Jerry has always had a strong sense…
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By Judy Joszef
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10/10/17
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American Jewish leaders are denouncing plans by a New York University-affiliated theater to host a play that portrays Palestinian terrorists as heroes.
“The Siege,” which opens …
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By Rafael Medoff, JNS
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10/10/17
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One of the most charismatic young rabbis in education today is Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, the Mashgiach Ruchani at the DRS High School in Woodmere. Rabbi Cohen has assembled in book form (“From The …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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10/8/17
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The festival of Succot contains two major mitzvot, dwelling in the Succah on the night of the 15th of Tishrei, and the taking of the Arba’at ha-Minim (the Four Species). Both of these acts are …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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10/3/17
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The holiday of Thanksgiving in the United States of America is classically observed as a celebration of G-d’s bounty. It is for the same reason, according to Ramban, that the Torah tells us to …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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10/3/17
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His steely eyes should have given him away, but over 30 years ago, I was a new immigrant, only four months into my Israeli army service, and I had no idea who this Lieutenant General really was. We …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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10/3/17
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Part of the charm of Sukkot is the shuk arba minim, the chaos of the lulav and etrog market.
The narrow window of time for this ad hoc religio-enterprenuerial market is just as soon as Yom Kippur …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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10/3/17
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Jewish college students returning after their summer break encountered a wave of swastika daubings and anti-Israel activity on campuses across the country—and there are signs the hostility may …
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By Rafael Medoff, JNS
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10/3/17
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On Sept. 20, while American Jews were preparing for the Rosh Hashanah, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), arrived in Jordan after being tossed …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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10/3/17
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It is difficult to look at the scandalous international response to the Kurdish independence referendum and not think, at the same time, of the betrayals endured by the Zionist movement in the …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/3/17
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