Month: May 2006

Passover in Okinawa

The Jewish Community of Okinawa celebrated a wonderful Passover Seder on Wednesday night, the 12th of April at the Camp Butler Officer’s Club. This was the kickoff to an exciting week of events celebrating the departure of the Jewish People from bondage in Egypt. The Seder went extremely well with a grand turnout of approximately 70 people. Rabbi Jessica Oleon […]

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If Not Now, When?

Another Yom Hashoah commemorative day for the Jews has come and gone. Year after year since the Holocaust we cry out, never again, and yet, genocide continues to loom over the earth. Right now, in the Sudan/Darfur region, over 400,000 have been murdered in the name of ethnic cleansing. Sound familiar? We have a responsibility as Jews to let our […]

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