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.
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.
The View From The Beis Medrash
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Sections → Community → The View From The Beis Medrash.
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.)
Community Currents – February 8, 2013
Posted on: February 6th, 2013
Sections → Community → Community Currents.
Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-Five: Tevye Cures the Muktar’s Daughter
Posted on: February 4th, 2013
Sections → Books → The Bookshelf → Tevye in the Promised LandOn the arranged date, the Jews set out to survey the land which their Arab neighbors wanted to sell. The Muktar Abdulla graciously sent them a guide who showed them the way through the mountains to his village. Traveling on horseback, the journey up and down the hillsides and valleys took them two [...]
Netanyahu Tasked with Forming Government
Posted on: February 2nd, 2013
News → IsraelTasked with the job of forming the next coalition government, Netanyahu sets out his goals for this term.
After Long Feud, Shul Evicted From 16th St.
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldWhat may be the final chapter in a long standing debate between a real estate developer and a Manhattan synagogue has been written, as a New York State appellate court judge ruled in favor of developer Jack Braha, owner of the building, and denied the Sixteenth Street Synagogue's interim stay of eviction, enabling Braha to oust the synagogue from its home of 67 years.
Installing A Pesach Kitchen On The Cheap
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Jewess Press → Daily LivingI am not one of those people who start cleaning for Pesach the minute the menorah gets put away and, in fact, I typically indulge in denial until the last possible moment. However, after making Pesach in my so-called Pesach kitchen for the first time, I realized just how useful a Pesach kitchen could be.
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Jewess Press → Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. JacksonI have always been overwhelmed by the sense of responsibility the message of Har Sinai has placed upon women. The Midrash teaches that the Almighty asked Israel: “What can you give as an assurance that you will keep my covenant?”
Life Lessons from Raising an Autistic Child
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Family → Challenging ParentingAnd underneath there exists the same deep desire for connecting with others that all of us have. More desperate, perhaps, because the desire is trapped inside a mind that doesn't know how to reach out.
Rivka Shech – Formerly Of Moshav Gadid; Now Of Be’er Ganim
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish WorldThe family: My name is Rivka (Teitlebaum) Shech. I have 3 grown children and I’m divorced. Background: My parents, my sister and I came to Israel from Hungary in 1950. We entered at Haifa Port and were taken to the Bat Galim immigrant transit camp. I was 1½ years old at the time and my sister was 4.
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → ArtsJohn Bradford’s paintings span over 40 years of intensive exploration of the joys of the Biblical narrative. He has explicated its myriad passionate moments from almost every narrative in Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers to stories from Nach such as Ruth and Naomi, David and Bathsheba and Mordechai and Esther.
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → TravelI find travel difficult. I am not crazy about flying, to say the least, and I am most happy and comfortable staying close to hearth and home. On the other hand, my husband, Lou, has an astounding amount of boyish curiosity and an unending desire to see new places.
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Magazine → On Our Own/Cheryl KupferThere is a wise Yiddish saying that translates into this observation: "Yichus (illustrious ancestors) is like potatoes - they are both under the ground."
Children Giving Chizuk To Their Disabled Mom
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsDear Dr. Respler: The letter from the husband lamenting his family’s difficulties brought on by his wife’s physical impairments (“For Better Or Worse – Or Bailing Out,” 1-11) brings back memories of my experience. I was the wife who one day found herself physically incapacitated and unable to do the simplest acts.
Posted on: February 1st, 2013
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesMy relationship with social media is and remains an ambivalent one. Unlike many of my peers, I did not initially embrace social media, from its beginning stages with AOL instant messenger and proceeding quickly on to MySpace and Facebook.
Posted on: January 31st, 2013
News → IsraelWhile Netanyahu reportedly has his hands full with Yair Lapid’s coalition demands, Avigdor Liberman met with Naftali Bennett today to discuss Bennett’s joining the coalition, according to Avigdor Liberman’s Facebook page. Liberman said they discussed the political options currently on the table as well as the Chareidi draft issue. They agreed to continue talking. Bennett [...]
Bar Refaeli Snags Tel Aviv Apartment for Brother
Posted on: January 31st, 2013
NewsIsraeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has purchased a swank Tel Aviv apartment for her 26 year-old brother, Dor, according to a report by Globes online business magazine.
LGBT Jews Excited About Kids’ Purim Book With Two Dads
Posted on: January 31st, 2013
Sections → BooksIn honor of the upcoming Jewish holiday of Purim, gay news site Queerty is encouraging LGBT Jews to buy a new book featuring a Jewish boy with two fathers, the first of its kind to bring Judaism, children, and homosexuality together.
Louisiana Super Bowl Game to Serve Kosher Grub
Posted on: January 31st, 2013
FoodThough the permissibility of watching hired sports players go to battle in a large stadium is a source of controversy amongst Torah observant Jews, the food being served at the upcoming Super Bowl games in New Orleans is not.
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