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Jewish holidays

At a gathering earlier this year in New York, attendees brainstormed for a new Jewish holiday: Yom HaTzedek — Day of Justice. (Photo/Courtesy Andrew Mandel)
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He’s on a quest to create a new Jewish holiday — Yom HaTzedek, a Day of Justice

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky July 9, 2019July 9, 2019

Andrew Mandel believes that the Jewish people need another holiday. He calls it Yom HaTzedek — Day of Justice. Social justice is a big part of Judaism but we don’t […]

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Posted inBooks, Culture, Passover, Holidays

Holidays inspire yearlong quest by ‘wondering Jew’

by Jewish Book Council April 5, 2017April 6, 2017

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