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Hanukkah Greetings

December 1, 2010 by · Comments Off on Hanukkah Greetings 

Hanukkah Greetings, The commemoration of Hanukkah, which starting this year at sundown on Wed Dec 1 and continues until sunset on Thursday, December 9, is a time for the Jewish people around the world to reflect on events historical and miraculous of 23 centuries ago to mark the survival of the Jewish nation. To commemorate this important moment, and the many relationships celebrants are looking to recognize, American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) has a new selection of greetings to you please each sender and recipient.

The latest collection of L’Chayim to Life! Hanukkah card incorporates a conversational style and tone that fits perfectly with festive celebration. In addition to the heartfelt words, the cards are so beautiful drawing that represents the deep-rooted traditions of the feast of modern amenities. A fresh color palette enhances creative thinking of symbols like menorahs, candles, routers, and the Star of David to offer something that is both respectful and fun.

“Hanukkah is based on a rich history, and Jewish religious officials want to send a message of congratulations from their pride in this story of a joyful way,” said Pam Fink, editor of The Chayim to Life! Online at American Greetings. “To meet this need, our Hanukkah greetings that feature year, a wonderful mixture of beautiful images and warm feelings that gives consumers a variety of ways to recognize this important occasion and people in their lives that make it so special.”

Consumers can find the new The Chayim to Life! Hanukkah festival greetings to participate drugstore chains, grocery stores and mass retailers nationwide, as well as in American Greetings and Carlton Cards retail stores. For more information, including store locations in your area, please visit us at www.corporate.americangreetings.com. You can also follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com / amgreetings and Facebook www.facebook.com / AmericanGreetings.

About American Greetings Corporation

For over 100 years American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) has been a designer and manufacturer of innovative social expression products that help consumers improve their relations. Outline of the company greeting cards are American Greetings, Carlton Cards, Gibson Greetings and Recycled Paper Papyrus, and other paper product offerings include DesignWare party goods, American Greetings and Plus Mark gift-wrap and cards boxed. American Greetings also has the largest collection of electronic greetings on the Web, including cards available at AmericanGreetings.com through AG Interactive, Inc. (online division of the Company). AG Interactive also offers digital photo sharing and personal publishing at PhotoWorks.com and Webshots.com, and provides a single source for online graphics and animations to Kiwee.com. In addition to its product lines, American Greetings creates and licenses popular character brands through the American Greetings Properties group. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, American Greetings generates annual revenues of approximately $ 1.6 billion, and its products can be found in retail stores worldwide. For more company information, visit http://corporate.americangreetings.com.

Jewish Holiday

September 9, 2010 by · Comments Off on Jewish Holiday 

Jewish Holiday, Backed with the pin in his right hand gently Sarah Gottesman, Suzanne Levin put a gift bag on her lap in a nursing Southfield.

“I wish a new year and healthy and sweet,” Levin, 67, of Pleasant Ridge said Gottesman, 84, on a recent afternoon in MediLodge of Southfield.

Delivery of gifts for the Jewish New Year – honey sticks, apple sauce, and a Jewish calendar among them – is a way for local Jews to perform good deeds, called mitzvahs, as they approach the Jewish high holidays. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year begins at sundown today for the 72,000 Jews in the Detroit metropolitan area. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is 18 September.

Levin was one of about 100 volunteers with the women’s department of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit who helped pack and deliver gifts to the elderly Jews who live in nursing homes that are not predominantly Jewish. It allows older people the chance to reconnect with their faith and culture during an important time of year.

Jewish volunteers are rewarded

The scene inside a room at the Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, one morning last week was a whirlwind of activity for about 100 women were quick to material bags with gifts for home residents.

The volunteers came together to work for a good cause: to ensure that even those who live alone are connected to their Jewish roots.

“We want you to know that they are part of the Jewish community and that we care about them,” said Suzanne Levin, 67, of Pleasant Ridge. Levin and her husband were coloring the Jewish New Year cards inside the temple as they prepared to deliver gifts to local elders.

As the shadow in jars of honey to symbolize hope for a sweet new year, they talked about the importance of performing good deeds during the high Jewish holidays – Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, which begins at sundown today – and throughout the year.

“If you look at the laws of the Torah, are all about being good to other people,” Levin said her husband, Stewart Levin, 75.

Rosh Hashanah

September 8, 2010 by · Comments Off on Rosh Hashanah 

Rosh Hashanah, The festival marks the Jewish New Year. As leaders in Israel and Palestine to renew efforts to end the conflict in the Middle East, a local group calls for a year of peace in San Diego.

