Posts by Salomon Vaz Dias
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The Reverend Moch of Saint Thomas. http://www.onepaper.com/synagogue/?v=d&i=&s=St.+Thomas+Synagogue:From+the+Rabbi&p=1243829136
Prayer for His Majesty King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands
Boas Semanas, on the 15th of this month we will celebrate the evening of the little plates (schoteltjesavond). In Amsterdam this is a major event. Do others celebrate it in the same manner?
Please listen to the Hazanim Rev. Simon Duque and Rev. Salomon D. Nunes Nabarro for the way we deal with Hanuca.
Here is my 2006 article on the evening Selichot
The Expulsion of God in Halacha (1) Click here to open a printer friendly versionWhen trying to understand Halacha's failure to inspire many Jews in modern times we need to recognize that not only has it been flattened by over-codification and stagnation, due to its being out of touch with the spiritual needs of modern man, (http://www.jewishideas.org/articles/nature-and-future-halakha-relatio...
Spanish & Portuguese Jews in WWII in the Netherlandswith Salomon L. Salomon Vaz DiasMon, Apr 2311:00 AM - 12:15 PMKaplen JCC on the Palisades 411 East Clinton Ave Tenafly, NJ 07670 Phone 201.569.7900How was an entire community reduced to utter helplessness and herded quietly to the slaughter? Vaz Dias explores the struggle of Dutch Sephardic Jewry to preserve their identity and values and ...
To our congregational family, I hope you are well. Thank you for all your warm and constructive feedback on my report from last week. Among other benefits, someone is already inviting some new members, a new person is joining the Caring Connection, and it has been a good way to connect to people we don’t see as often. This all makes me realize I should have been doing this for a while. But anyway,...
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The Jews of The NetherlandsMonday, November 7, 2011Program schedule:10:30-10:45Registration10:45Welcoming Remarks10:50-11:40Dr. Jane GerberDirector, Institute for Sephardic Studies, City University of New YorkJews in the Dutch Republic: from Portuguese New Christians to Jewish Merchants & Printers11:45-12:45Dr. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor of Medieval Hebrew Literature, Jewish Theological Seminar...
William is correct. Many of the traditions adopted in Amsterdam find their roots in the Venetian Talmud Tora congregation. And the Senhores do Mahamad gave their advice and condent on many complicated 17th century issues.
Folks in NYC, are we still meeting this Sunday at Congregation Shearith Israel? Who will join us?