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1 day ago · Jews played a prominent role, and were among the pioneers of Oakland in the 1850s. In the early years, the Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society, founded in 1862, was the religious, social, and charitable center of the community. The first synagogue, the First Hebrew Congregation of Oakland, was founded in 1875.
4 days ago · Hasidic Judaism is a Jewish faith community that dates back to the mid-1700s. It started in Medzhybizh, in what is today western Ukraine, and, with its emphasis on prayer, meditation, closeness to God, and kabbalistic teachings, ushered in a spiritual awakening that swept the Jewish world. By the early 1800s, more than half of Eastern Europe ...
1 day ago · When Did Jews Settle on the Seven-Day Week? It was only in the early-to-mid first millennium BCE that both the ancient Babylonians and the ancient Hebrews began dividing their lunar months into seven-day periods. A volvelle, meant for calculating new months, in Hebrew, from Germany ca 1722. Library of Congress. Chapter 23 of Leviticus states:
1 day ago · 1894: During an interview today, Mrs. Esther J. Ruskay, defended a paper she presented at to a cross section of Jewish women at Temple Emanu-El in which she “declared that among the Jews of America there was no family life because parents had allowed themselves to drift away from the time honored observances of their faith.”
6 days ago · Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)-Hebrew & Hebrew-Ladino dictionary. Includes about 50,000 entries from the dictionary "Lashon me-Aspamia" and hundreds of new entries and additional content. Launched in 2012. Hebrew: title: אוצר הלשון הספניולית (לדינו) לדורותיה : מילון מקיף היסטורי
- Gabriel Mordoch
- 2009
3 days ago · The State of Israel that was established in 1948 was not the first Jewish state in history. Looking back into the past of ancient Israel, when we think of a Jewish government or kingdom, what typically comes to mind is King David or King Solomon, centrally located in a palace based in Jerusalem. The fact is, however, there was not just one ...
1 day ago · A novelist has to, or he’s built himself a cage. I write about Jews, when I write about Jews, because they set my imagination going. I know something about their history, the quality of their experience and belief. . . . The point I am making is that I was born in America and respond, in American life, to more than Jewish experience.” (89)
