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Uzhhorod Synagogue Holds First Wedding in 70 Years

Thursday, June 6, 2013

6 June 2013, 10:06 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage | | | Code for Blog | | For the first time in 70 years the Synagogue in Uzhhorod (which now houses the Zakarpatska Oblast Philharmonic) conducted a Jewish wedding ceremony, Mukachevo.net reported with reference to the newspaper Yevropa-Tsentr.The ceremony was attended by the Chief Rabbi of Central, Northern and Western Ukraine Shlomo Wilhelm, as well as by the Chief Rabbi of Transcarpathia Menakhem Mendel Taykhman, guests from Israel, Russia, Moldova, and other CIS countries.

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Bloody life!

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Read Romans 5:1-5 When we citizens of the twenty-first century think of blood, we think of a liquid made up of plasma, red and white corpuscles, platelets, hemoglobin and such stuff.

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Jews Of Ukraine Are Against Artificial "Antifascist" Campaign

Friday, May 17, 2013

17 May 2013, 12:20 | Religion and policy | | | Code for Blog | | The Congress of the National Communities of Ukraine and Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of 266 organizations from 90 towns of Ukraine including 52 religious organizations spoke against the use of artificial “antifascist” rhetoric at the meeting to be organized allegedly by the ruling party in Kyiv on 18 May and warned against provocations of inter-ethnic character.This is stated in a statement published by the Association.”According to the published methodical recommendations on organization of “antifascist marches and meetings,” the campaign is aimed to create artificially a dualist model of opposition to the power aimed at Europe and “fascists” dragging the country back to the past,” in particular reads the statement.

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Catholicism – Ever Ancient Ever New

Thursday, May 16, 2013
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I have been very busy in my life as a parish priest the past week and not had time to blog very much.

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"World War II or the Great Patriotic War? Versions of Historical Memory" Conference held in Lviv

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

30 April 2013, 18:09 | Conferences, seminars, researches | | | Code for Blog | | Memory is at war in Ukraine as two opposing camps believe only in the veracity of their thoughts and ignore everything the opponent has to say. The dissemination of such a “truth” is only true for a certain community.

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The Dawning Realization: We Are Children of God

Monday, April 29, 2013
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By Santiago Rodriguez, S.J.riverrun.wordpress.com A great book or film, invites us to consider the life of character who is searching for purpose and longing for meaning.

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Hasidim Gather in Western Ukrainian Town of Belz

Monday, April 15, 2013

15 April 2013, 10:17 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage | | | Code for Blog | | Approximately a thousand and five hundred Hasidim Jews are expected to come to the town of Belz in Lviv Region on 15-16 April to honour the memory of Tzaddik rabbis buried in the town cemetery. Portal.Lviv.ua reported with reference to Vishnevskij.com.ua that such pilgrimages are conducted once in two years.According to Wikipedia, Belz is a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Belz

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Beard Comments

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

“Paul Bunyan.” –Male”It’s looking wicked.” –Male”That beard is gorgeous.” –Male”That beard is looking fantastic.” –Male”You look like that guy, you know on that football commercial?” –Male (priest)”You look wild.” –Male (priest)”Wook at dat big haywee guy.” –Male (little kid to his older brother)”Man, that is one hell of a beard.” –Male (Passerby.

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Pope Francis: Passover telegram to Jewish Community (full text)

Monday, March 25, 2013
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2013-03-25 Vatican Radio (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegram to Rome’s Jewish community, to mark the feast of Passover, which this year begins at sundown, Monday, March 25th. Below, please find Vatican Radio’s translation of the full text of the message, addressed to the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Riccardo di Segni, with whom the Holy Father met on March 20th during the course of his audience with delegations from other Christian confessions and non-Christian religions.*********************************A few days on from our meeting, and with renewed gratitude for your having desired to honour the celebration of the beginning of my ministry with your presence and that of other distinguished members of the Jewish community, I take great pleasure in extending my warmest best wishes to you and Rome’s entire Jewish community on the occasion of the Great Feast of Pesach.

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Pope Francis to Rabbi of Rome:“I hope to contribute to the progress of relations between Jews and Catholics which began with Vatican Council II”

Friday, March 15, 2013
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Vatican City, 15 March 2013 (VIS) – The Holy Father has sent a message to Dr. Riccardo Di Segni, the Chief Rabbi of Rome, the oldest Jewish community of the diaspora.

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YouCat: The Third Commandment (The Lord’s Day)

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Photo Credit: Flickr User Liber the poet (Creative Commons)Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day.At the end of the first story of creation (Genesis 1), it says that God took the seventh day to rest, blessing it and setting it apart (cf. Genesis 2:1-3). 

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First They Came for Mila Kunis

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

6 February 2013, 16:29 | Kaleidoscope-digest | | | Code for Blog | | Oleksandr Feldman6 February 2013 AlgemeinerOne of the most recognizable figures of Ukrainian Jewish descent, the beautiful and talented actress Mila Kunis, recently fell victim to the hatred of a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament from the far-right Svoboda Party – a party which is notoriously known for regularly injecting anti-Semitism into their speeches and public pronouncements.

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Pio Nonno Should be Canonized NOW!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Pio Nonno Should be Canonized NOW! Posted on February 4th, 2013 by Paycheck in Catholicism Should be canonized immediately

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Roof of Historic Synagogue Stolen in Lviv Region

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

15 January 2013, 09:23 | Scandals, crime | | | Code for Blog | | In the town of Zhovkva of Lviv Region, 5 square meters of roof was stolen from an old Jewish synagogue which is an architectural monument. So reported religion.in.ua with reference to the web site of the Jewish community of Kyiv.According to the information of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Lviv Region, a local man of 25 has been arrested as a suspect in the matter

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Atheist Bible Questions

Tuesday, December 18, 2012
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A few questions were asked by atheists when I was posting on the problems I have with atheism. I was hoping I would get some intelligent and non-offensive atheists and I have been blessed with a few of them this past week.

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Means Something to Me

Monday, December 17, 2012

It has been a bit of a habit lately to grumble and mumble about the “war on Christmas,” as some commentators have labelled it.Maybe it’s just me, but I’m not feeling the tension this year.Yes, yes, the bulk of my corporate e-cards still just happily pronounce season’s greetings and something about being happy over the holidays but dare not speak their name.

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Christmas reminds us God is here for us

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Jesus is the ultimate gesture of God’s trust in and love for us, His creatures.

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Netanyahu’s puzzling strategy

Thursday, December 6, 2012
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Friends of Israel, who care both about the security of the Jewish state and its standing in the world, have had a tough few days.

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Short Story: "Abe, Between Rounds" by Ethan Canin

Tuesday, November 27, 2012
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“Abe, Between Rounds” by Ethan Canin a short story 5/5from REDBOOK magazine, Aug. 14, 1981, pg 27First Sentence: “What’s the one thing you should never do?”Last Sentence: “And then he forced his mouth up to his father’s ear and said, “You win, Pa.”"Author: The little author blurb tells us that Canin is a university student, and that this is the first of his short stories to appear in a “national magazine

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The Churching of Women (After Childbirth)

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Six days after Baby von Sonnen was born, we had the “Churching of Women” for mother.A rite of blessing and thanksgiving in memory of the compliance of the Holy Virgin Mary with the Jewish Law of Purification after child birth. Many thanks to family and friends for being present

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