AFP
YouTube and an e-mail take Gregorian Chant into 21st CenturyAFP -11 hours agoUniversal executive Tom Lewis said the company had detected an upsurge in interest in Gregorian chant — one of the oldest forms of western music dating as …
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Week of sacred verseJerusalem Post, Israel -20 hours agoWith its goals of furthering a Jewish identity that is both inclusive and accessible, the Avi Chai Foundation has been lubricating the gears of the piyut …
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Canada.com
Sarah Silverman a hot commodityCanada.com, Canada -6 hours agoQ: While we're on the subject of delis, what sort of response did you get to putting yourself on the jdate Jewish computer dating service? (OK, I admit it, …
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NJT play explores faith and marriageSt.Louis Jewishlight.com, MO -19 hours agoBen feels being Jewish is a "mixed bag." His sister Ilene chastises him for never dating anyone Jewish and he mocks her for her failed marriage to a Jewish…
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Seven days of shiva - who has the time?Globe and Mail, Canada -20 hours agoJordan Benjamin, director of Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, a long-established Jewish funeral home in Toronto, estimates about 10 per cent of shivas …
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Good and Bad Poll News for ObamaNew Republic (subscription), DC -12 hours ago… they also are more likely to disapprove of interracial dating, and are more concerned about the threat that immigrants may pose to American values. …
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Aisle seats: Arts picks for the weekArizona Daily Star, AZ -2 hours agoThe Tokyo has a long relationship with the Friends, dating back to the nearly 40-year-old quartet's second transcontinental tour. The quartet's last Tucson …
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Synagogue restoration nears completionJerusalem Post, Israel -5 hours agoBy ETGAR LEFKOVITS It was a focal point of Jewish spiritual and cultural life in Jerusalem. It hosted the installation of the Ashkenazi chief rabbis of …
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Poway synagogue dedicates a sanctuary to call homeNorth County Times, CA -4 hours agoFor the Jewish people, sanctuary has been central to their ability to feel safe in worship. For the first time in 20 years, Poway's Temple Adat Shalom …
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nextbook
Pearl Buck breathes life into a disappearing Chinese communitynextbook, NY -16 hours agoIts opulent synagogue, dating back to 1163, was maintained largely by the Zhao clan. Here again Buck has done her research; like other Jewish families, …
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