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Yachad LI held its first Tu B’Shvat Supermarket Challenge, hosted by the Kosher Guru (at right). Yachad members and high school peers arrived at J2 Pizza in Lawrence where they split into seven …
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2/7/18
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Harav Zev Leff, shlita, of Moshav Matityahu in Yisrael, graced motzei Shabbos learning at Yeshiva of South Shore, saying he was moved by the hundreds of “Tinokos shel beis rabban” …
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2/7/18
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman accused unnamed Palestinian leaders of praising a terror attack that left an Israeli father of four dead.
Friedman’s tweet …
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2/7/18
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As thousands descended on Minnesota for Super Bowl LII on Sunday, they likely did not expect to meet those who greeted them in the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport: Minnesotans who survived …
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By Andrew Gershman, JNS
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2/7/18
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American supporters of Israel, pumped by pro-Israel pronoucements by President Trump, should not discount the importance of keeping and building alliances with Democrats, Malcolm Hoenlein said on …
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The Jewish Star
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2/7/18
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MOSCOW — Growing up in a working-class family in Russia’s Far East, Sergei Aryeh Zolotov knew the French Riviera only from what he’d seen in James Bond movies.
A student in his …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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2/7/18
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Nearly 80 years after being persecuted by the Nazi-allied Vichy French government, some 25,000 elderly Algerian Jews are being recognized for the first time as …
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By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, JTA
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2/7/18
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For several months now, Israel’s National Security Council has been examining multiple plans that would change the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem. Each proposal tries to deal with the …
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By Ariel Kahana, Makor Rishon via JNS
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2/7/18
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This week’s parsha, Mishpatim, begins with G-d commanding Moses: “And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them.” Rashi comments that G-d instructed Moses not to teach …
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By Rabbi Marc D. Angel
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2/7/18
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The mishpatim are most often viewed as a category of laws the Jewish people theoretically could have formulated on their own. In many instances, Torah contrasts these with the term chukim, as we find …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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2/7/18
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