There is a distinct difference between a vacation and a family trip. A vacation is when you go somewhere, wile away your cares, skip the laundry and sit on a beach drinking a mai tai. Okay — maybe …
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1/26/11
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A heavy sigh of relief could be heard across New York State as the Jets defeated the Patriots on Sunday night. Of course, that sigh was quickly followed by the uproarious chant of …
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1/20/11
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After a lengthy debate, the Rabbinical Council of America has come out with its position regarding organ donation and brain death: it doesn’t have one, but everyone else does.
Whether brain …
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By Michael Orbach
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1/20/11
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For a limited engagement, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will both be frum.
David Yudell, an Orthodox Jew, will be playing the lead role in SUNY Westbury’s production of “Jekyll & Hyde.” There …
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By Michael Orbach
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1/20/11
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When scholars gather to discuss Jewish history there is always a certain reverence paid to the Al Andalus, or Golden Age, that existed in Spanish Jewish culture between 711 and 1492 C.E. During this …
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Daniel Gordis is the author of “Saving Israel: How the Jewish People Can Win a War That May Never End.” He is the senior vice president of the Shalem Center in Israel and has rabbinic ordination …
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1/20/11
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Sadly, it’s a fact: Orthodox Jews don’t celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day. In the more Orthodox schools the day passed without much of a mention. In certain modern schools, there are no …
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1/20/11
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In the front of the warmly lit sanctuary of the Carelebach Synagogue, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach accepted Rick Sanchez’s apology.
Sanchez, the former host of Rick’s List, a program on CNN, was …
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In their fundamental theology, untainted by modern liberal thinking, the other major religions of the world claim that those who do not subscribe to their belief system have no share in the world to …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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1/20/11
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