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Dear DOMIM-aLike friends and colleagues,
 
God says to Moses: “Do not cook a goat in its mother’s milk.”
Moses says: “Okay, I get it… we mustn’t mix milky foods and meaty foods.”
God: “That’s not what I said. I just said, ‘Don’t cook a goat in its mother’s milk!’”
Moses: “Aaaah… so we have to wait six hours between eating meat and milk.”
God: “What don’t you get? It’s just ‘don’t cook a goat in its mother’s milk!’”
Moses: “Now I get it… You mean we need separate dishes and a separate sink for meat and milk.”
God: “Moses, you’re a pain. You know what? Do what you like!”

 

“When Adar enters, we increase joy” our Sages said. But happiness, laughter, and humor have a big place in Jewish culture all year around, not just in the month we welcome in today. Humor is not just an important component of Jewish culture, but also a way to express subversive comments about the reality of life – and even about God. Faced with the twist and turns of Jewish history, a good joke, a funny poem, or a biting cartoon can help release pressure and bring people closer, while at the same time making a forceful point.
In the world of liberal Judaism, humor can also be used to cast a new light on ancient customs and traditions that are inconsistent with the modern way of life and even with commonsense, as in the example of the joke above.

We hope you have a happy and funny Adar. To celebrate the month, we invite you to share your favorite Jewish joke with us on our Facebook page.

Keep on smiling!
 
Chodesh Tov,
Yours –
Rabbi Nir Barkin
Smadar Bilik
Facing Israel
Satirical Portraits of Israeli Politicians
By Artist Shlomo Cohen
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Shlomo Chohen's exhibition - Facing Israel - includes satirical portraits of well known politicians in Israel's history. From David Ben Gurion, Golda Meir and Menachem Begin to today's politicians - among them prime-minister Binyamin Netanyahu and head of opposition Yitzhak Herzog, Cohen captures the satirical aspect of each character and sharply portrays their public attributes.

These portraits, alongside many more of Cohen's artwork, are currently exhibited in the Israeli Cartoon Museum in Holon.

Watch online exhibition...
Meet Israeli Reform Rabbis:
Rabbi Galit Cohen-Kedem
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"I’d like to give our partners in the Diaspora the same gift they give us here in the Reform movement in Israel: the profound understanding that we are partners in a mission, our fates bound together, and that we will support each other even during stormy times."

Rabbi Galit Cohen-Kedem is the Founding Rabbi of Kehillat Kodesh Vechol in Holon and of the Hebrew Culture Education track since 2010.
 
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