Young Israel of Woodmere hosts Senate Majority Leader; community leaders
Issue of Sept. 26, 2008
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9/25/08
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By Yaffi Spodek
Issue of Jan. 2, 2009 / 6 Teves 5769
Zahava Farbman of Chai Lifeline's Crisis Intervention and Bereavement has been inundated with phone calls from local parents who are …
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12/31/08
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Issue of April 10, 2009 / 16 Nissan 5769
To The Editor:
I read Miriam Wallach’s That’s Life column in the April 3 issue of the Jewish press with mounting trepidation. “Oh, no, not …
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4/13/09
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Issue of July 24, 2009 / 3 Av 5769
Dear That’s Life,
Before each major fast day my brother and I joke about the preparation our father goes through in anticipation of not eating. It is not a …
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7/22/09
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A reporter’s journey to the inside of Kosherfest
By Michael Orbach
Issue of November 6, 2009/ 19 Cheshvan 5770
Native Americans have vision quests, college …
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11/4/09
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By Mayer Fertig
Issue of February 5, 2010/ 21 Shvat 5770
A candidate for the still-warm New York City Council seat vacated on Monday by Simcha Felder has had an embarrassing setback. Joe …
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2/3/10
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Issue of May 21, 2010/ 8 Sivan 5770
I cherish the fact that the Torah does not hide from truths, and does not whitewash unpleasant situations. Biblical narratives in and beyond the Torah include …
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5/21/10
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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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9/7/10
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After the sudden cancellation of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) earlier this month, the famed university reversed its decision by launching a revamped initiative on June 20, dubbed the Yale Program for the Study of Anti-Semitism (YPSA).
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By Sergey Kadinsky
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6/23/11
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In the context of a discussion about what materials could be used for building a sukkah, the Gemara Sukkah (11b) raises a debate between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Akiva regarding of what material the original sukkah G-d described in Vayikra 23:43 was made.
The verse says “[You will sit in the sukkah because] I had the Israelites live in huts (sukkahs) when I brought them out of Egypt.”
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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10/12/11
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