If you’re old enough to remember the darkest days of the movement to free Soviet Jewry, the news last week that the Russian Justice Ministry has asked a court to close down the operations …
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By Jonathan S .Tobin
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7/28/22
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Do we have the right to test G-d? Can we sit back and wait for G-d to give us a sign as to what we are meant to do? Or perhaps we are meant to live in somewhat of a fog, so as to preserve intact our …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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11/16/22
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At the conclusion of Friday night prayers, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on a crowd in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, killing seven and wounding three. The terrorist was pursued by …
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By Shimon Sherman, JNS
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2/1/23
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The prohibition of eating blood is one of the best-known mitzvot in Parashat Acharei Mot. In his Commentary on the Torah, on Sefer Vayikra 17:10-11, the Ramban notes that many of the verses that …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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4/26/23
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According to the teachings of Rav Kook, while most blessings are of rabbinic origin, one of the most popular ones is to be found in this week’s parsha, Eikev: the Birkat HaMazon, Grace After …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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8/2/23
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Israel’s Foreign Ministry has put together a classified report calling for the removal of UNRWA from the Gaza Strip in the long-term.
The report sets out a three-stage process for …
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By David Isaac, JNS
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1/4/24
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With Purim approaching, we thought it might be helpful to consider the importance of speaking with your children about drinking. It’s an unpleasant topic, one that we parents might want to …
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By Michael Kidorf, Ph.D.
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3/20/24
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By Miriam Bradman Abrahams
Issue of Sept. 19, 2008
The news bulletin was disappointing to say the least. Tipped off by my internet home page, I ran to the remote to punch in CNN. Daytime TV …
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9/17/08
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By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of Dec. 26, 2008 / 29 Kislev 5769
The search continues for Allan Rothman, 56, who has been missing for close to two weeks.
Rothman, a resident of the Rockaway Manor …
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12/23/08
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Former local rav visits Five Towns, encourages aliyah
By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of April 3, 2009 / 9 Nissan 5769
Rabbi Shalom Rosner returned to his roots this week, visiting the Five Towns …
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4/1/09
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