Simcha Katz was planning on spending his twilight years immersed in the reedy commentaries of the Talmud when Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of the Orthodox Union, called him. It was 2005, and Katz had …
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By Michael Orbach
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1/27/11
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Marion Blumenthal Lazan never managed to finish her schooling in Germany. However she now has a school named after her in her hometown of Hoya, Germany. The Marion Blumenthal Hauptschule is the …
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By Dan Klein
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1/27/11
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By Sergey Kadinsky
Having climbed out of its past as a military dictatorship, Panama is revamping its image for the world as a hub for business, culture and tourism. As the country’s famed …
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By Sergey Kadinsky
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1/27/11
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Two weeks ago a giant of Torah learning passed away. Rabbi Zechariah Fendel was, after Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, one of the most prolific and articulate Jewish writers of our time.Each of the over dozen …
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Dear Aviva,
I am a devoted and supportive husband. However, there are times when I feel like my wife makes too many demands on my life. In one recent instance, I had gone to hear a speaker on a …
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1/27/11
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There has been a running controversy in circles that are committed to Jewish Law over “brain death.” Traditional sources require the heart and lungs to stop functioning. In olden days a mirror or …
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By Michael Orbach
James Kugel is the author of “In the Valley of the Shadow” and “How to Read the Bible.” A former chair of Near Eastern Languages at Harvard, Kugel is now the chair of the …
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As I walked through the doors of Noi Due I was immediately stuck by how wonderful the restaurant smells. The aroma, a combination of dark Italian coffee and freshly baked bread, permeates the small …
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By Zechariah Mehler
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1/27/11
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During one of the classes I teach on weeknights, our topic turned to the different kinds of love mentioned in the Torah. One insightful participant commented that if G-d tells us to look out for …
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Not that anyone is counting, but this is my 180th article for this fine newspaper. In article 88, I described a wedding I attended in Williamsburg. When I went out to make a phone call, I observed a …
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By David Seidemann
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1/27/11
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