Monthly Archive: 10 Av 5780 – 31 July, 2020

BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS- COMMUNITY BRIEFING

Jewish community demands answers from Twitter and Facebook in aftermath of Wiley’s extended antisemitic rant The Board of Deputies, the Jewish Leadership Council and the Community Security Trust this week wrote to Twitter and...

LITURGICAL COUNSELS FOR TISH-Á BEAV 29/30 JULY 2020

Dear members: As a consequence of the special situation that we are going through, motivated by the permanence of the Covid-19 pandemic, we send you the following considerations from the Rabanut. The prayers of...

LAW OF THE NINE DAYS MONTH Ab

RABBINATE OF MARBELLA   B”H “When the month of Ab begins, we minimize our joy” This Talmudic expression is the beginning of the laws concerning the first days of the month of Ab. prepare ourselves...

European Jewish Congress-Newsletter 12-14 July 2020

EJC IN THE MEDIA OP-ED BY MOSHE KANTOR: THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF JEWISH AND PORTUGUESE PEOPLE “The amendment to the Portuguese Nationality Law in 2015 to offer citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews of...

European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 06-10 July 2020

NEWS FROM COMMUNITIES AUSTRIA AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT LAUNCHES SIMON WIESENTHAL PRIZE AGAINST ANTISEMITISM The Austrian National Council, the country’s lower house, has cleared the way for the new Simon Wiesenthal Prize honouring civil society initiatives...

European Jewish Congress- Covid 19 Impact in Jewish Organisations

For the first time ever, Jewish human service agencies from the US, Europe, Canada and Israel will share expertise on their responses to COVID-19. The European Council of Jewish Communities JDC Social Welfare Committee and NJHSA are happy...

RABBINATE OF MARBELLA B”H- FAST 17 TAMUZ

Next Thursday, July 9, we will commemorate the fast of the 17th of Tamuz, which begins at 5:30 a.m. and ends at 10:10 p.m. with the departure of the stars. In the Mishnah (Taanit...

Special call for the 17th of Tammuz- Text in Hebrew

פנייה לקראת יז בתמוז קינה ותפילה על הקורונה קריאת הרב עמאר ליז בתמוז   קינה ותפילה על הקורונה   קריאת הרב עמאר ליז בתמוז

European Jewish Congress- Newsletter 01-03 July 2020

STATEMENT EJC PRESIDENT CALLS ON THE PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENT NOT TO HARM THE SEPHARDI CITIZENSHIP LAW EJC President Dr. Moshe Kantor has written to the President of the Portuguese Parliament calling on him to ensure...

Perashá- SHABAT JUKAT-BALAK

In a sense, the Israelites had fallen into a false sense of security. Despite going from one disaster to another, Moses was always there to put out the fire. Moses and his brother Aaron...