At the recent American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference, each of the remaining United States presidential candidates—except for Democratic contender Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman
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3/30/16
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Like so many happy accidents, it started with Purim. Riva Preil, a physical therapist in her early 30s living in Manhattan, was recording a skit for her Orthodox shul’s Purim spiel when the …
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By Derek Kwait, for the OU
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1/3/18
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UTRECHT, Netherlands — To the dozens of revelers at this city’s main Purim party, a Jewish grandmother who cooks the event’s annual Persia-themed holiday feast is a rare communal …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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2/28/18
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We call it yichus — the legacy of generations of the past. Rabbis, scholars, talmidei chachamim, community leaders who were ancestors to those we now look up to. All the above, Rabbi Shlomo …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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1/9/19
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On Sunday, Nov. 17, Hindi’s Libraries hosted its first annual Gobble Gobble Book Fest at Make It Too in Cedarhurst.
The pre-Thanksgiving event, a fundraiser for the nonprofit, focused on the …
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11/22/19
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Opinion — Right Angle
Issue of Feb. 20, 2009 / 26 Shevat 5769
Anyone who raised an eyebrow at charges that the “Hekhsher Tzedek” kosher-certification initiative …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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2/18/09
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Among the record 4,000 college and high school students who attended AIPAC’s annual Policy Conference in Washington last week, was a strong delegation from the Stella K. Abraham School for …
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SKA
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3/30/16
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — When Joel Zacks and Linda Ginns each first visited Israel, on separate pre-college tours, they fell in love with the country.
It was 1968, they were both 18 and had yet …
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By Yardena Schwartz
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6/28/17
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By the time Starr Mirza went into cardiac arrest at age 22 and nearly died, she had spent a lifetime trying to convince doctors she was sick.
“The doctors were always pulling my parents …
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By Abigail Pickus
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5/2/18
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The Jewish Star proudly presents its Back to School guide for 2011. Below is a selection of Nassau County day schools which submitted information to this newspaper.
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Compiled by Anna Hardcastle and Sergey Kadinsky
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8/18/11
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