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Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771 Dear Aviva,
I am dating this girl and it’s getting pretty serious. The shadchan set us up mainly because we have similar backgrounds. …
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By Ian Digiacomo
Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771 Rosh Hashanah, all the holidays that follow, and Shabbat year-round, pose challenges to health and fitness, and weight loss. Massive …
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The Kosher Bookworm
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771 With the Yomim Nora’im here it is appropriate for me to suggest a book that could serve as a year-round …
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In my view
by Chananya Weissman
Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771
I recently saw an advertisement from a dating service that offered to help parents find a match for their …
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By Penina Zilberberg
Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771 It’s the Sunday before the start of school. You’re inching down Central Avenue in heavy traffic looking for parking with your …
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Rosh Hashanah
by Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771 Arguably the most enigmatic of the names of Rosh Hashanah is Yom Hazikaron. It is the concluding phrase of most …
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Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771
Good way to begin 5771
To the Editor:
What better way to begin the New Year than with a significant mitzvah?
Jews in the former Soviet Union …
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From the other side of the bench
by David Seidemann
Issue of September 10, 2010/ 2 Tishrei 5771 I did something last week that I should’ve done a long time ago. I actually took a day off …
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Issue of September 3, 2010/ 24 Elul 5770
Dear Aviva,
My husband and I had plans to move to Israel since we starting dating in med school. His family lives here but my family lives in Israel. …
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In good health
Issue of September 3, 2010/ 24 Elul 5770 By Rabbi Avi Billet
The gabbai has just called up two men. One will lift the Torah (hagbah) while the other will roll it, wrap it and …
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