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Hebrew Calendar 2024 to 2025
This is the Hebrew calendar produced by the International Israelite Board of Rabbis. It includes all Torah readings, Holy Days, and Yarzeit Dates.
September 8, 2023
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25th Wedding Anniversary
Rabbi Debra Bowen and her husband, Dr. Earl Bowen, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in style at Congregation Temple Beth El synagogue in Philadelphia. They
August 18, 2023
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ICVC Graduation Recognition
July 25, 2023 Shalom Family & Friends, Once again, the ICGC presents our annual Israelite Community Graduation Celebration! Throughout our community, there are several individuals
August 18, 2023
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Black Jewish Relations
March On Washington 60th Anniversary
The International Israelite Board of Rabbis supports the March on Washington today as we did sixty years ago. Rabbi Sholomo Levy and Rabbi Eliyahu LaPrince are leading delegations of Israelites to Washington, D.C., from August 25th to August 27th.
August 18, 2023
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Mayor of Chicago Visits Black Synagogue
The newly elected Mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, paid a visit to Chief Rabbi Capers Funnye at Beth Shalom Bnai Zaken synagogue. The visit was part of the mayor’s initiative to foster interfaith dialogue and cooperation in the city.
May 25, 2023
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Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu
Listen to the Silence
Our lives are punctuated by one simple thing, noise. Life begins with the
clattering noise of monitors and talking in the delivery room. Life ends with the
abrasive, resounding, definitive thudding sound, unlike any other, that we
encounter as mounds of dirt are thrown onto the caskets. It is no longer from dust
thou art but “from noise thou art to noise thou shall return!1
I am yearning for
silence!
May 25, 2023
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Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu
The Perfection of Beauty
There are many things and people that one may consider beautiful. Some
people would say that the Somali model Iman, actor Haile Berry or the sight of an
African bride adorned for her husband are quite beautiful. Still others may cast
their vote for the majestic heights of Mount Kilimanjaro, the sweeping beauty of
the Swiss Alps on a pristine winter day or the majesty of the many life forms and
foliage of the Costa Rican rainforest. My personal list would include…
May 25, 2023
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Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu
Abraham Rose Early in the Morning
How does your day begin? Do you hit the alarm snooze button or roll over one
more time? The important codification of law, (רוּךָע ןָח ְלׁ ֻש (the Shulchan Aruch,
opens with this: “בבוקר לעמוד כארי יתגבר “one should strengthen herself like a lion to
get up in the morning.”
May 25, 2023
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Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu
A Memorial and A Name
Isaiah chapters 40-66 is concerned with the return to Israel after the Babylonian
captivity. Some of exiled Israelites were reluctant to return because they had obtained a
level of prosperity and comfort in Babylon but Isaiah encourages them to return by
invoking that everyone from the wealthy to the destitute and displaced had a place in the
newly repatriated land.
May 25, 2023
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Rabbi Malchah Netanyahu
New Magazine Announcement
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May 25, 2023
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