Reading Rules!

Posted on: April 5th, 2013

“Mommy, can you read me the book, again?” Shmuel asked his mother, holding up The Little Engine That Could. “Of course, Shmuel. Let’s do that,” Chevy smiled. She was tired from a long day, but with her four kids huddled around, she was happy to sit and read in the living room. “Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff. Ding-dong, ding-dong. The little train rumbled over the track,” Chevy began.

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities

Posted on: April 5th, 2013

.The preceding two columns familiarized readers with the “mechanism” that drives the world of shidduchim in Chassidish mode. In her engagingly candid and perky style, R.B. has obliged us with articulate and to-the-point responses. This column concludes the series, which will have hopefully lent both the aspiring and seasoned shadchan some valuable insight and guidance.

Title: Jewish Identity: Who is a Jew?: Modern responses and opinions on the registration of children of mixed marriages

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

Published originally in 1965, this reissue of a classic is now more relevant than ever. Jewish law legislates that a child is Jewish if the mother is Jewish, or one who had converted to Judaism according to specific halachic requirements. Jewish identity is thus not merely sociological and demographic (if Jews live in the land of Israel) nor ethnic (differences in customs, folkways, and liturgy and practice of Ashkenazi Jews vs. Sephardic Jews), but rather determined by a maternal hereditary religious blood covenant.

The Ever-Amazing Reb Elimelech (Part XIX)

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

Ahavas Yisrael, the genuine love of one Jew for another, stood at the center of Reb Elimelech’s teachings. He always found a way to speak in praise of a fellow person and elevate the status of the Jewish people.

Sabato Morais – Forgotten Advocate For Orthodoxy (Part Two)

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

Last month we sketched the life of Reverend Dr. Sabato Morais and discussed his spiritual leadership of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia as well as his involvement in a wide range of communal activities. Here we outline some of his many other accomplishments and describe his huge funeral.

Parshas Shemini

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

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The Gates Of Righteousness

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

We live in a world that is often too cruel and unkind. Living in Israel for the last 30 years, I have attended too many funerals for those whose lives were taken through incomprehensible acts of terror. During the years of the second intifada there were many days that I found it impossible to continue teaching, as a student would burst into my classroom and announce that there had been another terrorist attack. How could I just go on with a regular lesson when lives were lost?

Iran’s Unhidden Plan For Genocide: Israel’s Decision (Third of Three Parts)

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

Under all relevant criteria of international law, Iran's ongoing stance toward Israel remains unequivocally genocidal.

The Most Precious Phrase

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

Nachman and Raizy Glauber, a”h, were killed in a horrific automobile accident. Their unborn baby survived for a short time but then joined his parents in olam haba. The tragedy shocked us all.

Community Currents – April 5, 2013

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

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Dewey Stone: Unsung Hero of Israeli Independence

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

Dewey Stone worked behind the scenes for the establishment of the State of Israel.

Downplaying Muslim Anti-Semitism In The Netherlands

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

On February 17, the Dutch Nederland 2 TV station broadcast an interview with Dutch Turkish youth conducted by volunteer youth worker Mehmet Sahin. In the broadcast the youngsters expressed their admiration for Hitler and his role in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

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Letters To The Editor

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

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Rabbi Herschel Schacter, ZT”L

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

The Jewish Press joins Klal Yisrael in mourning the death of Rabbi Herschel Schacter, paradigmatic pulpit leader, former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and adviser to President Nixon on the plight of Soviet Jews.

Pollard Redux

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

We were disappointed to hear from President Obama that he would not break with the precedent set by his predecessors, Presidents Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush II, and release Jonathan Pollard. Though we think Mr. Pollard deserved to be punished for his serious crimes, we believe that twenty-eight years of imprisonment is enough.

Cyber Attacks Feared Against Major Israeli Websites

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

JERUSALEM – Reports are circulating that in the days leading up to Yom HaShoah – to be commemorated this year in Israel next Monday – a group of global cyber-terrorists, many of its members based in Arab countries across North Africa and the Persian Gulf, are readying for major cyber attacks against a large number of important Israeli websites. Being targeted are banks, credit card companies, telecom outlets and government ministries.

e-Edition 4/05/13

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

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Bibi Apology To Turkey Faces Criticism As Erdogan Pressures Israel

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

In the wake of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s new demands on Israel following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent apology to Turkey for the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident, Netanyahu has come under fire by some Israeli leaders. Israel’s raid on the ship that was ostensibly attempting to bring aid to Palestinians in Gaza left nine Turkish citizens dead. Those Turks reportedly attacked Israeli soldiers on board.

The Miracles Of Pesach

Posted on: March 29th, 2013

This is the story of a staff, the most miraculous staff that was ever created. It was none other than the staff that Moshe used to perform all the amazing miracles in Egypt.