Combining Modern Living in Traditional Jerusalem A unique and prestigious residential project in now being built in Mekor Haim Street in Jerusalem.
Pursuing Positivity In The Digital Age
Posted on: February 13th, 2014
InDepth → Op-EdsOur emotional response to events has much to do with how we process events.
The Discordant Notes of Open Orthodoxy
Posted on: February 13th, 2014
InDepth → Op-EdsNothing defines a community so much as its recognition of common leadership and willingness to respect its authority.
The Shabbat Morning Service: Like an Opera, Only More
Posted on: February 13th, 2014
InDepth → Op-EdsEach week, the Shabbat morning service tells a different dramatic story.
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The Pew Study and Zionism: the Inconvenient Truth
Posted on: February 13th, 2014
InDepth → Op-EdsWhat's lacking on all sides of the discussion is a frank consideration of what we might learn from each other.
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Victor Zalta’s Unforgettable Encounter
Posted on: February 13th, 2014
Sections → Sports → Baseball InsiderIf you're visiting spring training sites, Arizona has two advantages – fewer games are rained out and the facilities are much closer to each other than is the case in Florida.
Conservatives Not Welcome In New York?
Posted on: February 13th, 2014
News & ViewsIn a recent tirade on a public radio station in Albany, Governor Cuomo lambasted New York conservatives in one broad stroke. While lashing out against New Yorkers who oppose his SAFE Act, a draconian gun-control bill rammed through the New York legislature soon after the Newtown massacre, Cuomo targeted all Republicans and conservatives as the enemy.
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InDepth → EditorialRecent stories in the Israeli media, citing “unnamed sources,” indicate that Mr. Kerry failed to get backing from President Obama to confront Israel over its rejection of his peace proposals
1AIPAC And Iran Sanctions Legislation
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
InDepth → EditorialFor us, the key factor is that support in Congress for new sanctions has collapsed in the face of the president’s blandishments.
More On The Tefillin Controversy
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
InDepth → EditorialThis week Rabbi Hershel Schachter, one of the most prominent roshei yeshiva of Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, not only issued a stinging rebuke of the practice of women wearing tefillin but also the process by which such decisions are made.
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Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
InDepth → Columns → Aaron Klein.
‘Liberals Have Abandoned The State Of Israel’: An Interview with Professor Stephen Norwood
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
InDepth → Interviews and ProfilesThere’s also the issue of accusing the Jews of being excessively materialistic and exploitative of non-Jews. You see a lot of that in far-left propaganda – that the Jews are overwhelmingly concentrated in the petty bourgeoisie, which in itself is an archaic class form, and thrives on tricking people and squeezing money out of them through illicit methods of trade.
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The Presidents Conference: A United Voice For Jewry
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
InDepth → Front Page“To be a Jew is to open one’s tent on all four sides so that any stranger in need of food and shelter can enter from every direction. To be a Jew is to believe that the world can be redeemed. To be a Jew is to be carried by the current of the ancient Jewish river that keeps on flowing. The journey will continue.”
Emergency Measures Considered To Avert Collapse Of Storied Israeli Hospital
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
News & Views → IsraelThe privately owned Hadassah Medical Center reported that it currently has a deficit of $367 million, with annual budgetary expenses exceeding income by about $80 million.
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Administration Enlisting Jewish Groups To Counter Attacks On Kerry
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
News & Views → USAdministration officials and Jewish groups sympathetic to Kerry’s initiative say there is a longer-term agenda in preempting attacks on the framework peace agreement the Obama administration is expected to propose soon.
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Community Currents – February 14, 2014
Posted on: February 12th, 2014
Sections → Community → Community Currents.
The History Of The Chevra Kadisha
Posted on: February 7th, 2014
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldToday, there are about 40 chevrei kadisha in New York State alone, and hundreds throughout the country.
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Posted on: February 7th, 2014
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldThe greatest concern is for the sensitive care, modesty and dignity of the deceased throughout the process. There is even a point during the tahara when crew members verbally, or internally, apologize to the deceased in case there was any inadvertent lapse of dignity.
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Light And Shadows: The Story Of Iranian Jews
Posted on: February 7th, 2014
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldJews from this Persian city were not only cruelly attacked by mobs, but also forced to convert to Islam.
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Posted on: February 7th, 2014
Kidz → Tales of the GaonimThere was once a tzaddik from Poland, Reb Velveli, who decided to settle in Eretz Yisrael. The land was poor and inhabited by very few people, but he and his wife had such love for the land that they were willing to suffer privation and hunger just to be one of its citizens.
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