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January 2020
Please join us for a Screening of The Ceremony at Auschwitz, Poland: Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Liberation. This event is free to attend
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The story of an American Jewish comedian bringing his colleagues to the Jewish homeland to lift spirits and raise funds for a great cause is none other than Avi Liberman’s Land of Milk and Funny. Described by The Times of Israel as “both sidesplitting and moving,” this hilarious and revealing film details stand-up comedian Avi Liberman’s [...]
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Tu BiShvat or Tu B'Shevat or Tu B'Shvat occurs on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. It is also called "The New Year of the Trees" or (Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot). Tu BiShvat is one of four "New Years" mentioned in the Mishnah.
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Purim ("lots", from the word pur, related to Akkadian pūru) commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot by Haman, a story recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther).
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Passover (Pesach) commemorates the story of the Exodus, in which the ancient Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar, which is in spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and is celebrated for seven or eight days. It is one of the most [...]
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Holocaust Remembrance Day "Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day" known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is observed as Israel's day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews and five million others who perished in the Holocaust as a result of the [...]
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Israel’s Independence Day – Yom HaAtzma’ut
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The festival of Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage; Shabhuʿoth in Classical and Mizrahi Hebrew "Weeks") occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire Israelite nation assembled at Mount Sinai, although the association between the [...]
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