Hundreds of parents and children from Jewish, Catholic, Muslim and other non-public schools joined on the steps of New York City Hall with dozens of City Council members on Wednesday to demonstrate …
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Orthodox Union
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5/28/15
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading international watchdog on Wednesday accused the militant Hamas group of abducting, torturing and killing Palestinians during the war in the Gaza Strip last year, …
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By Ian Deitch
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5/28/15
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It’s a day when it seems as though all of New York turns out to show its love for Midinat Yisroel.
On Sunday — rain or shine — schools, shuls, organizations and individuals from …
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The Jewish Star Staff
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5/28/15
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In Arabic, the word is Farhud means “violent dispossession.” It’s a word the Jews of wartime Europe did not know, just as Holocaust was a word unfamiliar to the Jews of WWII …
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By Edwin Black
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5/28/15
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In 1965, legendary Major League Baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax opted not to pitch Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers because the game coincided with Yom Kippur. Half a century …
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JNS.org
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5/28/15
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Israeli weightlifter Yossef Romano and 10 other members of the Israeli Olympic team were murdered by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists during the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, West …
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By Maayan Jaffe, JNS.org
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5/28/15
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With Shavuot now behind up, we restart our learning of Pirkei Avot, beginning with the first chapter. Thus, it is most opportune to bring to your attention a new commentary by Rabbi Marc Angel, a …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/26/15
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A new trustee was elected to the Lawrence Board of Education on Tuesday.
Heshy Blachorsky defeated Asher Matathias, 1,281 to 407, to fill a seat filled for the last nine years by Uri Kaufman, …
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5/21/15
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Recent ordeals for Jews on college campuses include being probed on their religious identity in student government hearings, seeing swastikas sprayed on fraternity houses, and the presence of a …
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By Jeffrey F. Barken, JNS.org
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5/21/15
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The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County this week announced its Class of 2015 top honorees — Valedictorian Adam Livi, and Salutatorians Eliana Kaufman, Leah Scher and Yigal Kamel.
“Adam, …
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HANC
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5/21/15
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