By Michael Orbach
Issue of August 15, 2008
"To a conservative like me, every Jew should be a conservative," Mike Gallagher said, in a phone interview with The Jewish Star. "Liberals are …
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8/13/08
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Airline cites fuel costs as reason for cancellation
By Jewish Star staff
Issue of August 15, 2008
Israir Airlines will suspend flights to the United States effective Sept. 13. The …
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8/13/08
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Q: What do righteous, learned Torah scholars and newly observant Jews, or baalei teshuva, have in common?
A: The way they recite blessings.
No, it's not …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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8/13/08
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Issue of August 15, 2008
Dear That's Life:
To all those who do not believe in the power of challah, read this:
A cousin of mine in Yerushalayim, making my challah recipe for the first …
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8/13/08
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Enjoy, enjoy!
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 15, 2008
The Talmud (Taanit 30b) quotes the Mishnah when it says there were no holidays (literally "good days") on the Jewish calendar …
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8/13/08
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Lightning kills 80 people each year, and injures 300 more, across the United States. Five men attending an athletic event in Nassau County were recently struck. A lightning strike can cause a …
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8/13/08
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For the week of August 15
Lawrence - The Par Group's Samuel Levine Memorial Golf Classic will be held on Monday, August 18 at the Seawane and Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawrence, to benefit Sunrise …
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8/13/08
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A Tisha B'Av exploration
By Judah S. Harris
Issue of August 8, 2008
Tisha B’Av all over the world is observed through fasting, expressions of mourning, the reading of Megillat Eicha …
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8/7/08
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By Moshe Weiss
Issue of August 8, 2008
From cradle to grave, in simcha and tza’ar, for most of us, music is more than just a byway of life. It is a guidepost to stages in the cycle of the …
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8/7/08
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 8, 2008
This optimistic/pessimistic outlook is an embodiment of what Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik would call a “dialectic.” Tisha B’Av is the …
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8/7/08
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