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: March 7th, 2013
Sections → Family → Chronicles of Crises.
USC Shoah Foundation, Universal Studios Create IWitness Video Challenge
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsIn honor of the 20th Anniversary of “Schindler’s List,” Universal Studios Home Entertainment has partnered with the USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education for the launch of the IWitness Video Challenge.
France’s Rav Chaim Halpern In L.A.
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsAndrew Friedman, president of Congregation Bais Naftoli, recently greeted Rav Chaim Halpern, rosh yeshiva of Ohr Yosef Novardik in France.
Yeshiva Day School Of Las Vegas Dinner
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsYeshiva Day School of Las Vegas (YDLV) recently celebrated its sixth year of educational excellence with a banquet.
Engineering The YULA Robotics Competition
Posted on: March 7th, 2013
Sections → Community → West Coast HappeningsLast year, Gabriel Naghi (who has since graduated and is now studying in Israel) and Alex Fax, father of then-10th grader Yair Fax, pioneered the YULA Robotics Team, a co-ed squad that held biweekly meetings. Although the team built a robot that could have competed, all of the qualifying competitions were held on Saturday, restricting the team’s ability to progress.
The View From The Beis Medrash
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Sections → Community → The View From The Beis Medrash.
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Sections → Sports → Baseball InsiderMany of the baseball beat writers feel the Detroit Tigers are the best team in the major leagues. While I haven't seen all of the pre-season articles, the ones I have read pick the Tigers to top the Central division in the American League.
Community Currents – March 8, 2013
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Sections → Community → Community Currents.
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Sections → Special Features → Israel Elections 5773The Hareidi party, UTJ, proposed a bill in the Knesset calling for new elections to be held within 90 days. The bill, drafted by MK Uri Maklev, and signed by all the UTJ members, stated that the results of the elections were too inconclusive, the current configuration is not governable, and too many inexperienced newcomers [...]
Bennett to Get Finance Ministry
Posted on: March 6th, 2013
Sections → Special Features → Israel Elections 5773Netanyahu challenged them, but Bennett and Lapid apparently worked it out.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Plague
Posted on: March 5th, 2013
Sections → Books → The Bookshelf → Tevye in the Promised LandThe next chapter in the award winning novel.
Peres Grants Netanyahu Two More Weeks
Posted on: March 2nd, 2013
Sections → Special Features → Israel Elections 5773After failing to assemble a coalition within the legally allotted month, Prime Minister Netanyahu went back to President Shimon Peres on Saturday night to ask for an extension. Peres granted Netanyahu a two week extension, which is the maximum allowed by the law. If he fails to put together a coalition within two weeks, Peres [...]
Bezalel’s Legacy Commentary on Jewish Craft and Art: Shabbos Parah: Ki Sisa; Exodus 30:11 – 34:35
Posted on: March 1st, 2013
Sections → ArtsBezalel, oh Bezalel, what company you keep! Your parsha, Ki Sisa, takes us from humble devotion to God’s commandments to the utter collapse of Israel’s faith. God-inspired creativity morphs into pernicious communal idolatry that expresses gnawing doubt and a desperate need for the mechanics of teshuvah. Yet in the midst of tragedy, drama and redemption, one quiet man and his assistant, Bezalel and Oholiab, were chosen by God to become the alleged ancestors of all Jewish artists.
Delicious? Easy? And Kosher L’Pesach?? Two Pesach Cookbooks Cure Your Cooking Conundrums
Posted on: March 1st, 2013
Sections → Jewess Press → Daily LivingSo there is good news and bad. Which one do you want to hear first? Me? I always want to hear the bad news first. I need to get it over with. So here goes. Purim 2013 is now something we can discuss in the past tense and that can only mean one thing. Actually two.
Posted on: March 1st, 2013
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesI have to admit it. I was scared. And I don’t get scared. Or at least I don’t like to advertise when I do. But the wording of the e-mail from the U.S. State Department was so… harsh. Violent armed robberies are on the rise in Peru. In just three days I was going to be a U.S. citizen traveling alone to this apparent hotbed of crime called Peru, starting out in big, bad Lima.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Challenging ParentingBeing a preschool teacher is a big responsibility, and believe me, I don’t take it lightly. For these two to three year olds, I’m the first teacher they’ll ever have. My primary concern, of course, is to provide them a safe environment for playing, but I also try to get in some teaching, in a way that’s appropriate for their age.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → On Our Own/Cheryl KupferThe other day I was shopping at a large supermarket and happened to go down the frozen foods aisle, past the endless freezers containing every imaginable flavor, shape and size of ice cream. I rarely buy. Rather I am like a tourist in a museum – gawking at wondrous objects that I know I can’t take home with me.
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsWhile understanding the situation will hopefully make it easier for you to handle it, it is important to speak with your mother - respectfully - about what is bothering you.
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