Giving Back While Being A Judge

As a judge, she appreciates the opportunity to “give back” by mentoring young people.

Treating People With Compassion From The Bench

Judge Mastro credited his grandmother’s influence for leading him into a legal career: “She taught me how to treat people with compassion and she truly was the one that influenced me the most.”

‘Court is like the doctor’s office. There was a wrong and they want it...

Judge Ciccotto enjoys being a family court judge because it allows her to get to know litigants directly (with their attorneys present, of course): their feelings, expectations and fears.

A Judge Who Makes Sure To Really Listen To Everyone

Colon learned about the court system and the various positions. She recommends that people take the Civil Service exam to help their own communities.

An Interesting Inscription

This copy has a beautiful intriguing inscription by the author to Leo Herzberg-Fränkel, a famous Austrian/Galician writer and journalist of the period.

Are Our Children All Zoomed Out?

In addition to the challenge of making lessons interesting, it’s difficult for teachers to gage the progress of students.

Yeshiva University Launches Updated Version Of The Lamm Heritage Archive

Timeless Torah also has a Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feed that all share these sermons.

The Jewish Prisoners Of Cyprus

The experience of surviving both the Holocaust and imprisonment on Cyprus only strengthened the resolve of the Jews to get to Eretz Yisrael, who began referring to Cyprus as “erev Eretz Yisrael” (the eve of being in Israel).

Israel Cancels Jewish Learning Program For Russian Youth

For three decades, the Russian-speaking program at Machon Meir has made menschen out of thousands of Jews.

A 500-Year-Old Rif

The edition I acquired was published alongside the first complete edition of the Talmud published by Daniel Bomberg, a landmark in Hebrew printing which standardized the layout of the Talmud daf.

A Pre-WWII Chassidic Yeshiva – With Classes In Weaving

About 20 percent of the student body took weaving courses and attended daily courses in addition to their yeshiva sedarim.

Ze’ev Jabotinsky Returns To The Homeland

The government, ruling out a state funeral, decided that the reinternment would be a private affair, to the point that Shimon Peres, then the Deputy Minister of Defense, refused to even permit the formal participation of the IDF.

HomeShuling

Now we are faced with a different challenge. How do we fit our newfound Shabbos, filled with reinvigorated ruchniyus and marked by a greater focus on family, into this recently changed and mostly positive reality?

An Unusual Moroccan Rabbi

Daily, he would lie in a coffin to remind himself of the day of death and dispel any thoughts of haughtiness.

The Jewish-Historical Philosophy Of Heinrich Graetz

In his first essay, a well received article published in The Orient (1844-45), he emerged as a powerful champion of traditional Orthodoxy and, as per his mentor, an opponent of Reform Judaism.

California In Yiddish

This rare Yiddish edition was translated anonymously, and since a romantic view of the New World was common in prospective Jewish immigrants...

350 Business Owners Vow To Fight New Lockdowns

“[W]e were successful in the spring and we will be successful once again,” the group said in a statement released on Monday.

Hakafot: “Will It Go ‘Round In Circles?”

Kabbalistically, seven circuits represents completion and perfection, particularly with respect to G-d’s creation of the world.

A Rabbinic Explanation Of Skin Color

His general knowledge drew the ire of many chassidim, and one can find sharp attacks against him in chassidic writings of the day and equally vicious remarks of the Maharatz Chayes towards the chassidim of his era.

From The Depths Of The Dead Sea To A Lion Of A Find

If it can be determined that your chanukiah is an authentic original, the value would be $2,500 -$3,500.

Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline And The Jewish Connection To Léon Blum

I am a Jew. That is a fact [and] you do me no injury by reminding me of the race to which I belong and have never renounced and toward which I feel only gratitude and pride.

Marrying Nine Daughters With A Eulogy

Over the course of the 18th century, the Ashkenazi population of The Hague grew to surpass that of the Portuguese, the latter being the earlier and more establishment community in the Netherlands.

The Chief Rabbi And The Archbishop

Temple proved to be one of the great outspoken advocates for the Jewish victims of the Reich. ... He regularly and unabashedly took publicly unpopular positions, including advocacy for England and its allies to grant asylum to Jews able to escape Hitler.

Masechet Kiddushin – With A Government Warning

We can see that the rabbis in the Talmud themselves understood and found error in the practices of those times.

Hitting Auction High Notes Amid The Pandemic

On September 13th, J. Greenstein & Co., located in Brooklyn, offered a wide array of Jewish ceremonial objects, both antique and modern.

When Ben-Gurion Met The Chazon Ish

On several occasions after the meeting, Ben-Gurion expressed his enchantment with the Chazon Ish.

Yossele Rosenblatt’s Signature

Under his signature appears the address 50 West 120th St. in New York City – his address in Harlem when Jews were a dominant presence in the neighborhood.

Bringing Home One Of The Lost Tribes? An Interview with Rabbi Michael Freund, Founder...

Once I met with members of the community, learned more about their history, traditions, and customs, I became convinced – as fanciful as it may sound – that they are in fact our lost brethren and that we needed to help them.

Was The Founder Of The World Scouting Movement A Nazi Sympathizer?

Baden-Powell supporters reason that given its emphasis on discipline and the supremacy of the “greater good” and his belief that “every boy ought to learn how to shoot and obey orders,” it is hardly surprising that authoritarian governments were drawn to some aspects of Scouting philosophy.

Lubinsky Talks About Cancellation Of Kosherfest

By and large I think people expected it. I don’t think anyone was surprised that Kosherfest wasn’t going to take place in November.

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