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.
US-Born Candidate ‘Caught’ Yearning for Rebuilding Temple
Posted on: January 20th, 2013
Sections → Special Features → Israel Elections 5773The gist of his words is not the removal of the mosque as much as the building of the Temple.
Posted on: January 18th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesThe New York Muni-Meter system is a disaster! There are many issues that have presented themselves with this new idea and they need to be solved.
Posted on: January 18th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesIt’s history. You can’t deny it. The Holocaust. Just about the worst six years in Jewish history. The Nazis slaughtered our nation during its journey to world domination. Six million innocent people were murdered. We have evidence. We have witnesses. We have proof. So why are people denying it?
The French Connection: Unique Headscarves From Overseas
Posted on: January 18th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → For the HomeJudith Levy is a gorgeous French-born woman with a flair for fashion and the written word (she’s an editor for French editions of Artscroll). At the start of her second marriage she found herself in a shaitel vs. tichel predicament very similar to mine.
Gefilte Fish Gone Hip at The Gefilteria
Posted on: January 18th, 2013
Food → Kashrut SceneArtisan gefilte fish. For some, the phrase seems like an oxymoron. While salmon, chilean sea bass and tilapia may all be in vogue, gefilte fish, the traditional ground fish mixture that is de rigueur in Ashkenazic Jewish households at Shabbos and Yom Tov meals, is like the Henny Youngman of fish: it gets no respect.
Posted on: January 18th, 2013
Sections → TravelBear Mountain State Park is situated in rugged mountains rising from the west bank of the Hudson River in Orange County and Rockland County, New York. The 5,067-acre (20.51 km) park offers lots of activities that can be enjoyed all year round.
Which Prime Minister Built the Most Homes in the Settlements?
Posted on: January 18th, 2013
News → IsraelRhetoric aside, real data can answer the question as to who built the most in the Settlements.
Arthur Finkelstein: Channel 10 Report on His Quitting Likud is a Lie
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
News → IsraelIsrael Channel 10 reported that the Likud's strategic campaign advisor, Arthur Finkelstein, quit the campaign. Finkelstein's office said the trip overseas today was planned well in advance.
Could You Repeat The Question?
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriYou know what I noticed since I started writing this column? That people don’t write in to ask questions so much as they write in to complain.
Exodus: The Invisible Center Stage Of Redemption (Conclusion)
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Jewess Press → Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. JacksonGalut Mitzrayim -- the Egyptian Exile -- has come to epitomize exile in Judaism. It is the ultimate galut, the ultimate exile and it embraces all aspects of the later exiles: displacement, foreign subjugation, powerlessness, and exposure to extreme physical and mental torture.
Shidduch Madness: No Jumping the Queue
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → On Our Own/Cheryl KupferIt truly defies logic when I am told by a relative’s machataynesta that on her block in Brooklyn there are a dozen girls in their mid to late 20’s and even 30’s who are waiting in vain for the phone to ring.
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsDear Dr. Yael: Your recent column on “The Wrongs Of Onas Devarim” (Dear Dr. Yael, 12-28-2012) was, for me, the worst column ever. Here’s why:
Boys And Reading: How Yoni Can Read
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenIn the 1950’s, bestselling author Rudolf Flesch offered to give a friend’s son, who was a struggling reader, some help with reading. He soon discovered that the problem did not lie in the boy’s intelligence, but rather in the way that reading was taught to him in school. To set out his reading principles, Flesch wrote a now famous book entitled, Why Johnny Can’t Read – and What You Can Do About It. In it, Flesch outlined the basic approach of phonics, an effective and important manner of teaching reading.
From The Greatest Heights (Chapter I)
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → FamilyI have been promising myself that I would write about the death of my twins when I was ready. Ever since that fateful day more than 11 years ago, I have tried to write, dozens of times, but my attempts have drawn many tears and very few words. I tried again very recently, but didn’t get very far. And then the school shooting in Newtown changed everything.
Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Family → Chronicles of Crises.
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaA raft washed up to the shore of a marina in south Florida recently. The rickety craft was fashioned from Styrofoam blocks. The posts were oars. The sail was a tarp. A hiker noticed the abandoned raft and reported it to authorities. It was feared that the occupants had perished in a fruitless effort to cross the waters from Cuba to the United States.
RASG Hebrew Academy Holds Israel Awareness Day
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaRASG Hebrew Academy held a community-wide Israel Awareness Day on December 25. The informative and meaningful event was held on the school’s main campus at 2400 Pine Tree Drive in Miami Beach.
Rohr JLI Presents ‘Living With Integrity’ Series
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) is offering a six-session winter 2013 course called “Living With Integrity: Navigating Everyday Ethical Dilemmas.” The classes will begin at 7:30 p.m. January 29. Rabbi Ruvi New will lead the sessions at 120 NE 1st Avenue, in Boca Raton.
Shabbat Shirah With Cantor Avi Albrecht
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaCantor Avi Albrecht, a major figure in the cantorial world, will appear for Shabbat Shirah, January 25-26, at the Palm Beach Synagogue in Palm Beach together with the a cappella group Kol Fusion. The program is presented by the Palm Beach Synagogue and American Friends of Meir Panim.
Holocaust Program At Young Israel Of Deerfield Beach
Posted on: January 17th, 2013
Sections → Community → South FloridaYoung Israel of Deerfield Beach, located at 202 Century Boulevard, will host a Holocaust remembrance program on January 20. The event will mark the anniversary of the infamous Wannsee Conference, which set into motion Hitler’s plan for the genocide of the entire Jewish population of Europe.
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