Neo-Nazis assault Woodmere residents visiting Hungary
By Michael Orbach
A Woodmere couple has learned first-hand that Jews may no longer be very welcome in Hungary.
Nat and Tova Farago …
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9/16/09
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by Michael Orbach
Oops. Has the Harvard Crimson, the Daily Harvard paper since 1873, gone a bit too liberal? Apparently.
Two days ago they published this advertisement paid for by the …
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9/9/09
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Newly-founded young leaders group responding to the call
By Mayer Fertig
Many Jewish organizations have found themselves in need of financial rescue this year; more than a few have cast their …
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9/9/09
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zt”l was a “one-of-a-kind” leader. With his complete mastery of the Talmud and rabbinic literature, the late Gadol Hador used his brilliant mind …
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9/9/09
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First Person: Watching and waiting while a friend saves a life
By Miriam L. Wallach
It was over a year in the making or, some might say, two lifetimes.
The successful transplant of …
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9/9/09
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9/9/09
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By Michael Orbach
Its might be the first Jewish American Idol contest or perhaps it’s just the cleverest membership recruiting campaign the Jewish community has seen in years.
On August …
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9/9/09
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By Moshe Weiss
y the light of the silvery moon, the shadow of the schulklopfer loomed large as he made his way through the shtetl, pausing at the doorsteps of his congregants’ homes …
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9/9/09
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By Michael Orbach
Issue of September 11, 2009 / 22 Elul 5769
The staff of Tablet Magazine were prepped and ready to launch their website. It was Monday, June 8, 2009, and Tablet had …
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9/9/09
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Adventures in Apple Picking
Dear That’s Life,
Elul brings with it a number of different rituals. From blowing the shofar on a daily basis to saying selichot in the days leading up to Rosh …
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9/9/09
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