From the other side of the bench
by David Seidemann
Issue of January 15, 2010/ 29 Tevet 5770
I would like to meet the genius that said, “Starve a cold, feed a fever,” or is it the …
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1/13/10
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By Michael Orbach
Issue of April 30, 2010/ 16 Iyar, 5770
It was raining on Tuesday night as Rabbi Avi Shafran, Agudath Israel’s director of public affairs, stood in the hallway of a home in …
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4/28/10
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By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 Residents of Woodmere can breathe a sigh of relief with the arrests of two Brooklyn men who police say murdered a 20-year-old in the …
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8/19/10
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Letters to the Editor
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5/26/11
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There is a mystical idea, which suggests, that hidden within every fire of destruction is the spark of redemption. Such, for example, was the case on Aug. 3, 1492, which was also the Ninth of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem. On that day, the Inquisition was imposed on the 250,000 Spanish Jews, faced with the choice of expulsion, conversion or death.
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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9/22/11
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9/11 was a life-changing day for many people. But it was especially the case for Robin and Avi Schreiber. Prior to their marriage they agreed to make Aliyah “some day.”
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By Lois Lustig
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1/12/12
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The American Heart Association website notes that “anyone can learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and everyone should!” Rabbi Elozer Kanner, coordinator of Chevrah Hatzalah of the Rockaways and Nassau County concurs.
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By Malka Eisenberg
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4/26/12
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Once in a while, when our kids were super stressed by school. I allowed them a “mental health day.” It sounds like playing hooky, but sleeping in and getting a little unexpected time off goes a long way in helping with focus and creativity.
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By Miriam Bradman Abrahams
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8/16/12
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With the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel this coming week, we are once again faced with the annual rants concerning whether to say Hallel with a blessing, or not to say Hallel at all.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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4/11/13
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