Shabbos meals- no children allowed...?
By Rabbi Avi Billet
The best thing about Shabbos, a friend of mine says, is that it guarantees him two or three meals a week with his family. He can …
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7/23/08
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Revisiting the past
by David Seidemann
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about my illustrious career as a little league catcher; the point of it was to encourage us all to revive that one …
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7/23/08
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What the Law of Return really means
By Stuart Katz
Written Wednesday morning, July 16, shortly after the bodies of IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were returned to Israel for …
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7/23/08
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Issue of July 25, 2008
It's not too often that the world gets a chance to make an example of a really bad guy, but an excellent opportunity has just popped up and it would be nice to see that it …
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7/23/08
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Icon of Evil: Hitler's Mufti and the Rise of Radical Islam
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
It was the time when there was no State of Israel, before there were Arab refugees, occupied …
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7/23/08
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An unlikely reunion
by Rabbi Avi Billet
In light of last week's challenging "exchange" of soldiers Goldwasser and Regev for, among others, a murderer who does not deserve the treatment he …
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7/23/08
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Literature of the three weeks and the Holocaust
“Eim HaBanim Semeichah” as edited and translated by Rabbi Dr. Pesach Schindler
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Midway through the …
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7/16/08
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Affecting fate
By David Seidemann
Exactly how hard should I try? When does human effort end and divine effort begin? If G-d is all-knowing and a leaf doesn’t turn over in the wind without …
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7/16/08
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Why isn’t keeping halacha good enough anymore?
By Jessie Fischbein
My 12-year-old daughter doesn't like to wear socks in the summer. When she became bas mitzvah, she began to …
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7/16/08
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An intrepid traveler from the Five Towns combines business and pleasure in a jaunt across the time zones
By Phyllis Koegel
It was Wednesday morning in Jerusalem and I was standing at the …
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7/9/08
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