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In the News (Fri 10 Jul 09)

  
  Shorashim - Conservative "yishuv" in the Galilee, Israel
Shorashim - Conservative "yishuv" in the Galilee, Israel
Shorashim is a 15-year-old settlement located in the Misgav region of the western
Today Shorashim's population is 52 families (approximately 100 adults, 150 children, and assorted pets).
www.geocities.com /PicketFence/3114/english.html   (550 words)

  
 taglit birthright israel
Shorashim is a nonprofit educational organization devoted to building bridges between Israeli and American Jews.
Shorashim is committed to a pluralistic Jewish experience and reaches out to American youth who are unaffiliated and from all Jewish denominations and to Israelis from all backgrounds.
The uniqueness of the Shorashim experience is that you experience the awesome adventure of Israel from the inside - through the eyes and hearts of Israeli peers, who will share the beauty of the land, and the excitement and complexities of life in their country.
register.birthrightisrael.com /DescriptionsByTO.cfm?id=29   (1028 words)

  
 UJC - IEM House Call: Pinat Shorashim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pinat Shorashim is an artistically landscaped biblical park dedicated to peace and the environment, rooted in Jewish sources and soil.
Committed to innovative approaches to Jewish literacy, Pinat Shorashim seminars aim to promote open Jewish dialogue by providing authentic Jewish experiences to all Jews, regardless of religious orientation, background, or place of birth.
Pinat Shorashim's hands-on approach to informal Jewish education brings people outdoors so they can relate to and touch the Land of Israel while examining their Jewish identity as Israelis or, conversely, their relationship to Israel as Diaspora Jews.
www.ujc.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=66132   (609 words)

  
 Union for Reform Judaism - Simchat Torah
Shorashim was founded as a liberal-traditional community, by a group of young middle-class pioneers, from Conservative, Reform, and secular Zionist backgrounds, who wanted a strong Jewish spirit without entanglement with the religious establishment of Israel.
Some of these have developed their own "orthodoxy" within the Shorashim community: the same people volunteer for the same holiday committee each year, and their "production" is fully ritualized, though minor changes and additions do creep in.
The shrinking of Simchat Torah at Shorashim may be a barometer of communal dynamics; it may just be a function of a particular leadership constellation; or it may be a random fluctuation.
urj.org /Articles/index.cfm?id=3586&pge_prg_id=15534&pge_id=1698   (513 words)

  
 Union for Reform Judaism - Not in my back yard?
Thus, it is not uncommon to encounter a group of three or four families, usually mothers and lots of small children, picnicking on the lawn and enjoying the playground equipment.
And so it happens that Shorashim kids on the playground find themselves feeling pushed aside on their own turf, outnumbered by kids who seem to take over the playground, speaking a foreign language.
Shorashim and its facilities have been subsidized by various government agencies – its public spaces are indeed public, not private, spaces, just as are the parks in Karmiel.
urj.org /Articles/index.cfm?id=6893&pge_prg_id=25758&pge_id=1697   (643 words)

  
 About Shorashim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shorashim Fellowship is a group of believers (Jew and Gentile) in the Helsinki area who profess faith in Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah).
Firstly, Shorashim seeks to challenge and encourage Christians to return and be restored to their Biblical Jewish roots.
Secondly, Shorashim wants to love, support and encourage our Jewish brothers and sisters to maintain their Jewish identity and to place their personal trust, TODAY, in the promised Messiah that Moses and the Jewish prophets described.
members.surfeu.fi /shorashim/about.htm   (325 words)

  
 Eilat-Eilot - Toronto Partnership 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Shorashim project involves a detailed account of the student's family tree back to his or her great-grandparents and the countries and communities from which they came to Israel.
Throughout the Shorashim process, the students are expected to use various research tools, such as the internet and encyclopedias, and to become familiar with the national archives and genealogical databases in Tel Aviv.
The Shorashim project is on a mission to teach Israeli students about what it means to live in a Jewish state, and the sacrifices their families made to get here.
www.partner.org.il /eilat/news-0402-otzma.html   (573 words)

  
 Your Link to Israel
Shorashim, a Masorti community settlement in the Western Galilee, is welcoming new families into its egalitarian, pluralistic community.
Located five minutes from Carmiel and forty minutes from Haifa, Shorashim comprises 55 families, half of whom are native-born Israelis and the other half are olim, including many English speakers from North America and England.
Started in 1980 as a collective settlement and privatized in 1992, Shorashim is proud of its high-quality community life, including an excellent day care, TALI-sponsored nursery school and kindergarten and NOAM youth group.
www.tnuatam.org /explore/shorashim.html   (120 words)

  
 Shorashim   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Join Shorashim (roots) and discover 1000 years of Jewish history in Prague, the city that many claim is one of the most beautiful in the world.
Shorashim participants will fly from New York to Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, and will spend three days exploring the wonders of this enchanting city.
Shorashim is sponsored by HADASSAH in cooperation with the Education Department of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
www.youngjudaea.org /html/shorashim.html   (726 words)

