The Kosher Bookworm
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of November 27 2009/ 10 Cheshvan 5770
A rebbe who does not speak Yiddish; a rebbe who speaks a fluent German; a rebbe who dresses in the …
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11/24/09
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The Kosher Bookworm
by Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of November 20, 2009/ 3 Cheshvan 5770
This past Shabbat we read the Torah portion of Chayei Sarah, the parsha deals with the passing of our …
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11/18/09
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The Kosher Bookworm
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of November 13 2009/ 26 Cheshvan 5770 The beginning of the 19th century witnessed many historical events that were to foreshadow much of the next …
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11/11/09
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The Kosher Bookworm
By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of October 30 2009/ 12 Cheshvan 5770
Just when I thought that all that had to be recorded on Sefer Bereishit was now safely behind us, along …
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10/27/09
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Every year at this time our thoughts go back in time to an age of antiquity that beckons us to ponder the true meaning of what ”beginnings” are really all about. This is forced upon us by the …
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10/21/09
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By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of October 16 2009/ 29 Tishrei 5770 With the songs and festivities of Simchas Torah still echoing in the background, Shabbos Bereishis is now upon us, and with the return …
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10/13/09
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Just the name, the Netziv, HaRav Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin zt”l, should give a shiver of awe and inspiration to any knowledgeable Jew. His life’s story, as reflected in “My Uncle The …
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9/29/09
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With Rosh Hashanah behind us, we now look to the upcoming solemn observance of Yom Kippur and the joyous commemorations of Sukkos.
As with any Jewish observance, literature keyed to the themes …
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9/23/09
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Perhaps no other holiday season in the Jewish calendar is as prayer-intensive as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Each of these holidays has a unique prayer and liturgy to the themes and spiritual …
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9/16/09
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Perhaps one of the most nefarious myths of World War II was that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was the one who liberated the Jews from the Nazi evil and ended the Holocaust.
I call this …
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9/9/09
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