The inside of the Kishle, a structure erected in 1834 by Ibrahim Pasha, who governed the land of Israel from Egypt, is cold and dark. When the Ottoman Turks regained the area in 1841, it served as a …
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By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman
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4/13/16
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It is hard to imagine how a young woman with a life-threatening illness, struggling every day just to move and breathe, has touched the lives of thousands of people in an incredibly powerful …
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4/13/16
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Their smiles suggest that this may be the very favorite holiday of the children in class N3B of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway Early Childhood Center.
Learning about the …
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4/13/16
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With the first Seder just hours away, Sanitary District 1 will collect last-minute chometz on Friday, April 22.
Residents are encouraged to drop-off trash to garbage trucks that will be …
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4/13/16
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The Rina Shkolnik kosher food pantry of the Marion & Aaron Gural JCC last week invited needy Five Towners to stock up for Pesach.
“Unfortunately for many it is a very different holiday …
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4/13/16
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Is the current wave of Palestinian terrorism waning? Yes, according to data from Israel’s Shin Bet security agency.
But Shin Bet adds that the Islamic Movement in Israel is still trying to …
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By Shlomo Cesana, Israel Hayom
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4/13/16
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Pesach commemorates events that clearly defined our people’s history and purpose. So, when I happened upon a commentary on a Haggadah whose author’s name brings to mind events in my past, …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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4/13/16
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The non-partisan Orthodox Union on Monday rejected comments by Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders about Israel.
Sanders said the United States should pursue a “more balanced …
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4/11/16
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Students at Brandeis University reported finding a swastika drawn on a house where the Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) was hosting a party on Friday night.
Lisa M. Lynch, the …
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4/6/16
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Two weeks before New York’s presidential primary and special election for the 9th state Senate District seat, former President Bill Clinton visited Elmont on Tuesday to campaign for his wife, …
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By Ben Strack
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4/6/16
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