Ahlan Wa Sahlan Bibi Habibi! Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie © Provided by Khaleej Times Ahlan Wa Sahlan Bibi Habibi!
It is with great enthusiasm and honour that I, as the Senior Rabbi of the Jewish Council of the Emirates representing the Jewish Community, welcome you to the UAE, with the local Arabic words of welcome, with the hospitality rooted and founded in the teaching of our common - Jews and Arabs - Patriarch Abraham - Ibrahim il Khalil).
Our community has been growing and flourishing in the last few years, in this beautiful country of tolerance, acceptance, peaceful coexistence and harmonious living among different faith communities.
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Rabbi Allen I. Freehling, 88
Rabbi Allen I. Freehling, a giant in the Jewish community and a champion of human and civil rights passed away peacefully on January 6, 2021, with his wife, Lori by his side. He was 88 years old.
Born in Chicago, raised in Miami, Rabbi Freehling graduated from the University of Miami. At age 30, he enrolled in Hebrew Union College, and subsequently served a congregation in Toledo, Ohio before coming to Los Angeles to begin serving as the Senior Rabbi at the University Synagogue in Los Angeles.
For the next 30 years, his visionary leadership skills, sympathetic ear, wise counsel, and warm embrace helped grow the congregation from a membership of over 200 families to more than 1,000. Under his guidance, the synagogue emerged as a dynamic proponent of Reform Judaism. Rabbi Freehling worked tirelessly as a community activist to improve the lives of all people in Los Angeles. He helped the burgeoning homeless populations. He co-created interfaith dialogues
Oscar lived his life by the lyrics of Jon Bon Joviâs song âITâS MY LIFE
The lyrics go as follows: IT S MY LIFE, and it s now or never, I ain t gonna live forever, I just want to live while I m alive, IT S MY LIFE my heart is like an open highway, I did it my way I just want to live while I m alive...
Oscar was a life-long resident of Cincinnati and the child of Holocaust survivors (the late Ike and Rebecca [nee Berliner] Jarnicki). He went to Woodward High School and met his wife Cindy at the JCC swimming pool in 1970. They were high school sweethearts and were married for 45 years. Oscar received his Bachelors Degree at The University of Cincinnati and earned a Masters at Xavier University.
Simran Jeet Singh:
Thank you for watching the Religion News Service series, “Anti-Racism as a Spiritual Practice.” I’m your host, Dr. Simran Jeet Singh. And this episode is part of the second season of our series, which we filmed late in 2020. The first season, which was entitled, “Becoming Less Racist,” can be viewed on religion news.com. We thank Columbia University and Trinity University for their support in making the second season possible.
I wanted to begin by introducing our guest for today, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl. Rabbi Angela Buchdahl serves as the Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue in New York City. She’s the first woman to lead the larger form congregation in its 180-year history. She first joined Central Synagogue as a Senior Cantor in 2006. And in 2014, she was chosen to be the Senior Rabbi.
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