This past week in Israel, the challenge of running a modern day state against the backdrop of a 3,000 year old tradition again came to the forefront. Tens of thousands of commuters, including …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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9/11/16
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From Moscow to Washington, we are told that the principle enemy in the Middle East is the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization. At the same time, the outside powers that have intervened in …
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By Ben Cohen
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9/11/16
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This past weekend, my husband and I had the privilege of dog-sitting for my granddog Murphy. This time, Murphy’s parents (my daughter and son-in-law) weren’t here; they were off to a …
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By Judy Joszef
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9/11/16
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An excellent scholarly essay by Rabbi Norman Strickman, professor of Jewish Studies at Touro College, peaked my interest in the legacy of Judah Ha-Levi the famed rabbi and leader of 1,000 years ago …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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9/4/16
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The theme of the Chosen People (am hanivchar) is repeated in a number of places in the Siddur, becoming a universally accepted principle of Jewish thought:
•From the blessing before …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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8/19/16
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his week’s Torah portion, Vaetchanan, begins in the middle of Moshe’s explaining how, after he appointed Yehoshua as the next leader, he once again beseeched G-d for permission to …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/19/16
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Cedarhurst attorney Howard M. Adelsberg asks that we consider helping Chai Lifeline. His reasons are both personal and communal.
Dear Friends:
In November 2001 my wife and I were told the …
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8/19/16
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Is there any comfort? It’s been ten years since that terrible summer of 2006 and the Second Lebanon War, and many of us have moved on. But for the families whose loved ones never returned, it …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/19/16
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Every time the Olympics rolls around, I want to believe in it. I want to partake in it from afar and cheer this idea of humanity coming together in the spirit of sportsmanship.
When it’s the …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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8/19/16
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Last weekend, emails associated with George Soros, billionaire donor to Democratic Party and anti-Israel causes, were leaked. The hack wasn’t of Soros himself but of multiple Soros-controlled …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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8/19/16
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