When the Levush records the halakha from Shulchan Arukh 428 about when certain Torah portions are read during the year, he explains the rule that Tisha B’Av precedes parsha Va’Etchanan: …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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7/23/15
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Sometime between now and Sept. 17, Congress will have a chance to vote thumbs down on the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran. Per legislation, it will have 60 days to act, counting from July 19, when the …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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7/23/15
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One of the major issues in the debate over the Iran deal revolves around the question of what will happen if international inspectors want to visit a particular nuclear site, and the Iranians say …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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7/23/15
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When hackers from a group called Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail defaced the website of Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley, Pa., in July 2014, the synagogue chose to look forward rather than …
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By Robert Gluck, JNS.org
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7/23/15
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I did it. I finally did it. I ended this relationship. It had lasted 18 years, through good times and bad. My family, friends and even acquaintances tried to reason with me, to let it go, it was …
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By Judy Joszef
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7/23/15
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He loved my photography twice before, but chose a friend to shoot this Bar Mitzvah’s video.
Each moment’s ideal angle will tell the story best and render subjects pleasingly.
Here I …
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By Gary Rabenko
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7/23/15
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Last Tuesday, we woke up to a different world, to the moment to which history will most likely point an accusing finger.
This deal with Iran? It’s a great deal — for Iran, not for the …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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7/22/15
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In the Jewish faith the observance of sad historical events also includes an essential human ingredient of optimism that serves to give us something to look forward to — in the case of Tisha …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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7/22/15
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7/16/15
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For those of you who pretend there is no politically liberal bias among the national media, consider these two recent events involving Hillary Clinton.
First, national press reporters actually …
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By Rick Jensen
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7/16/15
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