Run For Their Lives, a national movement of runners demanding the release of the hostages, reached Riverdale on Sunday.
Fifty Riverdalians gathered at Seton Park gathered for a 30-minute walk of …
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1/31/24
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UJA-Federation of New York led a coalition of 28 metro area rabbis and other Jewish leaders to aid those impacted by the war with Hamas.
The delegation landed in Israel on Monday and were …
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11/1/23
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“Imagine, for a moment, the inconsolable grief of a Jewish mother whose baby has been butchered to death,” wrote Rep. Ritchie Torres. “Could you imagine anything more callous …
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10/18/23
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The principal of the Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School wants his school to vibrate with a feeling of “nice.”
Working to raise the profile of mitzvot ben adam l’chavero …
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9/13/23
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Reva and Danny Judas were away from home when their newborn son died suddenly after living only 12 hours. No one knew what do. “I was in shock, devastated. My father is a Rabbi, but this was …
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11/13/19
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Many years ago, when I was in high school, my mother arranged for me to get a ride to school once a week with one of the teachers. We lived in Manhattan, and as the high school I attended was in …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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5/15/19
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An overflow crowd came out to support Yachad last week as NY Yachad held its first gala, at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence. Three Yachad stalwarts were honored:
•Adira Katlowitz, …
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6/20/18
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An internal correspondence document written by a senior member of Israel’s rabbinical courts rejects the authority of all rabbis who receive their ordination from a yeshiva …
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By JTA
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5/30/18
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The Orthodox Union is founding its own division to advance women as congregational leaders, as well as to promote Jewish study and communal participation for women in Modern Orthodoxy.
The …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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10/25/17
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Ever since Rabbi Avi Weiss began training female clergy and appointing them to leadership positions, he’s been mired in controversy.
Graduates of his women’s seminary in Riverdale have …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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10/18/17
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