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Rabbi Feitman Speaks At Bayswater Yom Iyun
On Monday, February 15 (Presidents Day), Rav Yaakov Feitman of Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi in Cedarhurst was the guest speaker at the Young Israel of Bayswater’s yomiyun. Rav Feitman spoke about the...
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CRISIS: Coordinating Responsible Initiatives for Shidduchim In Synagogues
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld By Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld This not a new organization. CRISIS is used as a title for this article to emphasize the fact that most people involved in trying to confront the problem of...
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‘She’s Got Talent’ Finale This Sunday By Batya Rosner When Karni Abell’s family made aliyah to Ra’anana last year, the 15-year-old left her friends and her childhood home in Chicago, but one thing came...
View ArticleFighting To Win
Revolutionizing Israel Advocacy By Jeff Ballabon & Bruce Abramson The final year of the Obama presidency has not begun well for Israel. Arab assassins earn greater international sympathy than their...
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Politics Not As Usual
Yoel Goldfeder Daniel Burg By Larry Gordon The political season is coming at us from every conceivable direction: nationally, in the form of the competitive race for the White House; on the state...
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What Happens After Death?
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman It is a question that many ponder. Philosophers, scientists, and great men have explored this question since the dawn of time. What happens to the soul after...
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Presidential Inarticulation
Republican front-runner Donald Trump and his adult children, Eric, Ivanka (Kushner), and Don. The ever controversial Mr. Trump seems to be on course for the Republican presidential nomination President...
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Toy Story
By Sandy Eller Even when my kids were little, I knew there were certain toys that I would save for my grandkids, no matter how many years down the road that would prove to be. Our entire Lego...
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Chabad 5T Celebrates 21 Years On The 21st
On February 21, the community came out to support Chabad of the Five Towns, to celebrate all of its accomplishments over the years, and to commit to continuing its impact into the future. Rabbi Zalman...
View ArticleDating Forum
By Baila Sebrow Question We need guidance about our daughter who is coming home from seminary in Israel. But first I want to tell you about my 27-year-old daughter, to provide background information....
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Fired Up In February
DRS vs. TABC By Judah Rhine Seventh-Grade Semifinals YOF over HAFTR. In front of a full crowd in the HAFTR gym, Flatbush faced off in the semifinals for the Yeshiva League Basketball League. This...
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Over 1,000 Bachurim Of Modi’in Illit Attend Dirshu Kinnus
Partial view of the participants at the Dirshu Bachurim Kinnus Rav Dovid Hofstedter offering words of chizuk at the Dirshu Bachurim event By Chaim Gold “It was a hafganah, a massive demonstration of...
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A Jolly Good Controversy
Halachic Musings By Rabbi Yair Hoffman The city of Golden, Colorado, is a friendly place. For example, it is the home of the Coors beer plant as well as the prestigious Colorado School of Mines. Each...
View ArticlePresidential Pride
From The Other Side Of The Bench By David J. Seidemann, Esq. Yes, it’s true—my wife and I are accepting wishes of congratulations. After almost 22 years of marriage, my wife and I finally have a son....
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Global Locals
Myrna Zisman and Ron Lanzilotta Ben Weinstock and Ari Brown By Larry Gordon The idea that all politics is local will have to come under scrutiny this week as we once again analyze the upcoming election...
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From Kaifeng To The Kotel
Shavei Israel founder and chairman Michael Freund greeted the five womenfrom Kaifeng, China, at Ben-Gurion Airport Li Yuan, Yue Ting, Li Jing, Li Chengjin, and Gao Yichen at the Kotel For the first...
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Religion, Peace, And Politics
Bernie Sanders Donald Trump Hillary Clinton By Larry Gordon Forget about change that we can believe in. America is about to undergo a fundamental change that can re-channel the direction of our...
View ArticleRevitalizing Rockaway
By Anessa V. Cohen For a while already, we have been reading about the enormous changes going on in so many formerly derelict neighborhoods of Brooklyn. Ironically, many of these same neighborhoods...
View Articleשפה משותפת Our Common Language
By Gavriel Aryeh Sanders Unmasking Parallelism In Tanach As part of a unit on astronomy, my eighth-grade science teacher assigned our class to go out one starry evening and identify Ursa Major (the Big...
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Saluting Private Benjamin
Honoring Donald Benjamin in Far Rockaway We will miss seeing Donald Benjaminon his route Local Far Rockaway families came together to honor and thank a special man, Mr. Donald Benjamin, who has been...
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