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By Judith Fein Photos by Paul Ross Update: The Jewish community in Bayreuth Germany has chosen to run this article on their website at ikgbayreuth.de About ten years ago, a fellow opera lover gave me a DVD of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. I had little interest in the
by Corinne Joy Brown In the rarefied world of Jewish mysticism, the study of Kabbalah and its sacred texts immediately come to mind, unlike methods of secular divination such as astrology, the reading of tea leaves, or the interpretation of Tarot cards. Until now. Thanks to the research of Stav
By Bonnie Ellinger One of the very appealing kibbutz customs is the assigning of a “family” to newcomers. The families are usually long-time kibbutz members who volunteer to be welcoming insiders to facilitate the absorption into the kibbutz of new arrivals. My Zionist youth group friends and I, on a
by Michael Wald Ron Winger is now ten months into a two-year term as president of the Jewish Community Center of Albuquerque, following a long career as a senior health care leader. He has been President/CEO at both profit and nonprofit hospitals/health systems around the country, including St.