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Israel’s Jewish humor show offers a serious message for a dark time: We will survive By Ben Sales May 23, 2024

"...So the show’s catalog includes spoofs of the story of Purim and the invention of the mezuzah, but it also features joke after joke about the Nazis, the Spanish Inquisition, the Yom Kippur War, the destruction of the Second Temple in ancient times and any number of other lachrymose episodes of the Jewish past.

...So after Oct. 7, the program confronted a question: What to do when the tragedy isn’t historical but current and — for many Israelis — ongoing?

This week, we got our answer: In unprecedented times, “The Jews Are Coming” did something unprecedented: It got serious..."

https://www.jta.org/2024/05/23/culture/israels-jewish-humor-show-offers-a-serious-message-for-a-dark-time-we-will-survive

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In Egypt, a piece of Jewish pottery suggests a woman’s role that was stolen from history - Rabbi Jill Hammer May 23, 2024

"...While the Temple in Jerusalem is the only Jewish temple mentioned in the Bible, there were other Jewish temples, including one in the Egyptian city of Elephantine. Built in the 6th century BCE and destroyed in 410 BCE by priests of the Egyptian god Khnum, the temple was a place where local Jews, often Israelite soldiers hired by Egypt, could offer sacrifices. According to some scholars, the description of the temple at Elephantine is similar to the mishkan, or tabernacle, described in the book of Exodus.

One of the interesting features of this community, aside from that it performed Jewish sacrifices outside of Jerusalem, is the presence of female functionaries in the temple..."

This story was originally published on My Jewish Learning.

https://www.jta.org/2024/05/23/ideas/in-egypt-a-piece-of-jewish-pottery-suggests-a-womans-role-that-was-stolen-from-history

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chevrahachachamot, 2 days ago to random

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chevrahachachamot, 2 days ago to Jewish

There is still time to register to join Sheryl Sandberg and National Council of Jewish Women CEO Sheila Katz on Tuesday, May 28th, at 8:15pm ET, for a Jewish Community Conversation about the importance of bearing witness, lifting up the silenced voices of the October 7th attack, and demanding justice.

Screams Before Silence, led by Sheryl Sandberg, is a powerful documentary that captures first-person testimony from survivors, first responders, forensic experts, eyewitnesses, and released hostages from the attack by Hamas in Israel on October 7th. Their harrowing accounts reveal the uncompromising truth: Hamas used sexual assault as a weapon of war.

Register: https://secure.everyaction.com/-2pBuYRwLUmx-SzjmgfUZQ2

We encourage you to watch the film before joining us: https://www.screamsbeforesilence.com/

This conversation will be recorded, and a recording will be sent to all that register. It will also be streamed live on NCJW’s Facebook page.

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