About 100 people with the newly formed Coalition of San Diego of Israel gathered together on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. They carried banners with messages of peace and blew the shofar – a traditional Jewish symbol. They said the Shofar sounds like a warning to Israelis, Palestinians and the San Diego community to seize the opportunity for peace.

Audrey Jacobs, co-president of the San Diego Coalition for Israel, said his group was formed last spring to meet the growing tensions in the community.

Jacobs said a case that sparked controversy was the Justice in Palestine Week 2010 – End of Apartheid “event organized by the UCSD Muslim Student Association in May. The students called for a resolution of UCSD to get rid of all economic ties with companies doing business with Israel.

“The incident happened at the UCSD increased awareness that San Diego is one of the focuses in the country specifically on campus for anti-Israeli sentiment,” said Jacobs, “and the community here, they felt powerless and have a way to actively express their support for the Jewish state. ”

Nasser Barghouti, a coordinator of the Coalition for Justice in Palestine San Diego, said his group’s mission is “to protest against the Israeli oppression of the Palestinian people, to help the Palestinian cause and promote the Palestinian point of view.”

Barghouti said the coalition is diverse and includes prominent members of the Jewish community and a growing number of local college students.

“It’s a growing movement,” said Barghoiti. “There is now developing an awareness about this issue and that action must be taken, completely non-violent action must be taken to really try to pressure Israel to respect international law.”

Barghoiti said an example of local action including a boycott and divestment movement against companies that have been documented to support the Israeli occupation.

Barghoutii said he is not optimistic about peace talks in the Middle East. He said negotiations would not succeed because it is an uneven playing field and the Israelis have more power, money and support.

“Moreover, the Palestinians have been living in a situation of military occupation in the West Bank and under siege full – a concentration camp in the Gaza Strip and apartheid in Israel,” said Barghoiti.

Members of the Coalition of San Diego Israel say that cling to the hope that the New Year will bring peace and resolution, both here and abroad.

“This is an extraordinary moment when we must unite and support this effort internationally and locally,” said Jacobs.

Jewish New Year

September 8, 2010 by · Comments Off on Jewish New Year 

Jewish New Year, Judgement Day (tonight at 9 issued in the observation of the TV), Benmergui has the task of explaining the history, significance and importance of the Jewish New Year begins this Wednesday at dusk This is also a daunting task, because – the words of the Rosh Hashanah Benmergui is “a very personal experience, and for all each of us differently, but participation in this film, produced with headquarters in Winnipeg Lank / Beach Productions, Benmergui to take your best shot reach beyond its point of view to reach a deeper understanding of the Jewish holiday staff first.

Benmergui, provided the communicator Comodo is a bit more “(It is) a time of deep reflection on the creation of life, inherent to review our contract with God, our commitment to your law, your opinion of our human actions, finally, wonderfully, our commitment to advance the ethics of loyalty Diligence Although New Year is likely to try to fool one, within a limited 60-minute film to explain the roots and defined and the symbolism of this ritual complex and ancient religious, on Judgement Day is very effective in providing an idea of the party and will be received by the followers have light and faith for non-curious.

These values, delivered through our families, schools and communities, our lead to careers in international development. We ThinkImpact part takes as a team, an organization based in Washington, DC, which reaches the poorest of the poor in rural Africa, and I think it’s time for everybody to reconsider Jews in philanthropy is a I knew years back. This Rosh Hashanah, our promise to you difficult questions and refuses to promote dependency on aid. The genus has not solved the problem of children in Kenya Teresa’s face. Nor is it to play again in nitrogen malaria, HIV or inadequate education. Unfortunately, despite the generosity in the world, poverty are millions of people very seriously. One billion of them can not drink a glass of clean water.

Rosh Hashanah

September 8, 2010 by · Comments Off on Rosh Hashanah 

Rosh Hashanah, President Obama joins this blogger to wish you a happy Rosh Hashanah. Here is the video of Obama yesterday:

Come to think of it, as Stephen Hawking chosen to present his book The Grand Design and declare that God created the universe, it is fair to say that for him, not Rosh Hashanah is good, eh?

One would think that Hawking is show a little respect for the Jews for not releasing his book one day before Rosh Hashanah, right? Talk about failing the performance evaluation. Geesh.

This blog still can not understand why Stephen Hawking to write a book trying to discredit the existence of God, but not the devil. Makes you wonder if your book is the devil’s own work.

From this perspective, Stephen Hawking seems to religious fanatics and fans he rightly criticized. Two sides of same coin.

I prefer the edge. It rolls, if you know what I mean.

Happy Rosh Hashanah!

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