  
 UJC HK - Shorashim School
The word "shorashim" is Hebrew for "roots," a fitting symbol for a school trying to give its children a sense of their religious identity, something that is very important in a place like Hong Kong.
Shorashim is for children Kingergarten to grade 8, covering history and social studies, holidays and ceremonies, Hebrew and prayer, ethics and values, and Torah.
This informal educational group meets on Shorashim Sundays and is open to all parents and friends of Shorashim and the UJC.
www.ujc.org.hk /pages/shorashim.html   (560 words)

  
 roots
Next week, the Shorashim Project will culminate in a ceremony for the students and their parents, held in a theater downtown.
At a time in their lives when these young people are struggling to develop a sense of identity that fits with their emerging adult selves, an investigation into their family's past is reassuring.
This project is not only about the past, as vital as that is. The Shorashim Project, written by the students themselves, becomes their guidebook for finding their identities as individuals, members of a family, and citizens of Israel.
www.postcardsfromisrael.com /roots.html   (562 words)

  
 Judaica, Artwork, and Jewelry from Jerusalem :: Shorashim of the Old City's Biblical Shop :: Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shorashim of the Old City has since its inception in 1986 strived to be much more than a gift shop.
The Shorashim Learning Center has developed into a center where individuals and groups can discuss, debate, and discover the beauty and depth ensconced within G-d's words in Torah.
The Shorashim E-Magazine attempts to be a source of news, views and information regarding the awesome story that is the modern state of Israel.
www.shorashim.com   (331 words)

  
 Pinat Shorashim - Programs
Located at Kibbutz Gezer, Pinat Shorashim has a number of different sections or corners, each allowing for another educational "point of entry." Still in the process of expanding, each entry point has an educational message designed to give new and creative meaning to Jewish text, tradition, and ritual.
Pinat Shorashim is an ongoing, hands-on program where work projects not only educate, but also produce modules for use with others.
Pinat Shorashim sits on approximately 3 acres of land at the base of Tel Gezer.
www.pinatshorashim.org.il /programs.php   (969 words)

  
 HaMakom - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The foundation's work is rooted in a vision of Zionism that integrates rootedness in the Land of Israel and the unity of the Jewish people, together with the values of equality, freedom of conscience, and religious and ethnic pluralism.
Moshav Shorashim was founded by a group of young immigrants from North America in 1981.
The Galilee Foundation for Value Education – Shorashim is located at Shorashim, a community settlement which is part of the Misgav Region Local Council - ten minutes from Karmiel and forty-five minutes from Safed, Tiberias and Haifa.
galilan.com /~hamakom   (1061 words)

  
 MERCAZ USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shorashim, a Masorti community settlement in the Western Galilee, is welcoming new families into its egalitarian, pluralistic community.
Located five minutes from Carmiel and forty minutes from Haifa, Shorashim comprises 55 families, half of whom are native-born Israelis and the other half are olim, including many English speakers from North America and England.
Started in 1980 as a collective settlement and privatized in 1992, Shorashim is proud of its high-quality community life, including an excellent day care, TALI-sponsored nursery school and kindergarten and NOAM youth group.
www.mercazusa.org /newsltr/spring2005/find_you_roots_shorashim.html   (111 words)

  
 Kabbalah World Center - TALMUD ESER SEFIROT- Part 5 - Eser Sefirot de Akudim in the second Hitpashtut called Matei ve ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Also, there are ten Shorashim there of these ten Sefirot that came out, in the tenth Sefira in her, called the Malchut in her.
This is so because the Shorashim always yearn to shine in the Anafim, as they are their sons.
Even though Hizdakchut does not apply in the Shorashim, which are the Eser Sefirot de Rosh, still the ascent of the Shorashim extends from the Hizdakchut in the Anafim themselves.
kabbalah.info /engkab/talmud_eser_sefirot/part_5/eser_sefirot_de_akudim.htm   (7265 words)

  
 Shorashim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The shorashim (from Hebrew שורשים for "roots") are principles for decision making.
The shoresh (pl. shorashim) is the three-letter stem of Hebrew grammar.
Shorashim is the name of Habonim Dror Southern Africa's month long tour to Israel for sixteen year olds, attended annually by approximately 100 young people.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shorashim   (165 words)

  
 Jewish Farm School: Shorashim
We are awakening deep agrarian roots within ourselves, conversing with the land as a portal to our own identity, as an invitation to the divine, as a storybook of a history coming alive again.
The shorashim apprenticeship is set on a functioning farm, not in an isolated comfort zone.
This means you will be exposed to the sometimes difficult but realistic pressures and responsibilities of running a farm…which could mean long work hours and extreme weather conditions.
www.jewishfarmschool.org /shorashim.htm   (1272 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The children are integrated with the other students in the school for extra-curricular activities such as holiday celebrations and sports, as well as for some of their academic lessons.
The Shorashim program is led by special education teacher Audrey Seltzer and her staff, including a teacher for Jewish studies and Hebrew, as well as a teaching assistant for French, computers and art.
The Shorashim program is looking into adding a high school division, as well as creating more inclusion opportunities for some of the children into the mainstream classrooms.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=4065   (442 words)

