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Yom Kippur Prayers

September 18, 2010 by · Comments Off on Yom Kippur Prayers 

Yom Kippur Prayers, Jews celebrated the start of Yom Kippur – widely considered the most important of all Jewish holidays – and the holding of the High Holy Days.

On September 8, the period of 10 days began with Rosh Hashanah.

While that day is the Jewish New Year, Yom Kippur is a day for introspection and atonement.

“It’s interesting,” said Arava Talve, B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator at Temple Sinai in Palm Desert. “In fact, start a new year and 10 days later to make atonement.”

Yom Kippur is a time for Jews to repent of sins done in the past year, he said. People celebrate the holiday – which lasts until sunset today – quickly and spend much of their day in prayer in the synagogue or other place of worship.

“Of course young children, the elderly and those who need to take medication are encouraged to have food and water, when needed,” said Rabbi Sally Olins Temple Isaiah in Palm Springs. “For Yom Kippur, fasting represents atonement. It is a day we can say that we are willing to change for the better and follow through with it.”

This year is special for Bob Fey of Palm Springs, who serves as president of the congregation for the Temple Isaiah, and has been a member for 63 years.

“My grandson, who is 3, Yom Kippur is celebrated in this temple this year,” he said. “Five generations of my family who have been held in this temple Yom Kippur? I still remember my grandfather sitting in the front row in 1956.

“For me, Yom Kippur is about family. Our personal families, but also our family in the temple,” he said.

To Pearl White, 94, of Palm Springs, which has been a member of Temple Isaiah in 1977, the ceremony is especially moving.

“I love the prayer spoken on Yom Kippur.’re Beautiful. They are serene,” he said. “For me, Yom Kippur is to belong to, and celebrating with a community.”

Yom Kippur 2010

September 17, 2010 by · Comments Off on Yom Kippur 2010 

Yom Kippur 2010, Holiest of Jewish holidays begins; the congregation of a synagogue in Florida faces the loss of your building and Torah in a foreclosure action of the bank.

A bankruptcy judge will schedule a hearing to determine whether to allow the bank to foreclose on the assets of the synagogue for the failure to make payments on a loan of 3.8 million, according to court documents in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Congregation Chabad Lubavitch of Boynton Beach called for greater protection for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June after Stonegate Bank sued to foreclose on assets. The synagogue cited “the recession, the values of real estate and finance.” His lawyer also said in a telephone interview that Stonegate was not good on his promise of funding.

“Not that they could not make payments,” said Philip Landau, a lawyer for the synagogue. “The mortgage was made with the understanding of bond financing for the loan.

“That never happened bond financing.” Landau said in Shraiberg, Ferrara & Landau PA in Boca Raton, Florida. “The bank has not fulfilled its promise.”

Robert Furr, a lawyer from Fort Lauderdale-based Stonegate Bank, did not respond to messages left for comment. David Seleski, Stonegate president was not immediately available.

The hearing on the request of the bank to continue the execution was scheduled for 24 September. Because that is the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the bankruptcy judge agreed to choose another date, “said Landau.

Automatic suspension

The bankruptcy laws automatically freezes lawsuits against the presentation of the party; a judge may lift a stay. The bank asked the judge to allow it to proceed with a lawsuit that could take the assets of the synagogue.

“The bank has a lien on all goods, so that the Torah are within your property,” Landau said in the interview.

Chabad Lubavitch sued the bank in a Florida state court charged with fraud and false statements promising that the loan would be “the first of three that would result in a bond offering, according to an amended lawsuit filed in March.

The synagogue used to repay a mortgage loan and the loan earlier and planned to raise funds to expand into a vacant lot next to the temple. When the housing market in South Florida, “went into a tailspin,” according to the complaint in March, the bank “decided to unilaterally change the second and third phase” of the agreement.

Seeking a meeting

Landau said he is seeking a meeting with the bank’s lawyers to try to reach a compromise.

“We are hopeful in the coming weeks we can sit down with the banks,” said Landau. “The term of the loan and the loan amount is to be restructured.”

The original loan agreement was signed in October 2007 with a 7.4 percent rate of interest and a maturity date 18 months later. A revised agreement in April 2009 extended the maturity of October and the interest rate fell to 5.5 percent.

The bank received the last payment in July 2009, according to court documents. Stonegate is due and 4.56 million, including interest and fees, he said.

Stonegate asked the judge for permission to contact the members of the synagogue to determine if a plan to donate all that was promised from their income seems to be largely dependent upon receipt of pledges. “Landau said, the judge denied the request. The decision has not been submitted in the dossier.

The synagogue list of its total assets and 9 million and its debts and 4,150,000 at the time of Chapter 11.

Kol Nidre

September 17, 2010 by · Comments Off on Kol Nidre 

Kol Nidre, (AP) – Nationals pitcher Jason Marquis is scheduled to make his scheduled start Friday night in Philadelphia, although he is Jewish and Kol Nidre, the beginning of Yom Kipper.

Marquis has already launched on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, while in Atlanta and Chicago Cubs.

“The team expects you to do your job and not let his teammates down, and this is the approach to take,” Marquis said Sunday.

Rosh Hashanah

September 9, 2010 by · Comments Off on Rosh Hashanah 

Rosh Hashanah, Holidays come on the heels of Labor Day on Wednesday at sundown – and 60 percent of women working outside the home – more families are making Rosh Hashana in a way that would have been unthinkable a generation ago: eating out out.

Lettuce entertain you, for example, is offering Rosh Hashanah dinner, five of its restaurants from Lincoln Park in Lincolnshire, compared with only two sites last year. Several places have been booked for days.

It’s not just that families are taking their rituals to restaurants – Thanksgiving has certainly been gaining momentum for years. But that is a holiday centered on food and football. Rosh Hashanah is a time of reflection, not partying.

“If we were having and Italian, I would feel very uncomfortable,” said Karen Lasky, who will be at Di Pescara in Northbrook. “But we are with all the traditional foods … and it is easier.”

For two decades, the resident of Glencoe cooked, baked and cleaned for weeks, since her mother and grandmother before her.

However, a couple of years ago, her husband suggested that they go out – and now no turning back.

“When in my home, I’m in the kitchen,” said Lasky. “This way, we all get to be together as a family … and no cleaning.”

Despite all the practical reasons, some women would not think the outsourcing of the holiday.

“I could never make it,” said Barbara Hoffman, a social worker who was planning a dinner for 25 at his home in Highland Park Wednesday night despite setting the time in his office. “While I’m healthy, I’ll keep doing this.”

For others, however, the only way you can connect fee humble 19th century to the 21st century is life if someone gets up on the stove. Who has days to grate the apples of the cakes that symbolize hope for a sweet year?

Joe Decker, chef / partner of Wildland Fire is excited to bring family recipes – as Kugel, noodle pudding – more cream to a menu known for its meat and martinis.

“It rekindles many memories for me,” Decker said. “I think my mother would be super proud.”

But others are still trying to silence that inner voice that says they are cheating, say restaurateurs.

“Customers call and say, ‘I do not feel well this year” or “My daughter-in-law does not want to ruin your home,'” Lester said Schlan, owner of Max and Benny who expects to serve 250 meals the festivities on Thursday. “Everyone feels that she has to explain.”

Mitzi No Kray of Northbrook, which will ring in the New Year at Max and Benny, as it has for the last couple of years. Not long ago, used to host a feast of several courses, including three soups. But at age 86, is becoming the platform to another person.

“The food here is delicious, the atmosphere is warm and we are with the family. Is not that what the holidays are about?”

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.

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