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Spokane Passover Listings

| Mar 21, 2013

Next week Spokane’s Jewish community will observe Passover, an eight-day commemoration honoring the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. Below are local Passover, or Pesach, listings.
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Volunteers ready, eager for Temple Beth Shalom’s annual Kosher Dinner

| Mar 7, 2013

Temple Beth Shalom is the place to be this weekend. On March 10, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. it will host its annual Kosher Dinner, which is known for satisfying thousands of appetites from across the region.
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BRIEF: Temple Beth Shalom Invites Community To 72nd Kosher Dinner

| Feb 8, 2013

Temple Beth Shalom’s 72nd Kosher Dinner will be held March 10 from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. and Spokane community is invited to be a part of the annual event, which draws in thousands of guests.
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A new Jewish prayer for MLK Day

| Jan 21, 2013

“Heavenly God, who desires us to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with You, we thank You 
for inspiring us with the life and example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
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Kosher food pantries report growing need

| Jan 13, 2013

As the director of a kosher food pantry outside Detroit, Lea Luger knows that some people have a hard time thinking that Jews anywhere in America could be short on food. “For many years, one of our biggest hurdles was convincing Jews and non-Jews that a need existed,” said Luger, executive director of Yad Ezra, which serves 1,400 families a month, up from 250 a month when the pantry was founded in 1990.
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All you’ve ever wanted to know about the Hebrew year system but were afraid to ask

| Oct 19, 2012

It took me a very long time to understand the year in the Jewish or Hebrew calendar and what it represents. As a child when my parents told me, usually at Rosh Hashanah, what year it was in the Hebrew calendar, I always came away with a sense of befuddlement.
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Journalists hear concerns on fair reporting about Israel

| Oct 6, 2012

Reporting on the “enormously sensitive” subject of Israel requires an extra dose of journalistic basics if coverage is going to be fair and balanced, according to a panel of experts involved in U.S.-Israeli programs.
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Being Jewish in Spokane

| Aug 3, 2012

Back when I lived in Seattle, I wrote for a blog called Jew-ish.com. My editor there, Leyna Krow, moved to Spokane in the fall of 2010 for graduate school. A few months later, she posted a brief essay titled “Feeling way too Jewish in Spokane."
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Professor to present “Film as Theology”

| Jul 6, 2012

Sometimes the silver screen is more effective than the pulpit. The narratives found in cinema send strong theological messages, said Matthew S. Rindge, assistant professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University.
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Spokane rabbi: Two holy days neglected by many American Jews

| Jun 4, 2012

“Oh! Rabbi, we don’t do these minor ones. I don’t even know really what they are.”
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