Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.
Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities
Posted on: February 7th, 2013
Sections → Family → Chronicles of Crises.
Posted on: February 7th, 2013
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenRecently a popular Jewish weekly magazine featured a story depicting the life of a young boy whose parents were divorced. Each parent had re-married, establishing new families. Their shared custody of this son, and he spent substantial time with each of his parent's new families. Giving a voice to the child of divorce was the intention of the story. It highlighted the distress children feel as well as the confusing messages they often receive from the adults in their lives.
L.A.’s OU Team Kalinsky In Miami For Yachad Half-Marathon
Posted on: February 7th, 2013
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsTaking long Shabbat walks in Beverly Hills bore fruit recently in Miami as Rabbi Alan Kalinsky, director of the Orthodox Union West Coast Region, competed in the ING Half-Marathon as a member of Team Yachad. He finished the 13.1 miles in 3 hours and 20 minutes – by walking and jogging.
Posted on: February 7th, 2013
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsRav Yechezkel Roth, the Karlsburger Rav, began his recent visit to the Los Angeles Jewish community by delivering a shiur at the Los Angeles Chassidishe Kollel.
Ed Koch, FDR, and the Holocaust
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsIn a world of cynics and naysayers, where too many people almost instinctively assume the worst of their fellow citizens, our generation was fortunate to have Ed Koch.
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Moshe FeiglinDo we really need to be biometrically marked like animals just to counter the plague of forged identity cards?
The View From The Beis Medrash
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Sections → Community → The View From The Beis Medrash.
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Rabbi Lord Jonathan SacksWherever the term “and these” is used, it signals continuity. Just as the commands in Parshat Yitro were given at Sinai, so too were the commands in Parshat Mishpatim. Why are the civil laws in the beginning of Parshat Mishpatim placed in juxtaposition to the laws concerning the altar at the end of Parshat Yitro? To tell you to place the Sanhedrin near to the Temple.
UN Plan for ‘Palestine’: Israel’s Deterrence Power
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Louis Rene BeresIf Israel acquiesced to Palestinian statehood, this could encourage regional players to wage conventional war against Israel.
The Ever-Amazing Reb Elimelech (Part XVII)
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch TellerReb Elimelech was concerned for every Jew but himself. Even when he was physically assaulted by an over-zealous misnagid, his reaction was typical: “Master of the Universe, I forgive him with my whole heart. Let no man be punished on my behalf.” But when Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev was persecuted, Rabbi Elimelech rallied to support him. He was always there on behalf of others.
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Sections → Sports → Baseball InsiderA few months ago I wrote about the passing of my brother-in-law, Rabbi Shmuel Kunda, z”l, and how he never got around to a project I urged him to take on. I wanted him to title it "Boruch Goes to Ebbets Field" and tell the story of how Boruch bonds with Brooklyn's beloved Dodgers – with Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges and the rest. (The Duke was my brother-in-law's favorite.)
Incorporating Chesed And Rachamim In Our Lives
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Judaism → Rebbetzin's Viewpoint“Rebbetzin,” people say to me, “we have been following your articles on chesed and rachamim. You presented the challenge, but what is the solution? How do we impart these values to our children? How do we instill them in our homes?”
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahTo be honest, I never really understand what’s happening on the screen during an ultrasound scan. But on this visit the technician was strangely quiet. I looked at the screen. “How come you’re not showing me everything?” I asked. “It’s all still there, isn’t it?” I asked jokingly.
When Hatred Turns Lethal: An Interview with Filmmaker Gloria Greenfield
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → Interviews and ProfilesAlthough it was released in 2011, “Unmasked Judeophobia: The Threat to Civilization” is still playing to audiences across the world. As the title suggests, “Unmasked Judeophobia” examines the history of anti-Semitism and its alarming resurgence in the form of anti-Zionism in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsI recently purchased a Glock 19. It is my first Glock but second firearm. My first is a slim, black pocket pistol, a Ruger LC9, which we keep in our safe. I practice shooting from time to time and trained for a Concealed Handgun License (CHL) as well.
Judith Butler Comes To Brooklyn College
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsSince the enemies of Israel neither slumber nor sleep, it should come as no surprise that at the center of the current storm over the acquiescence of Brooklyn College in an academically sponsored campus event designed to expel Israel from the family of nations stands Professor Judith Butler of the University of California.
Beyond Apologies: The British Blood Libel Cartoon
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsApologies offered by the British Sunday Times for an anti-Semitic cartoon published on International Holocaust Remembrance Day address only one, albeit major, aspect of this issue.
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialEd Koch’s ebullient personality and can-do attitude provided a much-needed shot in the arm to a city that had barely dodged bankruptcy under the dour and ineffectual Abe Beame, and his willingness to buck the city’s liberal establishment was a balm for New Yorkers, particularly those in the outer boroughs, fed up with the accelerating social experimentation that characterized city governance for decades.
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