What does Judaism look like with 400 years without Rabbis or Jewish books?

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Unpacked on Hasidism

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Teshuvah Unpacked with Rabbi Shua Katz

Survival Strategies: Confronting Hate in Jewish History

Live at Congregation Ahavat Torah in Englewood at 9:30 am, Sunday August 3

Or join us via Zoom Webinar at 6:15 pm at Congregation Darchei Noam.

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Release date: Tuesday, August 5

Working as a mining engineer in a remote part of northern Portugual, Samuel Schwarz made a remarkable discovery: despite four hundred years of persecution by the Inquisition, several thousand people secretly retained their allegiances to Judaism. Cut off from the world population of Jews, these Crypto-Jews initially refused to believe that this French-trained engineer from an Orthodox family in Poland could possibly share their faith, until he recited the Shema Yisraelprayer before the village elder, who pronounced him “one of ours.” This book, translated for the first time into English, is his account of how the Crypto-Jews maintained their faith in the face of overwhelming opposition, with a treatment of their rituals and a large selection of their prayers.

Something for the 9 Days

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Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/hNli4Id6wWA?feature=share

YouTube members: a second presentation is planned for 6:15 pm via Zoom (interactive). Please see your Community Tab for the link.

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Release Scheduled for 11 Av/5 August

From a recent issue of the Queens Jewish Link

(click here to read the full article)

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Hasidm, Mitnagdim and Maskilim (Lecture delivered at the JLI National Jewish Retreat)

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Tisha B’Av at Congregation Ahavat Torah, Englewood NJ

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Coming Soon: Discovering the Crypto-Jews of Portugal

How to distinguish legitimate criticism from simple hatred.

Looking forward to discussing the history of Jerusalem!

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