VAYIKRa – Calling out vs merely happening | Parashat Vayikra

What book would you use to begin teaching Judaism to a child? According to tradition, it is none other than "Leviticus." This middle book of…

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[SOUTH AFRICA] Netzer South Africa Shnat Seminar – Kicking off the Shnat Year Locally!

As they await entry into Israel,  youth movement members from South Africa, who were expecting to be at Machon in Jerusalem these days for their Shnat 2021 program, came together to run multiple seminars in South Africa as a kick off their gap year experience which was to have begun on March 1st in the Crags in South Africa.

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[CAPE TOWN] Ground Breakers: A History of Progressive Judaism in South Africa

In December 2020 the South African Jewish Museum will open an exhibition on the history and role of Progressive (or Reform) Jews in South Africa. The exhibition has been developed by the SA Jewish Museum in conjunction with Irwin Manoim and is based on his forthcoming book Mavericks inside the Tent: The Progressive Jewish Movement in South Africa and its impact on the wider community.

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