I can still remember exactly the way “the ice cream man” looked on the beach in Brighton. I loved those beach days way back when. Of course most of you under 35 probably don’t have the same memories of going to the beach as I do.
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By Judy Joszef
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5/3/12
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In these weeks between Pesach and Shavuot, there is a widely practiced custom to study Pirkei Avot--the Chapters or Ethics of the Fathers. Some even extend this practice until Rosh Hashana; instead of having one round of study, they complete Avot four times.
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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5/3/12
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This week, in America, you will read the double portion of Acharei-Mot-Kedoshim which, translated literally, means “after the death of the holy ones,” a meaning that was all too appropriate last week when we were reading the same double portion, as it fell on the Shabbat immediately following Israel’s Memorial and Independence days: Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut.
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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5/3/12
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Perhaps the most popular tractate of the Talmud among our people is the Mishnah Avot.
What is unique to this particular book of the Talmud is that, unlike the other tractates, this one is a book of ethics not law.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/3/12
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Last week President Obama had some heartfelt words at the Holocaust Museum:
“I say this as a President, and I say it as a father: We must tell our children about a crime unique in human history,” Obama said during a speech in the museum’s packed auditorium.
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By Jeff Dunetz
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5/3/12
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Tzipi Livni quit the Knesset this week and offered parting words of warning that Israel’s future as a Jewish and democratic state is in danger.
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By Juda Engelmayer
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5/3/12
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Dedicated to the memory of the Israeli soldiers whose selfless sacrifice gave and gives us a State we can call our own.
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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4/26/12
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Due to their not (yet) having been translated by the Jewish publishing houses, much of the midrashic library is a treasure-trove of untouched gemstone mines.
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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4/26/12
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If the word tofu reminds you of “flower child” of the 60s and tasteless health food, you are not alone—but you are missing out on one of the most versatile, healthy-for-you ingredients.
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By Judy Joszef
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4/26/12
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April has been a bittersweet month with each bitter taste accompanied by a sweet dessert.
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By Miriam Bradman Abrahams
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4/26/12
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