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After catering several events surrounding my daughter’s wedding, from her shower to her rehearsal dinner for 125, I decided I would self-cater parts of any simcha I would be blessed to host. …
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By Joni Schockett
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10/18/17
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I can’t eat borscht that comes from a jar that’s been sitting on a supermarket shelf for who knows how long. So sue me. Tell me I’m a snob. I just can’t. It’s the wrong …
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By Ronnie Fein, The Nosher via JTA
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10/18/17
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You know the scene from the movie “Back To The Future” where the lady is holding a can with a rattling coin, calling: “Save the clock tower! Save the clock tower!” Well, I …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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10/18/17
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The internet exploded over the weekend after Mayim Bialik, in a New York Times op-ed titled “Being a Feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s World,” said — as she’s said before, …
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By The Jewish Star
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10/18/17
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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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JERUSALEM — An ancient Roman theater was uncovered during excavations of the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a statement Monday.
The …
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JTA
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10/18/17
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During the New York City mayoral election of 1969, the incumbent mayor, John V. Lindsay, found himself in an electoral jam for re-election. Having just lost …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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10/17/17
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It’s affixed upon the doorpost. It’s wooden, thin and rectangular, but with rounded corners. It’s meant to fulfill a biblical commandment. And it bears a verse from the Gospel of …
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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10/10/17
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My father had energy that was larger than life. He protected us and made his presence known when he was healthy, sick and now, even after he passed away this summer.
He loved G-d, his family and …
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By Lisa A. Bloom
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10/10/17
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The Canadian government has announced it will correct a memorial plaque at its new National Holocaust Monument, which spoke of the “millions of men, women and children during the …
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By Rafael Medoff
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10/10/17
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