Holocaust Survivor Takes On The World From UN Stage
By Uzi Baruch The annual ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day was held Wednesday at the UN General Assembly. In an unprecedented move, Israeli ambassador to the UN Danny Danon gave...
View ArticleThe Sheva Mitzvos B’nei Skiing
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Some go with their family, and some go with their friends. But one of the most popular activities during “winter break” is that trip to the mountain resort which offers skiing and...
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Let’s Celebrate Israel
Jonathan Sidlow, on his way to deployment in the 2014 Gaza War, with Rabbi Septimus at Tachanah Merkazit in Jerusalem By Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Septimus Young Israel of North Woodmere The Young Israel of...
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Making A Difference
Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald, a’h Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald meeting with Henry Kissinger Rabbi Greenwald meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti The Life And Times Of Rabbi Ronnie Greenwald By...
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Is It Dangerous?
Dafna Meir, a’h By Larry Gordon It is difficult to recall a period when it was time to go to Israel for one reason or another and there wasn’t some kind of crisis or wave of terror. It would be...
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Braving The Slopes
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman In the first week of January, a New Jersey native was Colorado’s first fatality in the 2016 skiing season. He was actually snowboarding, not skiing. But this does...
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Jerusalem 5800
Southern aerial view of the Old City of Jerusalem Arieh King Kevin Bermeister By Larry Gordon This tentative, neither-here-nor-there policy on Jerusalem is both troublesome and unsustainable for...
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Abracadabra
Serenity Now: Healing The Natural Way By Deborah Rothman, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. I once hired a magician for my son’s birthday party. I remember vividly the children’s eager faces as they watched the...
View ArticleDoor-To-Door Travel
By Anessa V. Cohen I thought to take advantage of yeshiva break this week to go away and relax and recharge. So I arranged to set off to the Caribbean with my husband for a warm and relaxing cruise,...
View ArticleCriminal Innovations
By Mordechai Schmutter We’re always talking about innovations in the field of science and art, but there are also innovations in the field of being a criminal. For example, a couple of years ago, a...
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Ben Azai Of East 9th Street
Rav Yisroel Belsky as a young man A Talmid’s Tribute To Rebbe By Avrumi Farber Klal Yisrael mourns the loss of one of its brightest lights, HaRav Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt’l. I am a talmid of the rav,...
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We’ve Lost Our Guiding Light: Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, zt’l (1938–2016)
Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, zt’l,and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum Machberes: Inside The Chassidish And Yeshivish World By Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum The story of Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt’l, who was niftar on...
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A Central Connection
Central alumnae reunited with YUHSG/Central’s head of school, Mrs. C.B. Neugroschl, in Israel.
View ArticleNo ‘A’ For Effort
From The Other Side Of The Bench By David J. Seidemann, Esq. I had some free moments this past week and I availed myself of the opportunity to read some things I otherwise might not have read. I read...
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Bloody Monday
5TJT meeting with Yossi Frankel and David Rose in Israel At the ZAKA office in Jerusalem By Larry Gordon Yehuda Meshi-Zahav does not speak any English and he doesn’t even try. And why should he? He is...
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The Life Of Rav Chaim Yisroel Belsky
Rabbi Yisroel Belsky, זצ״ל Rav Belsky meeting with Rav Ruderman, Rav Pam, and Rav Sekula in 1983 Rabbi Belsky with Chaim Silber of Lawrence By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Klal Yisrael has lost an extraordinary...
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Non-Orthodox Prayer
Yisrael Eichler during a visitto the Five Towns in 2011 The Robinson’s Arch site Anat Hoffman of Women of the Wall By Larry Gordon The news this week is that there has been a breakthrough on the...
View ArticleRemember Me?
By Mordechai Schmutter Today we’re discussing the prevalent opinion that selfies are signaling the decline of civilization. We’re going to use the simple Q&A format, because the decline has already...
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Tzemach David
Kever of David Gans adorned with Magen David People Of The Book: Classic Works Of The Jewish Tradition By Dr. Henry Abramson David Gans (1541–1613) was a scientist and a rabbi in an age when the dual...
View Article5 Towns Dating Forum
Question My family is in a crisis. We have a daughter who is almost engaged to a boy from a very respectable family. We were told he is a top boy and a great learner. We loved that he is also in...
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