Your Jewish Neighborhood
A podcast from Temple Isaiah, a Reform synagogue in Lafayette, California

Please visit Your Jewish Neighborhood at its official home:
www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org

This week's links:

Anti-Defamation League
What is Anti-Semitism?, from the ADL
Anti-Semitic violence doubled in 2009, from the Jerusalem Post
The shocking statistics ab out anti-Semitism in America, YouTube video
FBI's 2010 hate crime statistics from ACoordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism
Public education Campaign to End Campus Anti-Semitism, from the US Commission on Civil Rights
Simon Wiesenthal Center

Direct download: yjn-229.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 5:08 PM

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This week's links

Chanukah, from the Jewish Virtual Library
Rabbis shed light on Chanukah's importance, from the Palm Beach Daily News
The Meaning of Chanukah, from Being Jewish
Eight Days of Chanukah -- What's the Spiritual Significance, from aJudaica.com
Judaism 101: Chanukah
Chanukah, American Style, from the American Jewish Historical Society

Direct download: yjn-228.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 1:32 AM

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This weeks links:

The URJ's Campaign for Youth Engagement
Jewish Parents: how to Get Teens to Keep Engaged After 13, from Radical parenting
Preventing Post B'nai Mitzvah Dropout-itis, from Reform Judaism Online
Study Finds 'Man Crisis' in Liberal Jewish Circles
Keeping Our Kids on the Derech, an Orthodox perspective

Direct download: yjn-227.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:37 PM

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This week's links:

Who Reads Synagogue Newsletters?
Marketing the Shul: What's Working and What Needs to Work
U.S. Synagoges Lag in Use of Web and Social Media Technologies
Temple Isaiah's Facebook page
Rabbi Judy Shanks on Twitter

Direct download: yjn-226.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:30 PM

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www.yourjewishneighborhood.org

This week's links:

Questions and answers about Selichot from the Orthodox Union
Selichot: Prayers of Repetence, from MyJewishLearning.com
Selicot at the Western Wall, from YouTube
When do we begin saying Selichot and why?, from AskMoses.com
Music of Selichot and the High Holy Days from Sinai Temple, Springfield, MA
Selichot for iPhone and iPad, from The Jewish iPhone Magazine

Direct download: yjn-225.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:59 PM

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Hebrew Numbers
Numbers in Hebrew
Video Lesson: Hebrew 101 - Numbers & Days
The Confusion of Hebrew Numbers
Kabbalah: Meaning of Numbers
Symbolism of "Chai", 18

Direct download: yjn-224.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:17 AM

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This week's links:

Arab Spring spells uncertainty for Israel, from BBC
Israel's Arab Spring?, from The Huffington Post
Israel must not ignore the Arab Spring, from Haaretz.com
Israeli Summer is no Arab Spring, from USA Today
What the Arab Spring Means for Israel and Palestine, from NPR
Has the Arab Spring arrived in Israel?, from Al Jazeera English

Direct download: yjn-223.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:14 PM

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YourJewishNeighborhood.org 

This week's links:

The apocalypse in Judaism from Jewish Encyclopedia
Apocalypse Then, from Reform Judaism magazine
Revelation/Apocalypse vs. Torah Prophesies? Apocalyptic Literature in the Old Testament and Early Judaism, a bibliography Apocalypses and the Apocalypse, from Messianic Jewish Musings
Jewish End of Days, a blog dedicated to "a Jewish perspective on the end times and the coming of the Messiah" Judaism section of the Wikipedia listing for "End Time"
Mashiach: The Messiah listing from Judaism 101

Direct download: yjn-222.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:26 PM

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YourJewishNeighborhood.org 

This week's links:

The Castle on Hester Street on Amazon.com
Reviews and discussions of The Castle on Hester Street
Linda Heller's Website

Direct download: yjn-221.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 10:38 PM

Be sure to visit the official home of Your Jewish Neighborhood:

www.YourJewishNeighborhood.org

This week's links:

Satan from JewishEnyclopedia.com
Jews believe in The Satan, and not in the devil, from WhatJewsBelieve.org
Do Jews Believe in Satan? from About.com
Does Judaism Believe in Satan? from BeingJewish.com

Direct download: yjn-220.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 9:23 PM