By Noah D. Gurock
Exclusive for The Jewish Star
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
TEL AVIV-For Americans who watched Michael Phelps win eight gold medals last year at the Olympic …
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Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
Some of the most deeply unpleasant people in the world are the ones who bear grudges. You know the type — she still badmouths you because you spilled …
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I’m Thinking
By Micah Halpern
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
When the Sunday Times of London reported that Israel has secured permission from Saudi Arabia to fly over Saudi …
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammux 5769
I took a week off from writing last week, as my wife and I were busy marrying off a daughter. …
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In My View
By Bracha Goetz
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
We got on board because we were striving for truth, and guess what? We’re still striving! So please, make sure your …
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Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
What it feels like to survive abuse
To the Editor:
I sat next to you in class, I live on your block. I went to your camp, I studied with you for …
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The Legacy of Irving Bunim
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
While the popular jingle goes, “Summertime and the living is easy,” for the Jewish people, the …
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Guide responds to bible critics with answers ‘buried’ in plain sight
By Mayer Fertig
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 tammuz 5769
On a sunny afternoon in Jerusalem in 1987 Rabbi Yehuda …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
As difficult as it is to comprehend warfare and the tactics required to ensure survival of your side, Biblical warfare is a …
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YU study pinpoints areas for improvement
By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of July 17, 2009 / 25 Tammuz 5769
Fewer than a quarter of Jewish day schools have a long-range financial plan. That’s the …
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