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Greetinz!!! I'm a no nonsense educated skilled professional dancer, artist, model, scholar & businesswoman. I'm just here expressing myself. This page is a mature, artistic, cultural, religious, political work in progress... If you're here only looking to talk about sex and/or romance, then don't bother me!?! :/

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What Is Mussar? | My Jewish Learning

musar,mussar,musar movement,mussar movement,israel salanter,Slabodka, Navaradok,rabbi louis jacobs

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It's Time for Synagogues to Be More Accessible for Jews with Disabilities

My sister and I used to talk during synagogue services without making a sound. We achieved this magical feat by reading each other’s lips. We had an advantage: We were both born profoundly deaf and raised to lip-read and speak. Services were especially boring because we could only follow half of wha

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What Makes a Good Jew? For Many, It's Tikkun Olam | Hadassah Magazine

Civic engagement—ensuring that a congregation’s public actions reflect Jewish values—allows Jews to embrace the values of Torah both inside and outside the synagogue walls.

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Everything You Need For a Super Sweet New Year – Kveller

Rosh Hashanah is swiftly approaching — this year, it begins on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 29. And what better way is there to usher in the Jewish New Year than buying a boatload of sweet gifts? Across the globe, Jews will celebrate the year 5780 with sliced apples, jars of honey, and pomegranates galore. …

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At Mega Challah Bake, all you 'knead' is flour and a little prayer – J.

There was a flurry of motion as 300 hands reached for flour, added yeast to bowls and carefully cracked dozens and dozens of eggs. None of the women and girls seemed to know exactly what they were doing, but they were all game to give it a go at the annual Mega Challah Bake run …

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As the new year approaches, we must turn away from indifference – J.

The Torah column is supported by a generous donation from Eve Gordon-Ramek. Ki Teitzei Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19 There is a story told about Rabbi Aharon Kotler, a prominent 20th-century scholar who knew that as a public figure, his behavior was constantly scrutinized. One evening, when Rabbi Kotler entered the synagogue he was observed giving money to a beggar. …

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10 Hosting Hacks to Make Shabbat Dinner Easier – Kveller

I host Shabbat dinners often, easily a majority of the Friday nights in a year unless it’s one of the occasional but glorious dates when we’re invited to someone else’s house. Yes, glorious. While I love the satisfaction of providing a good meal and Shabbat experience for my family and other families, I can’t adequately …

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Captive Among the Gentiles - Tablet Magazine

Literary critic Adam Kirsch is reading a page of Talmud a day, along with Jews around the world. It’s impossible to study the Talmud for long without learning that the ultimate punishment in Jewish law is karet—literally, being “cut off.” Ordinary sins are punished by lashes, and certain serious crimes such as murder call for the death penalty; but …

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Always Home, by Ian Ewing

6 track album

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WT.PRT_14.8_カセットバージョン, by Knxwledge.

12 track album

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God Help Me (feat. Black Milk, Ketchphraze & DJ Los), by Apollo Brown

from the album Sincerely, Detroit

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Mèdaho, by Kaleta & Super Yamba Band

9 track album

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Much "Foreign Aid" Is Taxpayer-Funded Plundering of the Global South

Foreign aid is largely being used to protect and enrich U.S. businesses, exploiting host countries’ resources.

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More People Are Voting -- But 1,688 Polling Places Have Closed in 6 Years

A wave of polling place closures has swept 13 states since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.

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Another Crowded Democratic Debate, Another Chance to Gloss Over the Issues

Key issues will get short shrift in this debate -- but the dynamics between candidates will be worth watching.

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In Chicago, Survivors of Police Violence Heal Through Song

The Freedom Songbook workshop was designed to provide a creative safe space for survivors in Black communities.

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Unjust, Coercive Police Interviews Are Traumatizing Children of Color

Child protective agencies are using unjust law enforcement tactics against Black and Brown children.