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JTA: Op-Ed: Our Tu b'Shevat responsibility, by Steve Gutow and David Saperstein
As the holiday of Tu b'Shevat approaches, congregations and families prepare to look at the natural world with wonder and celebrate the abundance of earth's incredible resources. At many of our celebrations, we will read from Ecclesiastes 1:4: "One generation goes, another comes, but the earth remains the same forever."
<i>Jweekly</i>: At the Wall, which side is the right one?: The Kotel belongs to the entire Jewish people, by Rabbi Eric Yoffie
I am saddened and dismayed by recent events at the Western Wall. These events are a tragedy -- a blow to the State of Israel and to the unity of the Jewish people.
<I>The Jewish Daily Forward</I>: Haiti's Jewish Remnant Keeps the Faith and Lends a Hand Amid the Crisis
Each year on Yom Kippur, Rudolph Dana locks himself in his Pétionville, Haiti, home -- protected by guard dogs and security personnel -- and passes the Day of Atonement fasting, praying and reciting the traditional liturgy of repentance and forgiveness.
