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Month: February 2016

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Click for Information on The Jewish Community Women’s Seder

February 29, 2016March 3, 2016 admin
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Internationally-Known Anti-Israel Speaker at UNM: Richard Falk

February 19, 2016March 17, 2016 admin

Story and photos by Diane Joy Schmidt  A visit from an internationally known law professor combined his life-long rhetorical facility with a series of demagogic twists of history to present, […]

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From Our Federation

Heart of Jewish New Mexico Campaign

February 19, 2016 admin

Announcing the $1 million HEART OF JEWISH NEW MEXICO Campaign PARTNERING with Jewish organizations to sustain Jewish life in New Mexico SERVING rural Jewish communities PROVIDING access to Jewish resources […]

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Jon Bell CPA LLC

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

Thank you Jon for your continued support of the New Mexico Jewish Link

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Life and Culture

Albuquerque – Is It a Place Where Jews Can Retire?

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

By Diane Joy Schmidt  As we drive past by the David Specter Shalom House without giving it much thought, people in Albuquerque’s Jewish community might be feeling reassured as they […]

Israeli security and medics at the scene where two Israeli policemen were severely wounded in a shooting attack, with bullet wounds to the head. A Palestinian attacker driving a motorcycle opened fire at a group of Israeli Border Police officers at Salah Al-Din Street, near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate. The Palestinian gunman was reported shot and badly wounded. March 08, 2016. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
From Israel

The More Things Stay the Same

February 19, 2016March 24, 2016 admin

By Boaz Fletcher  Link correspondent, Jerusalem   Each time I prepare to write another piece, something about the good aspects of life in these here parts, another tragedy befalls us. […]

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Experience of a Lifetime: Attending the General Assembly and AJPA Conference

February 19, 2016February 23, 2016 admin

By Diane Joy Schmidt   Special to the New Mexico Jewish eLink Due to the generosity of an anonymous donor, I was selected to receive a scholarship to attend the […]

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From Israel

Snapshots of a Birthright Israel Trip

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

Enjoy the pictures of Israel from Simon Arnet   By Simon Arnet

Congregants praying at the Kadoorie – Mekor Haim synagogue in Porto, Portugal, May 2014. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Porto)
World News

New Citizenship Law has Jews Worldwide Flocking to Tiny Portugal City

February 19, 2016 admin

By Cnaan Liphshiz   PORTO, Portugal (JTA) — Five years ago, this city’s tiny Jewish community was so strapped for cash it couldn’t afford to fix the deep cracks in its synagogue’s moldy ceiling. […]

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After 523 Years, Spain Offers Citizenship to Descendants of Those Who Fled Inquisition

February 19, 2016February 23, 2016 admin

Story and Photos by Diane Joy Schmidt When the Edict of Expulsion decreed that the Jews of Spain convert or be expelled by the Ninth of Av, the last day […]

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A First Tu b’Shevat Seder for the Las Vegas Jewish Community

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

By Diana Presser Secretary, Las Vegas Jewish Community Throughout my Jewish upbringing – from Hebrew school through confirmation and as a Conservative adult – I never really understood Tu b’Shevat, […]

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Opinion

OP ED: A Tu b’Shevat Message on Fracking

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

A Tu b’Shevat Message on Fracking, Resource Extraction and Jewish Indigeneity By Jan Rabinowicz “In the time that the Holy One created the first human, he took him to all […]

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Lee Horowitz – Rays Carpet One

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

Thank you Lee for supporting New Mexico Jewish Link!

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Elijah Hears a Still, Small Voice

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

By Diane Joy Schmidt It is written that Elijah went to a cave at Mount Horeb and heard God. “The Lord said to him, ‘Go out and stand on the […]

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From Israel

Breaking Silence on Breaking the Silence

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

By Boaz Fletcher Link correspondent, Jerusalem ‘Breaking the Silence’ (“BtS”) is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) that has set itself the mission of allowing former IDF soldiers to speak freely […]

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From Our Federation

Seder Attendance among Jews in New Mexico, 2014

February 19, 2016 admin

Seder Attendance among Jews in New Mexico, 2014   According to the recent demographic study conducted by the Jewish Federation, New Mexican Jews show remarkable levels of Seder attendance, higher […]

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Ali Abu Nimah: Yet Another Anti-Israel Speaker on Campus

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

By Molly Morris In December, Ali Abu Nimah of the Electronic Intifada was brought to campus by the Students for Justice in Palestine to speak on the subject of Israel. […]

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Life and Culture

The Kabbalah of Star Wars: Using the Force against the Yetzer Hara

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

By Jan Rabinowicz With the iconic science fiction saga back in movie theaters and shattering box office records around the world, it doesn’t seem like much of a spoiler at […]

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Greta Weiner Digital

February 19, 2016March 17, 2016 admin

Greta Weiner was honored to be chosen, along with Bocotek, Inc, to complete two new websites, one for the Jewish Federation of New Mexico and one for the New Mexico […]

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Seders Across New Mexico

February 19, 2016February 19, 2016 admin

ALBUQUERQUE Chabad of Albuquerque conducts both first and second night Seders. For more detail, go to www.chabadnm.org, or call (505) 880-1181. The synagogue is located at 4000 San Pedro NE, […]

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