Polymnia Choral Society offers Jewish music - Boston Globe

Polymnia Choral Society offers Jewish music
Boston Globe
Pirke Avot: Saying of the Fathers is a jazz cantata composed by Mark Kross of Stoneham (left), well-known Boston jazz musician and composer. ...

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Obama the Talmudist? - New York Times (blog)

Obama the Talmudist?
New York Times (blog)
Here's the best-known passage from Pirkei Avot, aka Ethics of the Fathers, a compendium of teachings of Jewish sages from the centuries that straddled the ...

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Mark your calendar - Boston Globe


Boston Globe
Mark your calendar
Boston Globe
... Choral Society presents Mark Kross's jazz cantata, “Pirke Avot: Sayings of the Fathers'' in Melrose. www.polymnia.org Dee Dee Bridgewater's “To Billie, ...

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Minister Saar Taking Back Israeli Education - Arutz Sheva

Minister Saar Taking Back Israeli Education
Arutz Sheva
The education ministry under Saar is also adopting a weekly class on Pirkei Avot (Ethics of our Fathers) for 8th grade students. ...

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Unity and standards do matter - Jewish Tribune

Unity and standards do matter
Jewish Tribune
In his The Ethics of the Talmud; Sayings of the Fathers, essentially his commentary on Pirkei Avot, he describes one of the mishnaic statements as “a mark ...

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Idea #23: Jewish identity projects are not the answer - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (blog)

Idea #23: Jewish identity projects are not the answer
Jewish Telegraphic Agency (blog)
The second mishnah in Pirkei Avot reports the following: "Shimon the Righteous was one of the last survivors of the Great Assembly. ...

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Who are YOUR Jewish Heroes? - Arutz Sheva


Arutz Sheva
Who are YOUR Jewish Heroes?
Arutz Sheva
In the Talmud's Pirkei Avot, (Ethics of the Fathers) 4:1 is written: “Who is a Hero? He who controls his Passion”. But what if someone's Passion drives him ...

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Gay Jews, Straight Jews, and the Torah - The Jewish Journal of greater L.A


The Jewish Journal of greater L.A
Gay Jews, Straight Jews, and the Torah
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A
On one point only do these two books agree: “Turn it and turn it again,” the Pirke Avot puts it, “for everything is in it.” The case for the open embrace of ...

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Florida Jews Mark Half a Century of Chabad Activities - Chabad.org


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Florida Jews Mark Half a Century of Chabad Activities
Chabad.org
Rivka Korf earned fame among area women for her Saturday afternoon classes on the weekly Torah portion and the Mishnaic tractate known as Pirkei Avot. ...

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El rabino Iona Blickstein ofrece una nueva edición del Pirkei Avot - Nuevo Mundo Israelita

El rabino Iona Blickstein ofrece una nueva edición del Pirkei Avot
Nuevo Mundo Israelita
Pirkei Avot - Enseñanzas de vida para el judío contemporáneo es el título del libro, y nada más cierto, a pesar de la antigüedad de los juicios que en él se ...

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