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Shovavim

Michal Popper

Among Chasidim, this period is one of teshuvah, fasting, and selichot. And the Jewish Kabbalistic-ethical works talk about this period being one of teshuvah and introspection.

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When Dentistry Meets Halacha: An Interview with Rabbi Dr. David Katz

Elliot Resnick

I want to be very clear, though: Almost everybody holds that even if a kohen can attend medical or dental school, he cannot participate in any way shape or form in the actual dissection of a dead body.

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Thirteen Outrages In The Rubashkin Prosecution

Nathan Lewin

In denying a request from an AgriProcessors employee that she recuse herself from his criminal case, Judge Reade did not disclose to him or to Rubashkin’s trial lawyers that she had participated in the planning of the raid.

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The Forward And Sholom Rubashkin

Editorial Board

But it is questions about the treatment of workers that have rocked the industry.

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The Times Gets The Vapors Over A Party Vote In Israel

Editorial Board

It’s about time, though, that Mr. Abbas and perhaps the Times as well get over their pique at the president’s introduction of a new approach to a problem that has defied all the old ones.

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President Trump And The Iran Protests

Editorial Board

All of this is coming in the context of Mr. Trump’s vow to gut some of the key sweetheart deals the Iranians wangled out of the Obama/Kerry team.

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Eim Habanim Smeicha

Zelda Goldfield

Mingled with laughter came the tears as she described the terrifying fear she endured every month before she opened the envelope with her latest test results.

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My Broken Refrigerator And The Holocaust

Ann Goldberg

When your yardstick for measuring pain and discomfort is the Holocaust, it’s difficult to get too upset about life’s minor problems – and that’s what they are.

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The Mischlinge Expose

Rhona Lewis

I wanted to try and begin to understand the unfathomable: How did such evil come about?

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An End To The Madness

Adina Hershberg

And what about the Jewish singles themselves? What are they doing to help alleviate the painful problem of not having found their soulmate?

Family

Growth Or Fixed?

Rifka Schonfeld

Think about a really successful person. Do you think this person achieved his or her success with little or no effort?

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Rahel Bluwstein: Rahel the Poetess

Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

Her parents provided private tutors for her general education in addition to her Hebrew learning. As a result, she began writing both Russian and Hebrew poetry at a young age.

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Teves – Principle #5: Feel Your Fullness

Rena Reiser and Elisheva Blumberg

Family

Life Chronicles

Rachel Bluth

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A Feud for the Ages: A History of the Jews and the Church...

Libi Astaire

When the United States opened its doors to new immigrants, both Jews and Catholics responded in large numbers – and soon discovered that old prejudices had immigrated too.