By Michael Orbach
Well over a 100 people gathered on Thanksgiving morning for a particular type of giving thanks: a Seudat Hoda for Ilan Tocker.
The meal began after the late shachris minyan. …
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By Michael Orbach
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12/2/10
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It’s the resting place of three prophets, one prime minister, the first Chief Rabbi and the inventor of the Modern Hebrew language and it has fallen into complete disrepair.
A group of …
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By Michael Orbach
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12/2/10
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By Michael Orbach
This year, seven students from Yeshiva University High Schools will be participating in a new independent study Hebrew literature course where they will be mentored by a renowned …
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By Michael Orbach
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12/2/10
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The current issue of “Jewish Action,” the quarterly magazine published by The Orthodox Union, features a very interesting and timely essay by Toby Bulman Katz titled, “Nachama Soloveichik: A …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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12/2/10
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A blustery, sunny Sunday brought throngs of curious parents, grandparents and children to the preliminary opening of the Levi Yitzchak Library on Central Avenue in Cedarhurst.The idea for the library …
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by Malka Eisenberg
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12/2/10
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Eishes Chayil is the pseudonymous author of “Hush,” a young-adult novel about sexual abuse inside the Jewish community.The Jewish Star: What motivated you to write this book?Eishes …
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By The Jewish Star Staff
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12/2/10
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“Hush” is the pseudonymous’ Eishes Chayil’s daring foray into the forbidden territory of sexual abuse in the closed enclave of Hasidic Boro Park. Gittel and Devory, the main …
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By Olivia Wiznitzer
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12/2/10
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Shortly after Yosef is given his new title, he is introduced to his new wife: Asenath bat Poti Phera, the priest of On. Pharoh, King of Egypt, was the shadchan. As Yosef was not really given a chance …
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by Rabbi Avi Billet
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12/2/10
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Dear Aviva,
I was thinking about the basic differences between the chinuch that is implemented for girls (high schools and seminaries) vs. the yeshiva method and how it has a negative impact on …
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12/2/10
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The sight of 81 candles shining from our dining room window out to the cold winter night of Columbus, Ohio was indeed a sight to be seen. And so every year on the eighth night of Chanukah after my …
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By David Seidemann
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12/2/10
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