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ISSUE 66

OUR COMMUNITY, OUR WORLD

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Letters
Have your say
Round Up
News from around the world
Inside Story
This month in Jewish history, significant numbers,
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SEPTEMBER 2013

ISSUE 66

The point of prayer
Trying to define the power and purpose of davening
16 Upgrade your Judaism
Dare to take a deeper look
22 Yom Kippur…
Fasting and feasting
24 A spiritual explosion
The good news from Cape Town
46 Ancient lessons…
For modern living
50 A return to innocence
The challenge of closeness, with G-d and man
54 Everyday heroes
David Cohen fights the good fight
56 Scene at…
Recent local events – where were you?
62 Israel in context
Diverse education in Israel
64 13 lessons…
From running the London
Marathon
66 The Uman phenomenon
40 000 Jews converging on
the Ukraine
72 Fasting fit
The science of an easier fast
74 Set smart goals for real change
Step-by-step tools
78 Finding faith
An intercontinental flight changed my life
82 The ‘New Face’ of Shabbos
The Shabbos Project takes shape
84 Taking Torah to new heights
The Kili Crew minyan takes this task literally
112 Inspiration
Hope for the hungry

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