Donors continue to give, but less than in previous years
By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 29, 2008
2008 saw the government bailout of Bear Sterns, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, an …
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Issue of August 29, 2008
By Rachel Blady A Jewish Heritage Day audience of tens of thousands watched on the big screen at Shea Stadium Sunday as Gary Schnitzer, a New Jersey man recovering from …
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First person
By Malka Eisenberg
Issue of August 29, 2008
My husband, Steven Eisenberg, got the call on his cell phone in his office. The Gift of Life contact person said that he was a …
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The Haftarot of our lives
A review of how our Haftarot are treated, by Dr. Michael Fishbane
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 29, 2008
A few weeks ago The New York Times …
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Issue of August 29, 2008
Not in the mob
To the Editor:
I found the article ‘Congregation Beis Ephraim Yitzchok welcomes new rav’ (August 22, 2008) to be offensive, insulting and …
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of August 29, 2008
The melodies are haunting — evoking feelings first experienced in the Holy Temple thousands of years ago. …
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A gift from a Cedarhurst family to a shul in Texas
By Michael C. Duke
Issue of August 29, 2008
Like a bride and groom on their wedding day, members of a small shul in Houston were …
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Playing by the Rules
By Avi Billet
Issue of August 29, 2008
How confusing does a five-word pasuk (verse) have to be?
Here is a loose summary and translation of Devarim 12:1-4: …
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Anti-Israel diatribes spring from Iran’s leaders like fleas from a dog, but a recent Iranian Parliament statement stood apart, …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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Issue of August 29, 2008
A benefit concert for the Heller Resource Center of the Yeshiva of South Shore began with food catered by Traditions ...
... and continued with music by …
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