What weighs 400 pounds, is necessary for the establishment of the Third Temple, hasn’t been seen in 2,000 years, and is completely red?
If you guessed “para aduma,” or the red …
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By Deborah Fineblum Schabb, JNS.org
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8/5/15
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Hillel Day Camp celebrated the end of the nine days by inviting Simcha Leiner to perform.
Hillel’s choir, led by Izzy Keiffer, sang as well.
The camp’s second grade girls later …
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8/5/15
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Miri Zorger is an award-winning chef in Israel who said, “When I make food, I look for the artistic perspective. To me it’s important to show kosher food can be gourmet.”
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By Chef Miri Zorger
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8/5/15
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Fourteen years ago this week (on Aug 9, the 20th of Av, in 2001), in a Sbarro pizzeria on a beautiful Jerusalem afternoon, a fanatical terrorist entered with a guitar case full of explosives and, …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/5/15
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Last week, from Tisha B’Av through Tu B’Av (July 26–31), was loaded with a particularly awful set of occurences in Israel. From the vandalism on a Conservative (Masorti) …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/5/15
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Despite what Secretary of State Kerry says, the P5+1 deal is not forever (most key provisions stopping Iran from enriching uranium expire after 10 years, the rest after 15). But if you read the …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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8/5/15
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When it comes to the nuclear deal agreed to a fortnight ago in Vienna. there’s a pattern evolving that should be worrying the Obama administration: the more you know about it, the less you like …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/5/15
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Three Long Island congress members — the North Shore’s Steve Israel, the South Shore’s Kathleen Rice, and Rep. Grace Ming of Central Queens — said this week that they would …
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The Jewish Star
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8/5/15
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At a time when America’s heroes are dwindling, filmmakers and historians are among those turning to Abraham Lincoln for inspiration.
The relationship of our 16th president with Jews is …
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By Jennifer Brody, JNS.org
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8/5/15
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Second of two-parts.
Walter Schacherl’s search for his relatives after World War II reconnected him with one cousin who survived the camps, but no others.
After his discharge from the …
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By Brian Racow
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8/5/15
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