The sport of rapelling (or sneppling, as it is known in Israel), is the art of descending from a cliff by sliding down a rope which is sunken into the mountain above with stakes.
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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1/22/15
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You could almost hear the smack across the bow of the Obama administration on Wednesday as Speaker John Boehner invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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1/22/15
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Recently, a new book was published with a curious title, “The People In Between,” by Robert Marx of Chicago’s Jewish Council on Urban Affairs. This interesting work, brought to …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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1/21/15
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As predictably as birds flying south for the winter, last week’s abominable terrorist attack on the headquarters of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, brought forth the …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/15/15
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For these things I weep; my eye, yea my eye, sheds tears, for the comforter to restore my soul is removed from me; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.” (Eichah …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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1/15/15
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One of the strangest dialogues in the entire Torah occurs in Va’Era, this week’s portion. At the behest of G-d, Moshe shares with the Jewish people that their redemption is at hand. …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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1/15/15
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Planning certain events can be difficult and time-consuming. Getting together with the girls for dinner should not be.
A few weeks ago my friend Smadar sent a group message to five …
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By Judy Joszef
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1/15/15
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As predictably as birds flying south for the winter, last week’s abominable terrorist attack on the headquarters of the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, brought forth the usual …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/14/15
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas denounced as “heinous” the attack on French satirists who mocked Islam. That must have come as quite a surprise to the Palestinian …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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1/14/15
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In this week's Torah portion, we read about about G-d's instruction to Moshe to have the soon-to-be-freed Jews ask of their taskmasters, "Please, speak into the ears of the People, and let them …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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1/13/15
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