Issue of Sept. 5, 2008
What about single dads?
To the Editor:
As a once-a-long-time-ago single parent, a then, and now, devoted father, I take umbrage at the failure of Rabbi and …
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9/5/08
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The Haftarot of our lives
A review of how our Haftarot are treated, by Dr. Michael Fishbane
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 29, 2008
A few weeks ago The New York Times …
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8/29/08
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Issue of August 29, 2008
Not in the mob
To the Editor:
I found the article ‘Congregation Beis Ephraim Yitzchok welcomes new rav’ (August 22, 2008) to be offensive, insulting and …
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8/29/08
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From the other side of the bench
By David Seidemann
Issue of August 29, 2008
The melodies are haunting — evoking feelings first experienced in the Holy Temple thousands of years ago. …
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8/29/08
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Anti-Israel diatribes spring from Iran’s leaders like fleas from a dog, but a recent Iranian Parliament statement stood apart, …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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8/29/08
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Debunking myths about Orthodoxy
By Allison Josephs
Issue of August 22, 2008
Old-fashioned, extreme, closed-minded, sexist, dirty and ignorant. These are some of the words that used to …
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8/21/08
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Loving the ‘ger’
By Rabbi Avi Billet
Issue of August 22, 2008
The Torah commands us to love three entities: G-d, our neighbor, and the “ger.” The term “ger” is usually …
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8/21/08
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Nazism, communism and the Olympics
King Of The Road: From Bergen Belsen to the Olympic Games by Dr. Shaul Ladany
Reviewed by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of August 22, 2008
By the time …
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8/21/08
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Going for the gold
By David Seidemann
Issue of August 22, 2008
Once every two years, the nations of the world are supposed to lay down their arms, cease all military conflicts, and …
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8/21/08
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Like an amusement park barker inviting passers-by to step right up and throw balls at some unfortunate’s head …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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8/21/08
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