Residents and staff at Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack have protested the drastic cuts to the Medicaid program initially outlined in the Senate’s proposed American …
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8/30/17
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Billy Joel’s decision to sport a yellow star on the front and back of his jacket during a concert last week was a nod to history that the singer may not have been aware of.
The venue for the …
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By Ben Cohen
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8/30/17
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There probably has never been an easier path to consensus for the three major non-Orthodox rabbinic associations. The decision of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform), the Rabbinical …
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By Jonathan Tobin
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8/30/17
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Stephen Bannon will speak at the Zionist Organization of America dinner in November in his first scheduled public appearance since he was fired as chief strategist for President Trump.
ZOA …
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By JTA
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8/30/17
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The U.S. government’s reluctance to demand the immediate creation of a Palestinian state has sent J Street into a panic.
With its candidates having been defeated …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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8/30/17
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The two candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Nassau County executive each said this week that they support the county’s anti-BDS law.
George Maragos and Laura Curran made their …
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By The Jewish Star
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8/30/17
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As I write this, I sense that sad and wistful feeling that sneaks in every year when summer’s end is just around the corner. I got it as an 8 year old, when Labor Day …
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By Joni Schockett
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8/30/17
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The mantra echoes from AA rooms and is chanted by halfway house residents: “If you’re not an addict, you can’t understand and you can’t help.”
With an astonishing …
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By Rabbi Dr. David Nesenoff, Founder, Center for Jewish Addiction Rehabilitation
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8/30/17
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I recently read a vignette which touched me:
A fellow, on his way home, saw a Little League baseball game being played in a park. Sitting down on the sidelines to watch …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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8/30/17
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In Devarim 22:13-21, we find two related circumstances that are both very disturbing from a contemporary vantage point.
The first concerns a man who marries a woman and then claims she was not a …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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8/30/17
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