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WCRJ is dedicated to supporting, strengthening, and uplifting the Jewish Russian community by creating an environment where every individual feels connected, welcomed, and valued. WCRJ Community Center offers a dynamic selection of programs and services that educate, inspire, and support individuals on their journey to discovering Jewish heritage, always with a spirit of unconditional love.
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The deeper I went into the Torah’s approach to giving, the more I realized how precise that financial framework is.
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Daily Thought
Choosing Life
If He loathes evil, then why does He allow it in His world? How can He breathe life into a world while all that is good and beautiful is ravaged by that which He hates? It must be that His hatred of evil is not like the hatred of a mortal being for those who oppose him. Nothing can oppose Him, none of His creatures can cause Him harm. To Him, darkness is light and light is darkness, the wicked and the righteous are equal in their insignificance. He rejects evil not for any reason, but only because He has chosen to reject these things, and that very rejection is what brings evil into being. So too, He has chosen that those who vanquish...