The HAFTR Hawks varsity basketball team and the Flatbush Falcons arranged to play in the Barclays Center last Sunday. HAFTR wanted to use the opportunity …
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Joey Hoenig, HAFTR Athletic Director
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12/31/14
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CommUnity The Achiezer Gala will be dedicated to the memory of Dr. Richie Friedman a”h,a leader in the regional Hatzalah system for more than three decades, Achiezer announced this week. …
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The Jewish Star
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12/19/18
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The Freifeld Legacy
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
We call it yichus — the legacy of generations of the past. Rabbis, scholars, talmidei chachamim, community leaders who were ancestors to …
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7/8/08
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By Sergey Kadinsky
Issue of October 15, 2010, 7 Cheshvan 5771
Corralled behind a police barricade with only five demonstrators present, a tiny Kansas-based church brought the hate to …
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10/13/10
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With significant state budget cuts looming ahead, local Agudath Israel leaders met with State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) to discuss how the cuts will affect the Orthodox community. “Skelos is one of the top three individuals making the decision on the budget,” Rabbi Yonah Feinstein said. “Our concern is the yeshivas and community organizations and these are all constitutionally approved services.” Rabbi Feinstein of Agudat Israel organized a March 6 community breakfast for Skelos.
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By Sergey Kadinsky
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3/10/11
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When a local philanthropist speaks, there’s usually a personal connection to the cause. For Lawrence attorney Phil Rosen, it was a trip to northern Israel with his daughter last year, where they kept encountering Hebrew speakers with American accents. At a coffee shop outside Tzfat, they met a young Californian olah in uniform, and asked to hear her story.
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By Sergey Kadinsky
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7/13/11
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Not long ago, an Orthodox rabbi in his early 70s with lung cancer was rushed to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital with heart failure. The dying patient previously had asked his family that he not …
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By Larry Luxner for Hadassah
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12/24/19
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With all the Yomim Tovim coming up, Midreshet Shalhevet in North Woodmere held a food drive to help those in need.
Over the past few weeks, the students collected non-perishable food items. After …
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Shalhevet
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10/2/14
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A Jewish woman walks into the post office to buy Chanukah stamps for her holiday cards.
The person behind the counter asks, “What denominations?”
The Jewish woman responds, …
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By David Kaufman
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12/20/17
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Rabbi Lookstein defends himself against critics
By Michael Orbach
Jan. 27, 2009 / Special to TheJewishStar.com
The Rabbinical Council of America appears to have backed away from its …
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1/28/09
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