kosher meat
101Conservative responsa — are the body of responsa literature of Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism). Most Conservative responsa have been written by the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards. Such responsa are key sources for Conservative Halakha, which… …
102Criticism of religion — Part of a series on Irreligion …
103Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick — Rabbi Joseph ben Yehuda Leib Shapotshnick was a Jewish social activist in early 20th century London.BiographyShapotshnick was born in Kishinev in 1882, and died in London in 1937. R. Shapotshnick s father was a Hasidic leader in Kishinev, known… …
104History of the Jews in the Dominican Republic — Inside a Santo Domingo synagogue The first Jews known to have reached the island of Hispaniola were Spanish. These arrived in 1492, when the island was discovered by Christopher Columbus. Anti semitism, the Spanish Inquisition and finally… …
105Irgun and Lehi internment in Africa — From 1944 to 1948, Irgun and Lehi men were deported by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities to internment camps in Africa, located in Sembel (near Asmara, Eritrea), Carthago, Sudan, and Gilgil (north of Nairobi, Kenya). The deportees were …
106Matzo Ball — For the traditional Jewish food, see matzah ball. The Matzo Ball is an annual Christmas Eve nightlife event and party held in a number of major cities in the United States and Canada targeted primarily at young Jewish singles and organized by the …
107glatt — «glaht», adjective. (of kosher meat) ritually clean by the strictest standards: »a glatt kosher meal. ╂[< Yiddish glat (literally) smooth (because of the unblemished surface of the animal s lung)] …
108HUNGARY — HUNGARY, state in S.E. Central Europe. Middle Ages to the Ottoman Conquest Archaeological evidence indicates the existence of Jews in Pannonia and Dacia, who came there in the wake of the Roman legions. Jewish historical tradition, however, only… …
109NEW LONDON — NEW LONDON, city in S.E. Connecticut; population (2000) approx. 26,000; Jewish population of New London and its environs, approx. 3,900. The first recorded Jewish presence in New London dates from March 1685 when a Dutch Jew brought the… …
110NEW ZEALAND — NEW ZEALAND, independent country and member of the Commonwealth, situated in the South Pacific. In 1829, some 60 years after the rediscovery of New Zealand, the Sydney firm of Cooper and Levy established itself in the South Island at Port Cooper… …
