The final verses of our parasha focus upon the mitzvah of building a stone altar for the purpose of bringing korbanot (offerings) in the service of Hashem: “And when you make for Me an …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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1/27/16
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In April of 1988 I was called up for my first reserve duty, a few months after the first intifada exploded. We were stationed for a month in a nasty little place called Jebalya, a Palestinian …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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1/27/16
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By Roz Rothstein and Yitzhak Santis
Malicious campaigns to intimidate Jewish and other pro-Israel students and faculty into silence are occurring on far too many North American college campuses. …
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By Roz Rothstein and Yitzhak Santis
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1/27/16
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While the debate over what Moshe’s father-in-law “heard” opens up the discussions on the first verse of the parsha, several verses later the Torah tells us “vayichad …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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1/27/16
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This letter is in response to a cover story in The Jewish Star’s Jan 8 edition.
I would like to clear up several inaccuracies regarding The Jewish Star’s front-page story, …
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By Mark L. Claster, Chair, Northwell Health Board of Trustees
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1/27/16
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With great interest last week, I followed the saga of the African-American boycotts of the Oscars. They aren’t totally wrong — after all, Will Smith, one of the biggest names in the …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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1/27/16
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We are all still reeling from the news — a mother of six children who, despite heroically fighting back, was brutally butchered into submission amidst bloodcurdling screams and a pool of blood, …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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1/27/16
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Another week, another litany of ugly incidents targeting Jews, along with expressions of concern about rising anti-Semitism around the globe, and even the odd solution offered up. But as …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/27/16
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While not every observant Jew is a football fanatic, those who are will join one of America’s largest television audiences on Sunday, Feb. 7, to watch the Carolina Panthers face the Denver …
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By Ed Weintrob
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1/27/16
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On Rosh Chodesh Shevat, women who attended the Ohel Sara Amen Group in Lawrence enjoyed a lecture by the witty and informative Dr. Henry Abramson about the contribution of women to the Kabbalistic …
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By Celia Weintrob
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1/27/16
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