Jewish Life CONTENTS
ISSUE 82
OUR COMMUNITY, OUR WORLD
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UPFRONT
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Letters
Have your say
Round Up
News from around the world
Inside Story
The Maxwell House Haggadah, ancient towns of Israel,
and matzah facts
FEATURES
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2 JEWISH LIFE
MARCH 2015
ISSUE 82
The Exodus
What’s the big deal?
Power house
Bright ideas for load-shedding
A personal exodus story
The journey to freedom spanning
generations and continents
Selma and the Jews
Understanding between blacks
and Jews must be strengthened
Lita Lives
Reigniting the spark of Lithuania
I thank you
Recognising miracles
Haggadah insights
Through the fresh eyes of children
Germany confronts the Holocaust
Coming face-to-face with their grandparents’ Nazi past
Scene at…
Recent local events – where were you?
Israel in context
We will survive!
Preserving our ethnicity
Are Jewish names, language and attire important?
Jewish identity
Blend in or stand out?
Fleeing with haste
The speed of our departure from Mitzrayim was one of
the greatest gifts from Hashem could have given us
Jewish life around the world
A rainbow of Jewish people and cultures
Rejoining the living
The Jewish way of mourning a loved one
Inspiration
Women illuminating the world
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