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by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise the ensign to gather our exiles, and gather us from the four corners of the earth.

In honor of it being International Women's Day, I'd like to perform a little experiment with you. What first comes to mind when someone asks you to describe an Israeli woman? A tough kibbutznikit? A beauty in army uniform? Golda Meir?

Last week, Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, and Peter Weidhorn, Chairman of the Board of the URJ, sent the following email to presidents and rabbis of URJ Congregations.

What do a religious school pajama party and a

People began lining up in front of the United States Supreme Court building 36 hours in advance of Tuesday's oral arguments in McDonald v. Chicago, a case challenging Chicago's longstanding ban on handguns within city limits.

In Leviticus 19:33-34, we read, "When strangers sojourn with you in your land, you shall not do them wrong.

This morning, Dawn Johnsen was voted out of the Senate Judiciary Committee along party lines--for the second time.

Last night, Senator Lieberman filed an amendment to a job creation bill in the Senate that has little if nothing to do with jobs, but instead would extend the DC school voucher program that has not served students well, and threatens the separation of church

There was a rare flash of good news about Sudan recently.

Rabbi Eleanor Steinman serves Temple Sinai Congregation in Toronto. This post originally appeared on her personal blog and is republished with permission.

The Brickner Seminar convened by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism and CLAL reminded me why