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Among the sought-after kiruv speakers, Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak held a public ceremony in Jerusalem this week, where his followers tossed their television sets into dumpsters. It is clear that Rabbi Yitzhak’s act was unrelated to any specific program, but one recent set of televised ads by the Israeli Ministry of Immigration and Absorption, is stirring strong opposition across a wide spectrum of American Jewry. more

Calendar for the week of Dec. 9, 2011 more

They say that nothing good ever happens after 2 a.m. With Bayswater residents fed up with a rise in crime, especially car break-ins and other petit burglaries, several concerned citizens formed a night watch group a couple of weeks ago to make sure the streets were safe at night. more

Among the pleasures of newspaper work is feedback from readers, which comes in the form of letters, phone calls and emails. As a publication serving the wider spectrum of Jewish Orthodoxy, it is no easy task to represent this spectrum in an accurate, professional and objective manner. more

Jordan Farmar, 25, the Los Angeles-born point guard for the New Jersey Nets, is returning to his home team following the resolution of the five-month lockout in the NBA, a result of a dispute in revenue sharing and salary caps. Since August, Farmar has been under contract for Maccabi Tel Aviv. more

There is war, and then there is madness. In war, one often has to fight, but when madness sets in, sometimes, perhaps one simply has to run. Such was the question on that dark October afternoon in 1973, when the quiet beauty and desolation of the Suez Canal was ruptured by the roar of an entire army crossing the water, bent on bloodshed. more

Calendar for the week of Dec. 2, 2011 more

In school, students are supposed to take part in two different activities: learning and acting upon what they have learned. They perform these activities in order to help them mature and to help them grow. Students at HAFTR are always looking for new occasions to take part in these different activities. Last week they had the opportunity to do both. more

Anyone who has a daily commute into the city has by now noticed the signs and billboards that announced the coming of Johnnie Walker’s new product Johnnie Walker Double Black. Now I am not inherently a fan of Johnnie Walker’s whiskey but when the largest scotch company in the world decides to throw its weight behind a new product it’s enough to catch my interest. more