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Number 168 - 2012/28 July 9, 2012 Tammuz 19, 5772 |
Steve Lawrence
PJ Library of Dutchess, Ulster and Columbia County is a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation administered by the JCCDC and the Jewish Federation
SHABBATH SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES
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WISH THE WORLD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON VIDEO - AND GET FEATURED ON JFNA NATIONAL ROSH HASHANAH VIDEO (Please contact us by email if you submit an entry)
JEWISH BITES: The Jewish founding father (Wikipedia) Robert Kennedy was a Boston Globe reporter in Jerusalem in 1948 (Blog spot)
ISRAEL IS REAL
IBM Israel reinvents shopping (Israel 21c) The secret life of plants in an ancient, Royal Judean garden (Israel 21c) Grasshopper anxieties lead to soil changes (Israel 21c) Have an invention? meet an investor in Israel (Israel 21c) Israel finalizes Olympics list (Israel21c) 11 Israelis on Higgs boson team (Israel 21c) Teens save endangered plant from extinction (No Camels) UN calls Israeli wastewater treatment plant exemplary(No Camels) Israel and China agreed to build Eilat Railway (Globes)
Israel Advocacy German Jewish Hospital stops religious circumcision(JTA) Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dies at the age of 96 (JTA) By narrowest margin ever, US Presbyterians reject anti-Israel resolution (San Francisco Chronicle) Morsi vows to work for freedom of Omar Abdel Rahman, imprisoned for WTC attack (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Tunisia requests Arab League meeting over suspicions that Arafat was murdered (HaAretz) Iranian weapons on America's doorstep (Washington Times) Former CIA chief urges release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard (HaAretz) Top Iran Official: Time has come for Israel and the US to vanish from the World (HaAretz) Gaps on Tal Law small: Netanyahu and Mofaz to meet(Jerusalem Post) Proposed United Church boycott of Israeli goods denounced by Canadian Senators (National Post) Israel seeks to block participation of "Palestine" in UN arms trading parley (Jerusalem Post) Presbyterian Committee approves Israel Divestment (JTA) Radical Islam spreading in Spain (Gatestone Institute) BDS in the pews: European, US and canadian government funding behind anti Israel activism in mainline churches(NGO Monitor) Link provided by Ziva Dahl
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WHEELCHAIRS NEEDED
JFS' Medical Lending is urgently in need of good quality, functional wheelchairs with footrests. If you have a wheelchair to donate, please contact jfs@jewishdutchess.org, or phone Patty Weathers at 845-471-9811. JFS will be happy to provide you with a receipt for your donation
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BLOGGING JEWISH IN DUTCHESS
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has been for many years an important partner for the Jewish community on many domestic issues, but the record on Israel has not always been so clear. The Presbyterian General Assembly rejected an Israel Divestment initiative and that's the good news. The bad news is a longer list. First of all, the initiative was defeated by 333 to 331 with two abstentions. To better understand this result in perspective, you need to understand the way the process and the vote work at the Presbyterian GA. Each local Presbyter elects, in addition to the regular delegates, what they call Youth delegates. These Youth delegates participate fully of the process – that is on all preparatory committees. When the vote comes to the floor, however, they don't have a voice nor a vote. The Middle East committee which presented the initiative to the Assembly for vote approved the resolution by a very wide margin, a margin that was 2 to 1 among adult members and overwhelming among Youth members. Obviously something has gone wrong when we are faced with this situation with one of our most traditional partners on domestic issues.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ORGANIZATION'S CALENDAR PLANNER
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HELP US DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JEWISH INVOLVEMENT IN DUTCHESS COUNTY
Monday, July 9 "This is my G-d" discussion group at Schomre Israel Adult Hebrew Class at Schomre Israel
Wednesday, July 11
Thursday, July 12
Friday, July 13 Potluck dinner with Shir Chadash
Saturday, July 14 "After Hours" at Vassar Temple
Sunday, July 15 Jewish War Veterans Annual Meeting and Installation of Officers at Coppola's
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