by Israel for civil construction in Gaza.
Israeli-born Natalie Portman will direct a film version of the epic autobiography by Amos Oz - A Tale of Love and Darkness.Portman will also play the role of Amos Oz's mother
Finance Minister Yair Lapid Speaks at the Hungarian Parliament
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid made an astonishing speech to Hungary's Parliament on anti-Semitism, incorporating the story of his father, former Israeli Justice Minister Tommy Lapid.
A Word of Hebrew
Feeling tight for cash these days? Here are a few words and expressions related to money (or lack thereof):
Cheap, a bargain - zol (זול)
Broke (lit. choked) - chanuk (חנוק)
What a cheapskate - eizeh kamtzan (איזה קמצן) or, more slang, eizeh boonker (איזה בונקר)
Make ends meet (lit. get to the end of the month) - ligmor et ha-chodesh (לגמור את החודש)
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