  
 RDR - Shorashim Weekend
Note: Space is limited at Shorashim this year, so latecomers will be admitted on a space available basis for each event.
Having been transformed into an "urban camp" eight years ago, Shorashim remains on Broadway with all events at Bridge for Dance, a professional dance studio with a great wooden dance floor (especially for those who still love to dance barefoot).
As a courtesy to visitors to New York City attending Shorashim, a list of reasonably priced hostels and hotels within walking distance of Bridge for Dance will be provided, if requested.
www.avik.net /rikud/camp/shorashim.html   (669 words)

  
 PEACE AND ENVIRONMENT
Purpose: Pinat Shorashim is a park built by over 1000 participants, and dedicated to peace and environment while deeply rooted in Jewish sources and soil.
Experiencing Pinat Shorashim guides the participants, through an informal education, toward an understanding of not only the dynamic role of a working kibbutz, but also the place of land in Jewish culture and tradition.
Process: The seminar includes a tour of Pinat Shorashim, which is linked by paths separating a number of different sections containing various modules examining links between the Bible, the landscape of Israel and Jewish traditions.
www.jafi.org.il /education/iex/shorshi1.html   (168 words)

  
 KlezCalendar: Israeli Dance, NYC, Labor Day Weekend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is the first appearance by Moshiko at Shorashim and we are very pleased to have the opportunity to review and learn his classic dances from the master himself.
This is also Shmulik's first time at Shorashim and he will make a cameo appearance in one workshop to teach some of his great classic dances.
Having been transformed into an "urban camp" 8 years ago, Shorashim remains on Broadway with all events at Bridge for Dance, a professional dance studio with a great wooden dance floor (especially for those who still love to dance barefoot).
www.klezmershack.com /calendar/001530.php   (1375 words)

  
 SHORASHIM - ùåøùéí   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since its establishment in 1987, Shorashim Gallery has organized four seasonal auctions a year, attended by collectors, art enthusiasts and dealers from all over the country.
A team of thirteen appraisers is available to serve you.
Shorashim also holds exhibitions by both renowned and fledgling artists.
www.interart.co.il /shorashim/e1.html   (169 words)

  
 Shorashim
Shorashim est à la fois un vrai programme culturel et un vrai programme de vacances…la suite naturelle de Taglit, pour celles et ceux qui souhaitent poursuivre plus avant la découverte de leur histoire, de leurs racines, de leurs identités.
Voici pour la quatrième année, shorashim, un programme hors du commun…une porte ouverte sur ton identité, sur les identités juives, sur la connaissance…mais des vacances tout de même…Ce programme est subventionné par le Fonds Social Juif Unifié…
Shorashim c’est un subtil melange equilibré de :
perso.orange.fr /the.club/TCshorashim.htm   (497 words)

  
 Shorashim Trip - Part One | Jerusalem, Israel Travel Blog
Shorashim is subsidized by an initiative called "Taglit," which means "birthright" in Hebrew.
Shorashim is unique in that 10 of the 47 participants on my trip were Israeli.
Shorashim is a special program because they focus on the "mifgash" (meaning “encounter”) experience...learning about Israel and Israelis through the eyes of Americans and Israelis together.
www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/guest.pl?tweb_UID=lemuelodell&tweb_tripID=israel&tweb_entryID=1121005800&tweb_PID=pgogo   (5116 words)

  
 The Movement for Reform Judaism - Shorashim Project News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This is just one of the extraordinary revelations to emerge from the Reform Movement’s innovative Shorashim project.
The Heritage Lottery funded project was developed in order to enhance the young participants’ sense of Jewish identity; their commitment to their community and to a Reform Jewish way of life in Britain.
Shorashim is about awakening their curiosity and sense of identity.
www.reformjudaism.org.uk /news/community-news/shorashim-project-news.html   (560 words)

  
 Walking On Fire - May 19th, 2006
Also, all the shorashim pertain to the "action" of "cycled speech-consciousness".
In fulfilling the ideal of speech (which is to allow honest communication between souls), we are allowed back into the empty place (בטל) which has the potential to lift (ל) us again into the suprarational mind to receive another dose of divine communication, to repeat the process of receiving for the sake of giving.
Now, the 5 shorashim which describe this process are themselves rooted in the 2-letter gate (tarah/targum) בט.
liorah-chanah.livejournal.com /2006/05/19   (1792 words)

  
 Shorashim | Art School & Auctioneers
All exhibited paintings can be acquired at Shorashim Art Gallery.
Objects of Art and Antiques available for immediate acquisition, as per listed price are subject to Shorashim's premium of 15% + VAT (on the premium amount only).
Shorashim 2 Habima Sq, Tel Aviv Israel 64253 Tel: 972-3-6853553 Fax: 972-3-6850001
www.shorashim-art.com /gallery_eng.php   (73 words)

  
 Shorashim's Home Page
That time has finally come, the time of year we dread so much in which we must say goodbye to the youth lounge and our weekly shorashim programs.
Thats right it is my sad duty to report that the 2005-2006 has sadly come to a close.
With this distressing news I have even worse news, because although shorashim will return next year our beloved advisor Mayaan will not.
www.angelfire.com /un/szyouth1/blue/shor.htm   (102 words)

  
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