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Sunday, Elul 22, 5776. September 25, 2016. Shalom! World. Rothenburg ob der Tauber/Germany There has been, in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, since the 12th Century, a Jewish community with all facilities such as a cemetery, Synagogue, mikveh and community center. In 1180 the first Rothenburg Jew was named. In the 13th Century 500 to 600 Jews lived in the city. The spiritual leader of contemporary Judaism in Germany, Rabbi Meir ben Baruch (1220-1293) had lived for many years in Rothenburg. But in Rothenburg the relationship with Jewish citizens, as in many cities and towns, was frequently marked by misunderstandings and cruel assaults. In the so-called "beef-tracking" in 1298 about 450 Jews in the city were killed, their bodies burned at the cemetery. Pogrom Memorial Stone - July 1298. 450 Jews were killed. This stone commemorates the so-called "Rintfleisch-Pogrom" which almost extinguished the entire Jewish community in July 1298. Under the pretext o

Thursday, Elul 19, 5776. September 22, 2016. Shalom! World. The former benedictine monastery, founded in 1101 by the moravian princes, Oldrich Brnensky and Litold Znoejmsky, is located  in the north-west part of the town above the left bank of the Jihlava  River. It was rebuilt as a castle  in the 16th century and was owned by the Oernstein, Osovsky and Wallenstein families. Today it is the residence of the Vysocina Museum. Shalom! Aleichem. Cultural Support:  Jacob Jr B.A.C.E, avec L'Integration d'Association avec Israel et dans le Monde/Cz.

Sunday,  Elul 15, 5776. September 18, 2016. Shalom! World. After more than a decade of intense lobbying, the city fathers of the Czech Republic's Pilsen municipality have made a decision to return the majestic Synagogue in their care to its rightful owners, the city's Jews.  Seized by the Communists in 1973, the Synagogue - originally completed in 1893- had been shut down and then woefully neglected, ultimately failling into disrepair.  The city fathers reclaimed it and began restoration in 1995, working slowly to rehabilitate the beautifully sculpted architecture until it shined again in 1998.  But then, instead of returning the Synagogue to Pilsen's Jewish community, inexplicably, authorities reopened the buiding as an art museum and concert hall. The Great Synagogue of Pilsen is justifiably renowned throughout the world, in continous use from the time it was built in 1893 until its seizure by the Communists, except for the years of the ho

Sunday, Elul 8, 5776. September 11, 2016. Shalom! World. The Chosen People, if we're going to come into this world and be the chosen people, then we have to stand up straight and act that way. Otherwise, we generate suspicion. If we walk into the classroom and we're from Heaven, a part of G'd sent into this world to do something for the world, and we sit there and say "Well, i don't know... I have the same questions you have, and I have the same problems you have!" - they're all going to hate us. We are the teachers, so we  have to get out of the classroom.  And this, in a nutsshell, is anti-Semitism: "Either show me what makes you chosen and what you're sent to do, or get off of my property, you're stealing my land." "That's why when we behave like Jews, when we behave like chosen people, nobody has  any questions.  Equality doesn't mean that we have to be the same. I've never heard of anybody who hates

Sunday, Elul 1, 5776. September 4 , 2016. Shalom! World. IT IS GOOD TO HAVE TWO EYES YITZKHAK VINER "I. It is good to have two eyes. Anything I want, they can see: Boats, trains, horses and cars, everything around me. But sometimes I just want to see Someone's laughter, sweet... Instead I see his corps outstretched, Lying in the street... When I want to see his laughter his eyes are closed forever... II. It is good to have two ears. Anything I want, they can hear: Songs, plays, concerts, kind words, Street cars, bells, anything near. I want to hear kid's voices sing, but my ears only hear the shrill cries and fear of two children watching a man as he dies... When I long for a youthful song I hear children weeping hard and long... Every year I can till the land. Banging iron night and day Fashions wheels to plow the clay But now wheels are silentand still And people's hands are obsolete: The houses grow cold and dark As hands d

Shalom! World. ESCULPIR O TEMPO A. PUCHKIN Cansado da fome espiritual Em meio a um deserto triste meu caminho fiz, E um anjo de seis asas veio a mim Num lugar onde havia uma encruzilhada. Com dedos leves como o sono Tocou as pupilas de meus olhos E minhas proféticas pupilas abriu Como olhos de águia assustada. Quando seus dedos tocaram meus ouvidos, Estes se encheram de rugidos e clangores E ouvi o tremor do céu E o vôo do anjo da montanha E animais marinhos nas profundezas E crescer a videira do vale. E, então, pressionou-me a boca E arrancou-me a língua pecadora, E toda a sua malícia e palavras vãs, E tomando a língua de uma sábia serpente Introduziu-a em minha boca gelada Com sua mão direita encarnada. Então, com sua espada, abriu meu peito E arrancou-me o coração fremente, E no vazio de meu peito colocou Um pedaço de carvão em chamas. Fiquei como um cadáver, deitado no deserto, E ouvi a voz de Deus clamar: “Levanta, profeta, e vê e ouve, Sê port