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January 1, 2009

Good-Friday Prayer Sparks Team of Theologians to Take Some Action
January 1, 2009 - Aaron Passman

Relations between Germany's Catholics and Jews have seen real progress over the past few decades, a German reverend and theological scholar said last month to a Philadelphia audience.

Demonstration Takes Place Against Israel
January 1, 2009 - Bryan Schwartzman

Roughly 300 people demonstrated Dec. 30 outside the Center City building that houses the Consul General of Philadelphia, waving Palestinian flags, carrying signs such as "Zionism is Terrorism," and chanting "free, free Palestine" and "end the occupation now."

Society Hill Synagogue to Spruce Itself Up Via a Matching Grant
January 1, 2009 - Aaron Passman

If it were a TV show, it might be called Extreme Makeover: Synagogue Edition.

Some Beloved Children's Classics Return, This Time in Yiddish
January 1, 2009 - Aaron Passman

The Cat in the Hat, but Di Kats der Payats?

Story of Modern Hebrew: 22 Letters That Witnessed History
January 1, 2009 - Michelle Mostovy-Eisenberg

Amherst College professor and prolific writer Ilán Stavans' most recent book, Resurrecting Hebrew, recounts the story of how, at the end of the 19th century, Lithuanian-born lexicographer Eliezer Ben-Yehuda reinvented the Hebrew language as the "centerpiece of Zionism" -- "the living tongue" of a new, modern nation to be known as Israel.

Physician Gets a Reality Check During Training in the Jewish State
January 1, 2009 - Michelle Mostovy-Eisenberg

Adam Cooper has been to Israel four times, with three of those visits taking place in the past two years. But it was his most recent stay, in early November, that still resonates with the 32-year-old Center City resident, an emergency physician at the Philadelphia V.A. Medical Center.

Part-Time Leader Set to Revive Board of Rabbis
January 1, 2009 - Bryan Schwartzman

A former lay leader of the Vaad: The Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia is working on a part-time, interim basis to help restart the organization that essentially shut down this summer after the previous executive director, Rabbi David Gutterman, left his position there.

Kids Dig In to Books at Year's End
January 1, 2009

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