Let My People Grow

Mar

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Jews in the News: Brooke Mueller, Seth Green and Natalie Portman

Charlie Sheen’s life is so out-of-control that every day there are new shocking developments. So, I hope the following news isn’t dated by the time you read this.

Mar

http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2011/03/here-eilat/

tagged: featured, Israel, Travel

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Here in Eilat

Posted by Nicole Shore in Israel, Musings

After an eight hour bus ride from the North of Israel to the South, we finally reached Eilat. Immediately, you can’t help but take notice of how close Jordan actually is and also how small this city is.

Mar

tagged: family, featured, health, love, rabbi

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This one had my name all over it

Posted by Rabbi Marc Sack in Family, Musings

On Thursday, February 25, 1988, my son underwent surgery for a brain tumor at M. D. Anderson Hospital in Houston. We noticed that Jed was limping a couple of weeks earlier.

Mar

http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2011/03/women-state-solution/

tagged: blog, education, family, featured, Israel

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On Women – A Two State Solution?

Posted by Jason Boxt in Musings, Tribal Concerns

Israel has been called a country of cleavages: secular vs. religious, Arab vs. Jew, Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi. One of the most troubling cleavages for me, however, is the schism over gender roles.

Mar

http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2011/03/hope-future/

tagged: advice, artists, dating, education, family, interfaith, music, singles

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The hope for the future

Posted by Lisa Robbins in Arts & Culture, Musings, Tribal Concerns

Three days in Sin City, Las Vegas, NV. 1,275 young jews. Together in one place with dynamic speakers and a plethora of engaged, young Jewish leaders. Tribefest was everything the Jewish Federations of North America promised on, and more.

Mar

http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2011/03/jews-news-4/

tagged: celebrities

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Jews in the News: Ivanka Trump, Dianna Agron

Posted by Nate Bloom in Arts & Culture

The very popular website Askmen.com is out with their annual list of the “world’s 99 most desirable women” and Jewish “lookers” grabbed about 10% of the spots.

Mar

http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2011/03/free-hugs-do-gooder/

tagged: advice, blog, language, love

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Free hugs and other do-gooder things

Posted by Lisa Robbins in Musings, Tribal Concerns

This week, thanks to one of my favorite bloggers, Alex “The Bridgemaker” Blackwell, who produces a blog dedicated to faith, sharing inspiration and highlighting stories of personal change, I officially jumped on the 31 Days of Kindness bandwagon, which started Tuesday, March 1.

Mar

http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2011/03/saving-darfur-global-warming-jewish/

tagged: blog, cooking, education, family, featured, food, social action

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Saving Darfur and Solving Global Warming together — the Jewish way

Posted by Don Lieber in Tribal Concerns

Two of the most publicized social issues in modern times are the genocide in Darfur, Sudan and the issue of global Climate Change due to our reliance on fossil fuels. Many organizations, and individuals, are involved in these issues. Very few – if any – have tackled them concurrently.

Mar

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Joke of the Week

Posted by Lisa Robbins in Arts & Culture

The Hearing test. Maurice and Sarah were getting old and Maurice felt his wife was losing her hearing. He decided to stage a test. One day, as Sarah read the paper, he stood a distance behind her chair and said, in a conversational voice, “Can you hear me?”

Mar

http://letmypeoplegrow.org/2011/03/left-right/

tagged: blog, featured, Israel, jerusalem

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An Unsettling Situation

Posted by Jason Boxt in Israel, Musings, Tribal Concerns

J Street – the liberal, two-state pro-Israel group – is in the process of wrapping up a rather large and successful event here in DC. The feedback from the left and the right on the organization and its event has been a microcosm of what I’ve always pictured as a contentious Seder table with in-laws on either side…