By simply taking four swabs of cells from the inside of your mouth, it’s possible to save someone else’s life, because for every 400 swabs there’s a bone marrow …
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By Jeffrey Bessen
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7/16/21
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SKA in Hewlett was awash in color and Adar joy as a “Women in Tanach” color war erupted last week. Freshmen represented the gevurah of Esther, sophomores invoked Miriam’s emunah, …
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2/16/22
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From the start of Genesis, we have been reading one long story extending over many centuries. It began with the creation of man and proceeded with the narrative of the transformation of a small …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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1/25/23
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments last week in a case centered on the rights of employees to observe their religious Sabbath, or day of rest.
Both religious and secular Jewish groups are …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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4/26/23
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that “we will one day be able to have railways connect Saudi Arabia and Israel,” just hours after a New York …
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Analysis by Ariel Kahana, JNS
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8/2/23
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10/19/23
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In a cattle car in Poland, in the summer of 1942, Reb Azriel Dovid Fastag, a composer for the Modzitzer Rebbe, was headed to his death in Treblinka. Over a hundred Jews, forced to stand for days on …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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3/13/24
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Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky was among participants
Jewish Star staff report
Issue of Sept. 12, 2008
After years of appeals and petitions, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in …
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9/11/08
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Sunday night it begins, then two candles on Monday, and before we know it Chanukah will be a memory again. The night that eight candles burn brightly at the window, telling the world that a great …
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12/17/08
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Issue of March 27, 2009 / 2 Nissan 5769
In 1897, Bircat HaChama did not go smoothly in New York City.
According to a report in The New York Times the following day, “the celebration ... was …
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3/26/09
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