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The Tosfos Yomtov was convinced that the death of 300,000 –600,000 Jews during the Chmielnicki massacres of 1648-49 were because of improper Tefila.

Chillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.

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How To Travel Like A Family And Stay A Family (Part II)

Posted on: April 12th, 2013

Pnina Baim

Sections → Jewess Press → Daily Living

Last month, I discussed our tumuloutous family trip to Israel and the many mistakes and some smart moves we made along the way. Hopefully you can learn from our mistakes and incorporate the lessons we learned in your own family trips.

Machon Ayalon – Pre-State Clandestine Bullet Factory

Posted on: April 12th, 2013

Vardah Littmann

Sections → Features → Features On The Jewish World

About four years ago a group of orthodox senior citizens from Bnei Brak arrived to tour the Ayalon Institute. One woman seemed to be exceptionally moved and cried a lot. Nearly two week later, she sent a letter to the Institute explaining why. She wrote that she was a Holocaust survivor and between 1943 and 1945 she had been a forced laborer making bullets to help the Nazi cause – bullets that were used many times against Jews. After the war, she had concentrated on raising a frum generation, suppressing all the terror of those horrendous years in order to do so.

Wedding with a Chuppah Held Up by Rifles and Pitchforks (1952), photograph by David Seymour © Chim (David Seymour)/ Magnum Photos

Two Jewish Views Of Photography

Posted on: April 12th, 2013

Richard McBee

Sections → Arts

Two masters of modern photography are on view at the International Center of Photography; Chim (Szymin) aka David Seymour and Roman Vishniac. They are both Jewish and just happen to bring astute but radically different visions to Jewish photographic subjects. These brilliant, exhaustive exhibitions help us examine the fundamentals of what it means to create a Jewish Art in photography.

Sounds Of Silence

Posted on: April 12th, 2013

Mordechai Schmutter

Sections → Magazine → Potpourri

Welcome back to “You’re Asking Me?” where we delve into questions sent in by readers. We might as well. It’s not like we can listen to music.

Chabad Of South Broward Plans Major Expansion

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Shelley Benveniste

Sections → Community → South Florida

Chabad of South Broward is known in South Florida as a leader in Jewish education, outreach and social services. The organization, founded in 1980, is home to over forty institutions and agencies and has twelve Chabad centers in Broward County.

Emunah’s Circle Of Life Gala Dinner

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Shelley Benveniste

Sections → Community → South Florida

Emunah of America held its South Florida Annual Gala Dinner on Tuesday, February 26, at the elegant Miami Beach Resort and Spa on Collins Avenue.

Young Israel Of Bal Harbour Groundbreaking Ceremony

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Shelley Benveniste

Sections → Community → South Florida

Young Israel of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor and Surfside, held a long-anticipated event on Sunday, March 10. Many years of struggle finally culminated in a jubilant groundbreaking ceremony held at the congregation’s construction site in Surfside. Several hundred people attended the gathering.

Lubavitch Education Center’s Father/Son Farbrengen

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Shelley Benveniste

Sections → Community → South Florida

The Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami recently packed the social hall of the Shul of Bal Harbour for the largest father/son farbrengen South Florida has ever seen.

Yom Hazikaron, Yom Ha’Atzmaut At RASG Hebrew Academy

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Shelley Benveniste

Sections → Community → South Florida

RASG Hebrew Academy, located at 2400 Pine Tree Drive in Miami Beach, will hold a memorial for fallen IDF soldiers on Monday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m. The service will be led by students and take place in the school auditorium.

Simplifying The Reading Wars

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Rifka Schonfeld

Sections → Family → Parenting Our Children

Several years ago, during the height of the balanced literacy controversy in New York City, I wrote about the different approaches to reading. With some more years of research and hands-on experience, I would like to revisit this integral topic: How do children learn to read?

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Rachel

Sections → Family → Chronicles of Crises

Being An Ostrich Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Cheryl Kupfer

Sections → Magazine → On Our Own/Cheryl Kupfer

The price of deliberate obliviousness is very high - emotionally, physically, socially, and financially.

Advocating For The Personal Touch

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

Dr. Yael Respler

Sections → Family → Marriage and Relationships

He needs to have a different ring for his work number in order to be able to ignore all other incoming calls and message alerts. This will give him the opportunity to only speak on the phone or retrieve texts when it is absolutely necessary to do so.

If You Like My Column, You’ll Love My Book

Posted on: April 10th, 2013

Irwin Cohen

Sections → Sports → Baseball Insider

Let me tell you about my new book. Like you, I’m interested in Jewish baseball players and Jewish history. So, after years of research, first-hand observations and interviews, I combined the aforementioned information from the post-civil war era to the present and came up with a book titled Jewish History in the Time of Baseball's Jews: Life on Both Sides of the Ocean.