Developing a relationship with Hashem was the topic of the third in a series of panel discussions at the Shulamith School for Girls Middle Division in Cedarhurst.
Last Wednesday, students in …
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4/21/16
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The listing of the travels of the Israelites in the wilderness finishes, in Parshas Masei, with these verses: “They left Almon Divlathaymah and camped in the Avarim mountains in front of Nebo. …
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By Avi Billet
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8/4/16
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This past week in Israel, the challenge of running a modern day state against the backdrop of a 3,000 year old tradition again came to the forefront. Tens of thousands of commuters, including …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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9/11/16
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My father, Haim Hendrick Roet, a Holocaust survivor from the Netherlands, addressed the United Nations General Assembly in January, during its annual Holocaust memorial ceremony with this poignant …
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Commentary by David Roet
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11/3/16
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The young men of DRS spent last shabbos with their rabbeim and their families in the Poconos (above), absorbing divrei Torah while building camaraderie and participating in a variety of fun …
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11/23/16
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Our parish contains a pasuk (verse) that references the mitzvah of brit milah: “And on the eighth day, the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.” (Vayikra 12:3) …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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4/26/17
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Our parasha begins with the 16th chapter of Sefer Bamidbar. It tells the story of Korach and his followers, and their rebellion against G-d and His Torah, Moshe, and Aharon. There are countless …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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6/21/17
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By JTA
A Guinness World Record for the most dreidels spinning
at one time was set at the Boy Scouts of America’s 2017 National
Jamboree.
Some 820 dreidels spun simultaneously for 10 …
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By JTA
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7/26/17
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DJERBA, Tunisia — Anticipating the sun’s rapid ascent in the African skies, six barefoot men align themselves early in the morning in a drafty corridor of the still-cool interior of …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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9/30/17
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CASALE MONFERRATO, Italy — It’s always Chanukah in this picturesque town in northern Italy’s Piedmont region, where Jews have lived for more than 500 years, reaching a peak of 850 …
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By Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTA
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11/22/17
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