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I have a love/hate relationship with my phone.

The fate of the Exodus and its crew commanded international attention, and journalists who covered the dramatic struggle described to the entire world the brutality of the British.

This time period covered the sons of Baron Hirsch members serving in wars, including the American Civil War, the Spanish American War, World Wars and I & II, and the Korean War.

If I were to walk into a retail store, I doubt I could purchase your chanukiah for anything less than $5,000.

Teddy Roosevelt became the first president known to donate personal funds to a Jewish cause.

In the early days of the chassidic movement, as well as in Kabbalistic circles, sitting for a portrait was often frowned upon and sometimes even forbidden.

After its 1949 elections, Israel filed yet a third application for membership, and this time the request was approved by the Security Council by a 9-1 vote on March 4, 1949.

The Sisterhood arrived at the decision to create the “Young Ladies’ Club of Congregation B’nai Israel," where there would be interesting activities for young women in their late teens and twenties.

Incredibly, five of the original signatories to the Buttonwood Agreement were Jews, all members of Shearith Israel.

Suddenly, more than eight hundred years fall away and the legacy of the Rambam comes to life.

We need to remember that as important as marriage is, it's not our final destination.

Somewhere inside all the confusion, bits of truth and wisdom struggle to emerge.

Recent studies indicate that Lie and the American government played a more important role in the armistice negotiations than previously understood.

“We created a full beit medrash and kollel where we are building future rabbis and community leaders,” said Meirov. “The future is looking very bright.”

Although some Memphis Jews were slaveholders and slave traders, they mostly favored secession primarily due to their Southern acculturation rather than by the defense of slavery.

The constant upheaval, violent persecution and expulsion of various Jewish communities in Europe has had an acute effect on extant Jewish ritual objects.

He was disappointed by the world’s response to Kristallnacht and commiserated with the Jewish people.

In the early days of the chassidic movement, as well as in Kabbalistic circles, sitting for a portrait was often frowned upon and sometimes even forbidden.

While the Vaad Halashon and others supported Amikam’s letter to the British and sought financial support from the Zionist Organization, the response was, at best, lukewarm...

This is a difficult time for the Coast Guard, nationally and here at home in Staten Island. To see the outpouring of concern during this trying time is beyond heartwarming.

My grandparents and my father stayed in their own apartment. A sign was displayed outside saying, ‘Salvadorian Citizens Live Here.’ It was very risky living there as everyone knew they were Hungarian Jews.

Despite his own many accomplishments as a novelist, poet, composer, and musician, Max Brod (1884-1968) is perhaps best known as Kafka’s friend, supporter, and patron.

For better or worse, Hashem has designated this world as the exclusive place where we can create greatness.

Since this is a very frum wedding, men and women do not sit together. And it is all glatt, perilously close to glatt gluttony.

Luke, who previously served as Great Britain’s Governor of Jerusalem, thought he could nip the violence in its bud by summoning Haj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, admonishing him for the rioting, and ordering him to cease and desist.

A true night owl's day begins when everyone else is fast asleep.

That is unique. It is extremely rare for someone to donate a kidney and then a liver, but he was so very motivated to give this gift to someone.

Many commentators characterize Straus’ appointment as a key early step in the depoliticization of the diplomatic service and its rendering as a true meritocracy.

Given the centrality of Torah study to Jewish life... it is not surprising that Jewish artists have frequently featured it in their work.

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