By David Seidemann
Issue of Oct. 10, 2008
Shmulik lives in Israel with his wife and six children. He is a successful businessman who commutes to the United States approximately three times a …
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10/8/08
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JCC and Ohel partner in program to help students
By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of Oct. 10, 2008
The JCC of the Greater Five Towns has joined with the Ohel Bais Ezra Lifetime Care Foundation to …
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10/8/08
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Resolutions for remarkable Jews
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of Oct. 10, 2008
It is a bit of a challenge to reflect on Yom Kippur before it happens. This issue of The Jewish Star went to …
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10/8/08
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Reflections at the turning of the year
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of Oct. 10, 2008
Yom Kippur has passed and the hints of a winter chill envelop us with every step. The …
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10/8/08
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By Menashe Shapiro
Issue of Oct. 10, 2008
Jewish Republicans fell for it again. They continually fall for the patented Republican “bait and switch” act. When Sarah Palin made sure during …
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10/8/08
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G-d’s clear indirect message
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of Oct. 3, 2008
For the parsha with the fewest number of verses in the Torah, Vayelech is quite busy. (Nitzavim has 10 more …
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10/1/08
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Teshuva and Yomim Noraim, The Noraos Harav (vol. 16)
Suggested reading for Yom Kippur
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of Oct. 3, 2008
As we are now in the midst of the yemei …
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10/1/08
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By David Seidemann
Issue of Oct. 3, 2008
I was meandering near the intersection of Court St. and Montague in downtown Brooklyn the other day, when a young lady with a clip-board and pen …
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10/1/08
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The weeks before a presidential election provide spiritual fodder for the week between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Throughout political campaigns, …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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10/1/08
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Good old-fashioned pessimism? Not exactly.
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of Sept. 26, 2008
Devarim 30:1 states: “And it will be when all these things come upon you, namely the blessing …
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9/25/08
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