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Be’chol Lashon Newsletter: July 2010
On the day of the grand opening of the Tobin Health Center in Mbale, Uganda, health professionals were already hard at work treating patients inside. The center was open for business, marked by a lively celebration featuring musical performances and speakers. Watch the podcast | Read the article
the Forward asked a diverse group of Jewish thinkers and communal activists from around the world to weigh in and address the following question: How should North America’s Jewish community be thinking about its priorities and purposes in funding Jewish needs abroad?
The Israel Institute for Conversion Policy aims to draw potential converts into the process by providing an encouraging attitude through legislation and to spark a more robust halachic debate that shows a welcoming attitude to converts.
As the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School’s first year draws to a close, its classrooms are filled with a broad range of students. Perhaps surprisingly, the school has become one of the most racially mixed charter schools in the city.
Avi, who is African American, was adopted by white parents as an infant and raised in a Jewish home (his family attends Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley). He has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, in addition to language-based learning disabilities.
At the height of his musical success and while indulging in all the material abundance Hollywood had to offer, Yoseph Robinson chanced upon a Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch edition of the Chumash. Yoseph's life was transformed.
U.S. basketball star Amar'e Stoudemire landed in Israel on Wednesday for a voyage of discovery after learning he has Jewish roots. Stoudemire's agent said the New York Knicks forward was planning a weeklong visit to learn about the country and explore its religions.
"That we're a diverse community made up of Jews from all over the world is a positive thing, but it makes it difficult to create common ground," says Erica Lyons, an ex-lawyer from New York who moved to Hong Kong eight years ago.
Lost brothers? Some 4,000 residents of a remote village called Bani Israel in Senegal are claiming they are of Jewish descent, according to an article published by the official Senegalese news agency.
The Centro de Terapia Integral Para la Familia megachurch has morphed into a Sephardic, Orthodox Jewish community, with daycare, a Hebrew school and kosher market, claiming an ancestry that makes them more returnees than converts.  FILMThese Are My Names "These Are My Names" is a documentary produced by Ruth Mason exploring the experiences and identity conflicts of Ethiopian Jews through the prism of their original names. The film also delves into issues arising from the experience of changing their meaningful names and sense of self-identification.  BOOKSEmancipation: How Liberating Europe's Jews from the Ghetto Led to Revolution and Renaissance For almost 500 years the Jews of Europe were kept apart, confined to ghettos or tiny villages. Then, in one extraordinary moment in the French Revolution, the Jews of France were emancipated. Soon the ghetto gates were opened all over Europe. The era of Emancipation had begun, and it would change the course of history.  MUSIC VIDEOAgas "Agas," featuring David Dan, a Jewish Jamaican singer from the UK, explores relationships, confusion, finding true love and having faith in G-d. The music video was recorded in the UK as a part of the "Light It Up" project.
92YTribeca is proud to partner with Judios Latinos for a very special exhibition of work from emerging Latin artists. Based on the conflict that arises from belonging to two worlds at once, DUALITY showcases multi-disciplinary work from Tamara Bogolasky, Jessica Kaire, Mirta Kupferminc, Denise Flasz, Karen Dana, Jennifer Renee Caden Merdjan, Marcos Bucay, and Liora Rimoch.
Celebrate Sukkot at beautiful Walker Creek Ranch in Petaluma. Kids camp, adult workshops, sports, arts & crafts, cooking classes, swimming, and much, much more! Click here to register.
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