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The publisher, Rabbi Aron Hacohen Margolies (Perl), a resident of Debrecen, writes how the Rabbenu Bachya was nearly forgotten due to the unavailability of his writings...

While humility and modesty are prized characteristics in our community, these traits can impede us during our job search.

A year after winning gold in Paris, Abrahams broke his leg while attempting to improve on his English long jump record, which lasted for over 30 years, thus ending his athletic career.

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For one hour each day, go into a private room and thank Hashem that you don’t have a child.

As the war neared its end, the Vaad Hatzalah started focusing on assisting the Jews that survived the atrocities and were stuck in the Displaced Persons Camps in Germany.

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Operation Magic Carpet proved to be not only an emotional experience for the rescued Taimanim, many of whom kissed the ground upon their arrival in Eretz Yisrael, but for the Alaska Airlines staff as well.

The Women’s Medical Organization Is Leading Efforts To Educate the Community About Vaccines.

I was originally assigned to compete on Yom Tov with the people from my gym. ANW was very accommodating, and they put me in a different group, but it was also more challenging not competing with the people you know.

A keen observer and master educator, the author describes the dire straits and danger in the future of Jewish education in the inter-war period in Eastern Europe...

Unique multi-sensory composition entitled ‘Every Person is a Symphony’ featuring ADI residents with severe disabilities underscores importance of empowering people of all abilities.

Kersten’s intervention with Himmler to save Jews is historical fact for which he should be recognized and honored, but he turned out to also be a Holocaust fraudster...

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In 1927, Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah Schneerson witnessed the arrest of her son by Stalin's henchmen, when he was taken away and sentenced to death for his efforts to keep Judaism alive throughout the Soviet empire.

My expertise lies primarily in antique Jewish ceremonial objects (i.e., Judaica). When it comes to paintings and related works, my knowledge is limited to those made before 1940.

The Volozhin yeshiva curriculum consisted of studying the entire Talmud Bavli from beginning to end, skipping nothing. Shiur was delivered six days a week with 70 - 80 dafim being covered in depth (b’iyun) each semester or zman.

While making clear that the sun will always retain its supremacy, G-d makes a series of gestures designed to placate the moon, which the moon rejects.

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Adam was created by Hashem, a perfect being. And yet, Hashem saw that Adam wasn’t complete without Chava by his side.

This is a contest. We actually have a little known contest every year at the parade for our marching groups.

By the end of the Civil War, Ahavath Chesed was ready to hire its first permanent rabbinic figure and, in 1866, Dr. Adloph Huebsch came from Hungary to assume the helm.

Remember, you have a piece of G-d inside of you – actually, three neshamos inside you – which means infinite power.

The most interesting change, however, may be Hammerstein’s total removal of anti-Semitism, an important theme in Liliom, from Carousel.

Jews in the United States were on both sides of the slavery debate in the decades before the Civil War.

When the 1936 Games of the XI Olympiad were held in August 1936, the Nazis had already commenced construction of labor camps, political prisons, and concentration camps, including Sachsenhausen, located a mere 22 miles north of the Olympic stadium in Berlin.

It’s a sacred Jewish custom to study on the nights of Shavuot and Hoshana Rabba; to read from Torah, Nevi'im, Mishnah and Talmud, Aggadah and Kabbalistic books…

Our brain is scared of greatness. Let's get over it

To be honest, I have never met a cheesecake I didn’t like, but over the last few years, I have replaced the vanilla in my cheesecake with bourbon, with fantastic results. It’s a subtle change, but a good one! — Sandy Eller, Monsey, NY