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Readings for Shabbat and the Tenth of Tevet  

This
week’s Torah readings provide another example of the Jewish belief that life is
a combination of the bitter and the sweet, sort of like when we dip the bitter
herbs into the sweet charoset at the…

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December 23

800: Today, Leo III, the Pope whose aggressive plan to crown Charlemagne gave the
Jews of the Rhineland a comparatively benign ruler β€œtook an oath of purgation
concerning the charges of adultery and perjury brought against him, and his
opp…

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Good evening, and welcome to #ourCOG Daily Brief for December 22, 2025. In U.S. news today, the political landscape is already buzzing for 2028, with Turning Point USA endorsing Vice President JD Vance for president, even as President Trump occasionally muses about a third term. On a significant note, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina […]

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