The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America on Monday welcomes new Department of Health and Human Services guidelines that will expand the ability of employers to exempt their companies …
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10/10/17
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President Trump now says he will not move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem until after his administration’s not-yet-public peace plan has a chance to be implemented.
Trump …
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JTA
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10/10/17
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In the predominantly Muslim Middle East, a sure way to rally opposition to any concept is to tie it to Israel.
Regional players such as Turkey, Iran and the Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah …
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By Ariel Ben Solomon, JNS
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10/10/17
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For close to 30 years, leaders of Polish Jewry have been celebrating what they call the revival of their once-great community from near annihilation during the Holocaust.
On occasions like the …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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10/10/17
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GATESHEAD, England — It’s lunchtime, and as they wait for their sandwiches at a kosher deli, five young haredi Orthodox men have a lively discussion in Yiddish about Jewish texts.
Such …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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10/10/17
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Thursday, Oct. 12, is a big day. Besides being Shemini Atzeret, multiple sources confirm that President Trump will deliver a speech outlining his policy on Iran. As part of that speech the …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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10/10/17
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After she finished reading Dara Horn’s novel “The World to Come,” my wife said to me, “The last chapter is amazing.” I am more of a non-fiction reader, but on her advice …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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10/10/17
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There is a powerful story I heard many years ago but never shared publicly, considering it too fantastic to possibly be true. But having recently read an accounting of it in Yitta Halberstam’s …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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10/10/17
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While Shemini Atzeret occurs at the end of Succot, it is, as Midrash Bereshit Rabbah notes, a chag bifnei atzmo (festival in its own right) rather than a part of Succot. (100:7) This is clearly …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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10/10/17
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RA Francine Solomon Memorial Library has been dedicated at Rambam Mesivta by the Deutsch and Solomon families in memory of their mother.
Carolyn Deutsch, the daughter of Mrs. Solomon, is a …
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10/10/17
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