Parshat Ki Savo
Issue of August 28, 2010/ 18 Elul, 5770 by Rabbi Avi Billet
My grandmother gets "nachas" from reading this column. She told me a few times that one of the things she enjoys …
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8/25/10
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by Stephen Wallach
Issue of August 28, 2010/ 18 Elul, 5770
When you think about going out on a date, some type of food and some sort of activity are involved. A picnic can be romantic, …
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8/25/10
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by Ilya Welfed
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 I am fasting. It is Tisha b'Av. And I believe this was a mistake. Not the fact that I am fasting today, specifically, but the fact that so …
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8/19/10
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By Gideon Bari
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 People stop me on the street and ask me whether things have eased for job seekers. They follow up by saying that they heard that the economy …
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8/19/10
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By Fran Becker
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 I cannot drive by Ground Zero, or see a picture of the Twin Towers, without getting a lump in my throat. That gaping hole in the Manhattan …
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8/19/10
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By Richard L. Stein
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770
I live in Riverdale, a community that was traumatized fifteen months ago when a consortium of police agencies foiled an alleged plot …
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8/19/10
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Parshat Ki Tzeitzi
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770
The "controversial" cover photo on the Aug. 9 issue of Time featured the face of a young Afghani woman whose …
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8/19/10
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Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770
By Micah D. Halpern
Ten years ago Israel put up a wall, now they are taking it down.
The wall was erected to protect the residents of Gilo, a …
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8/19/10
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Ask Aviva
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 Dear Aviva,
I have worked very hard over the past few years in school; maintaining a great GPA while juggling a young family and an almost …
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8/19/10
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From the other side of the bench
by David Seidemann
Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 Let me be clear as an American and as a person who is not the President of the United States. Every …
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8/19/10
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