A new memoir, ‘The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,’ explores traumatic teenage years in Hasidic Crown Heights, By Julia Gergely July 8, 2024

"...Rossi told the story of her rise through New York’s culinary scene in the 1980s in her 1st memoir, called “The Raging Skillet,” in 2015:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-raging-skillet-the-true-life-story-of-chef-rossi-rossi/10414879

...Her 2nd memoir is more of a prequel than a follow-up. In “The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,” released earlier this year, Rossi digs into everything that came before: specifically, the two years she lived in Crown Heights as a teenager. The book narrates what she describes as the misogyny, assault & trauma she experienced there. These experiences would shape the rest of her life, inspiring her to become a chef & come out as lesbian:

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-punk-rock-queen-of-the-jews-a-memoir-rossi/20207140

“It is the most unusual ‘How I Came to New York’ story, which I would tell when I was a starving artist in the 1980s..."

https://www.jta.org/2024/07/08/ny/a-new-memoir-the-punk-rock-queen-of-the-jews-explores-traumatic-teenage-years-in-hasidic-crown-heights

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From Harif, the Association of Jews from the MENA

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM3LzH8FDD8

Many complain Israel is "losing the PR war". How can supporters of Israel and Zionism reframe the debate? Featuring journalist and author Lyn Julius.

See Lyn's other video with J-TV on the Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1COVgAM1bRY&t=0s

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May her memory be for a blessing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/26/leah-levin-human-rights-dies/

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Yom Rishon - starting in a few minutes!

Register Free and Join Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYtcuyvpz8tGtZRYhhLyYumMSesEfDn86jq#/registration

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From Ritual Well:
Threading Stones - An Elul Tradition
July 2 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
Recurring Event - Tuesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 and August 6, 2024
Course fee is $250

Prepare yourself for Elul and the High Holy Days by learning an ancient tradition, rarely taught by those who have practice in this tradition.

For generations, Jewish women in Eastern Europe utilized threads to measure cemeteries and graves. These threads were used to create special soul candles known as neshome likht, or sometimes as protective bands worn on wrists, ankles, or necks. Typically overseen by skilled women called feldmesterins, activities such as feldmestn (cemetery measuring) and kneytlekh leygn (laying wicks) were most prevalent during Elul to prepare soul candles for Yom Kippur.

See a short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb5h0E7OSYg

Register here: https://ritualwell.org/event/threading-stones-an-elul-tradition/2024-07-02/

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From Reboot:
The new album The Golem and Other Tales by Sam Reider is inspired by Isaac Bachevis-Singer’s 1969 novella The Golem, a morally ambiguous take on the ancient Jewish folktale that inspired the creation of Superman. A pianist, accordionist and composer, Reider is touring music from the new album in cities around the country with his all-star acoustic band the Human Hands.

The tour features the renowned instrumentalist alongside his all-star acoustic band the Human Hands, featuring Billy Strings’ violinist Alex Hargreaves, Jon Batiste’s alto saxophonist Eddie Barbash, Duncan Wickel on violin, cello, and bouzouki, Molly Tuttle’s mandolinist Dominick Leslie, bassist Andrew Ryan, and guitarist Roy Williams. The music relies on folk, Americana, and jazz at its core.

Watch, listen, and order the vinyl version here: https://rebooting.com/golem/

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From Ritual Well:
We're delighted that poet Hila Ratzabi will bring forward the wisdom of another important Jewish woman: Etty Hillesum, whose life was cut too soon, too short. Her gentle writings, meaningful and thought-provoking, were translated to multiple languages, and are shared worldwide as a source of teaching, comfort and endurance.

Read the Book:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/etty-hillesum-an-interrupted-life-and-letters-from-westerbork-etty-hillesum/630427

I did a long commentary on this book and I recommend it highly. It is a blaring warning siren for our time.

Register for the event:
https://ritualwell.org/event/spiritual-resilience-in-a-time-of-war-inspired-by-etty-hillesum/2024-07-10/

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In Jerusalem, a unique hotel offers respite for women who have experienced stillbirth, By Deborah Danan June 25, 2024

"...The center is operated by Yad Sarah, Israel’s largest volunteer organization, and housed on the sixth floor of its Yirmiyahu 33 Rehabilitation and Wellness Hotel at the entrance to Jerusalem, the country’s only fully accessible hotel for people with disabilities. Nightly stays are heavily subsidized and couples pay 350 NIS ($93) per night, which they can then claim back from their health insurance for up to four nights. Since its opening last July, the center has hosted 470 couples, most of whom suffered stillbirths..."

https://www.jta.org/2024/06/25/health/in-jerusalem-a-unique-hotel-offers-respite-for-women-who-have-experienced-stillbirth

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The Anti-Choice Movement: Bad News For Jews, by Susan Weidman Schneider June 12, 1990

Yes, 1990.
"...The interests of Jews are threatened now because...Jews in particular have a great deal to lose if the wall separating church and state develops any fractures.

Jewish law on abortion posits that the life of the mother takes precedence over that of the unborn child. According to halacha...the fetus is potential life only, and its claims are secondary to those of the woman. Halacha regards a fetus as having no...life of its own; life does not begin until birth, and aborting a pregnancy...is not considered murder..."

https://lilith.org/articles/the-anti-choice-movement-bad-news-for-jews/

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Wisdom from the Original Jane Collective by Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler February 22, 2023

Read about these pioneering women working with the underground railroad for abortion services: https://lilith.org/2023/02/wisdom-from-the-original-jane-collective/

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Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools, By Jackie Hajdenberg June 25, 2024

"...Jewish families have played leading roles in religious liberty lawsuits challenging recent legislation by conservative state legislatures. Rabbis in a number of states have sued to block restrictions on abortion...arguing that they are based in Christianity and violate the separation of church and state...

In the lawsuit, the parents argued that they believe “that their children will be pressured to observe, venerate, and adopt the state’s preferred religious doctrine and to suppress expression of their own religious backgrounds and views at school.”

https://www.jta.org/2024/06/25/united-states/jewish-parents-join-lawsuit-challenging-louisiana-law-requiring-ten-commandments-in-schools

Cities and towns without Jewish dayschools or Jewish home-school co-ops are going to find it harder and harder to survive as people move away to places that have one. The Christian Nationalists intend to poach our kids.

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