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November 20, 2009 | 3rd Kislev 5770
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  • Celebrate Thanksgiving Jewishly
    Thanksgiving offers a wonderful opportunity to bring Jewish values to the table. Holiday Happenings has great ideas for families with young children. The new Biennial initiative Just Table, Green Table provides resources for considering ethical food choices. And don't miss Rabbi Phyllis Sommer's printable Thanksgiving Seder programs.
  • Rabbi Yoffie's Biennial Sermon
    Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie delivered his sermon during Shabbat morning services at the Toronto Biennial, outlining initiatives for Reform leaders to bring back to their congregations. Read the full text, see video of his address, and give us your opinions on the blog.
  • Embracing Technology
    At the Biennial in Toronto, Rabbi Yoffie urged the Reform Movement to create congregational blogs and experiment with a range of creative technological approaches to strengthen community ties. Learn about this initiative and what the Union is doing to help congregations.
  • Just Table, Green Table: Ethical Food Choices
    Rabbi Yoffie calls for a commitment to ethical eating, asking synagogue leaders to "carefully, thoughtfully, Jewishly" formulate new eating guidelines for their communities. The Union has created program guides for developing new food policies, planting community gardens, and educating membership about righteous, healthy eating.

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  • Meet Mayor Cohen

    JTA - Recent News   |   Nov 20, 2009 05:36 PM
    Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen’s office is in a sun-drenched room overlooking the city’s main canal, the Amstel. On table in the center sat four glasses emblazoned with the city’s logo, which also adorns the outside of the building, the ID pass I was issued, and a flag that flies from the building’s roof. The logo: three red "X"’s. Talk about unsubtle. 
  • Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers

    JTA - Recent News   |   Nov 20, 2009 05:36 PM
    Canada's opposition Liberal Party is crying foul after the ruling Conservatives mailed out flyers extolling themselves as stronger supporters of Israel.
  • Israel arrests five P.A. officers

    JTA - Recent News   |   Nov 20, 2009 05:36 PM
    Israel arrested five Palestinian Authority intelligence officers in the West Bank.
  • Ben-Ami responds to Foxman

    JTA - Recent News   |   Nov 20, 2009 05:36 PM
    The leader of J Street strikes back at the leader of the ADL.
  • Rebranding Leonid Nevzlin

    JTA - Recent News   |   Nov 20, 2009 05:36 PM
    Last year philanthropist Leonid Nevzlin was convicted in absentia in a Moscow courtroom to life in prison for ordering the murder of five people. Israel has refused to extradite him, and last week he was playing a lead role in Washington at the General Assembly of Jewish Federations of North America, introducing Prime Minister Netanyahu and taking part in a White House meeting with President Obama.
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