By Jewish Star staff
Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
The One Israel Fund, in conjunction with three local institutions, placed three bomb shelters at shuls in Sderot on Aug. 31, in an effort to …
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Educating children in an unconventional way
By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
Most parents of young children share the common experience of the stressful morning rush to the school …
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Dear That’s Life,
Well, I have to say that I’ve had some very interesting responses to the piece I wrote regarding my colonoscopy.
A friend of mine told me he could not believe I had …
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Speaking from the heart
By David Seidemann
Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
I was watching at 6:47 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27 when history was made. I remember watching JFK’s funeral on …
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Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
The grinding bureaucracy encountered by new immigrants to Israel is the stuff of legend.
G-d only knows how many potential olim simply never applied to the Jewish …
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Notes from a working mom
By Ayala Cohen
Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
You can hear profanity everywhere these days: in the office, at the supermarket, on the train. The other day I heard a …
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Thanks all the same, but no, I’d prefer my next party not be “the talk of the town.”
The advertisement promising town-wide …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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In My View
By Howard Kopel
Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, “it means what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” …
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How a retired financier makes a difference
By Michael Orbach
Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
A recent New York Times article posed the following question to the gold winners at this year’s …
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Money isn’t everything, but it doesn’t hurt
By Avi Billet
Issue of Sept. 9, 2008
The Jewish king has three restrictions: he may not have too many horses, too many wives or too much …
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