By Jeff Toback
Issue of Oct. 3, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769
With the dark, heavy clouds of the 70th anniversary of the Kristallnacht
floating slowly in our direction, an incident that occurred …
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10/30/08
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Literature and thoughts on the election
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of Oct. 3, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769
Well, at long last, it is going to be over. Election Day is Tuesday and we will be …
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10/30/08
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of Oct. 31, 2008 / 2 Cheshvan 5769
Reading the story of the dispersion at the beginning of chapter 11, it is hard to see where the people went wrong. In the words …
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10/29/08
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By Rabbi Chananya Weissman
Issue of Oct. 17, 2008
Our label-driven community, in which everyone must be neatly pegged and categorized within seconds of meeting them, tells us that there …
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10/16/08
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By David Seidemann
Issue of Oct. 17, 2008
The number seven represents nature in Judaism, and the ultimate that man can achieve in its realm. At the conclusion of every cycle of seven, …
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10/16/08
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Issue of Oct. 17, 2008
Someone else’s problem
To the Editor:
My appreciation to Howard Kopel for a well written, appropriate article (Rabbinical malpractice: evaluating the actions of …
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10/16/08
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Sukkot/Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah 5769
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of Oct. 17, 2008
There are few things in life that can elicit a collective gasp from everyone in a room. A real …
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10/16/08
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By Rabbi Yakov Horowitz
Issue of Oct. 17, 2008
The first column that I ever wrote was published in the May, 1996 issue of The Jewish Observer on a topic that was simply not discussed in …
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10/16/08
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By David Seidemann
Issue of Oct. 10, 2008
Shmulik lives in Israel with his wife and six children. He is a successful businessman who commutes to the United States approximately three times a …
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10/8/08
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JCC and Ohel partner in program to help students
By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of Oct. 10, 2008
The JCC of the Greater Five Towns has joined with the Ohel Bais Ezra Lifetime Care Foundation to …
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10/8/08
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