Pioneers of the Periphery: Olim of the South Got that pioneering spirit? You’re invited to help build Israel’s periphery by planting roots in southern soil with Nefesh B’Nefesh.
Book Review on The Megillah: Majesty and Mystery
Posted on: February 29th, 2012
Sections → Books → Book ReviewsRabbi Norman Lamm wrote and preserved the hundreds of eloquent and inspiring sermons he had delivered as a pulpit rabbi in Manhattan for 25 years prior to becoming president of Yeshiva University,
Community Currents – March 2, 2012
Posted on: February 29th, 2012
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Posted on: February 28th, 2012
Sections → Business/FinanceIs an Estate Tax in Israel in the works? 30 years ago they tried, but it never took off. Will the new socio-political atmosphere make it possible?
Victorian Styles – The Comeback
Posted on: February 27th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Teens and TwentiesAre you totally bored of today’s uniform dress – that of a shell and pencil skirt? These wardrobe staples have carried you through the past few years’ whether the style was short, low-cut, sleeveless and/or sparkly.
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Posted on: February 27th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → PotpourriRealizing that there was no backing out of college at this point, I resigned myself to my fate. I was in college, like it or not, but I didn’t believe that I really belonged in college.
The Purim Narrative At The Pardo Palace
Posted on: February 27th, 2012
Sections → ArtsLocated about nine miles north of Madrid, the Palacio Real de El Pardo (Pardo Palace) dates back to the early 15th century. Devastated by a March 13, 1604 fire that claimed many works from its priceless art collection, the Pardo Palace and its vast gardens were used as a hunting ground by the Spanish monarchs.
Posted on: February 24th, 2012
Sections → Magazine → For the HomeThere’s nothing like a holiday where one is required to be happy to bring out the grouch in all of us. But we should all be excited to greet Purim. Not only because of the beautiful miracle that occurred, the lessons of emunah and the role of the Jewish woman that Megillas Esther teaches us, but also because it’s the only twenty-four hour holiday that we celebrate here in Chutz L’Aretz, and it has merely four mitzvot! How simple is that?
Comforting The Afflicted: The Life Of Rebbetzin Chana Weinberg
Posted on: February 24th, 2012
News → JewishThanks to her efforts, domestic violence is now on the national Jewish agenda. But the Rebbetzin didn’t simply raise awareness; she opened safe houses across the country, trained volunteers to provide emotional, physical and financial support and always made herself available for comfort, advice, and direction.
Posted on: February 24th, 2012
Sections → Family → Marriage and RelationshipsDear Dr. Yael: As a reader of all of your columns on hakaras hatov, here are my feelings as a child with loving parents.
Looking Asperger’s Syndrome in the Eye
Posted on: February 24th, 2012
Sections → Family → Parenting Our ChildrenAsperger’s Syndrome was first described in the 1940s by Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger, who noticed that he had many patients who were deficient in social and communicative skills even though they had normal language development and cognitive abilities. Professionals still debate as to whether Asperger’s Syndrome is “high-functioning autism” or whether it is its own disorder completely. Regardless, in 1994, Asperger’s Syndrome was added to The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as a separate disorder from autism.
Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities
Posted on: February 24th, 2012
Sections → Family → Chronicles of CrisesA Female Member of the Satmar Community in Williamsburg takes Deborah Feldman to task for her allegations in a recent newspaper interview…
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Is It A Car? Is It A Network? No — It’s Both
Posted on: February 23rd, 2012
Sections → Business/FinanceIf Israeli electric car company, Better Place, only gave the world an electric car that could switch an empty battery for a full one in five minutes that would have been enough! But Better Place is also the key to making renewable energy production practical all over the world. Dai aynu!
Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation: Women Bettering The World For Other Women
Posted on: February 22nd, 2012
Sections → Magazine → Potpourri“Our goal is not to provide social services,” said Sara Gorfinkel, Director of Tikkun Olam and its only full time employee. “We focus on social change, so that women don’t get to the point where they require social services. We don’t want to fund programs that deal with victims of domestic abuse. We want to prevent domestic abuse before it ever happens.”
It’s My Opinion: The Blame Game
Posted on: February 22nd, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaYuby Ramirez wept as she took the stand in Miami federal court. Ramirez has readily admitted compliance in a murder. She housed the hit men, hid their weapons and drove the getaway car.
Achim Academy Students Join Fraternity Friends
Posted on: February 22nd, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaStudents of Achim Academy Center for Education – the day school under the Neytz haChochma ESE umbrella in North Miami Beach – took a field trip to the Jesse Williams Ranch in Kendall Lakes to plant a tree on Tu B'Shevat. Meanwhile, a college fraternity chose to "adopt" the school for its community service project.
NCSY Honors Rabbi Shraga Gross
Posted on: February 22nd, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaNCSY, the international youth movement of the Orthodox Union, recently honored Miami Beach native Rabbi Shraga Gross as an inductee into the Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) at its annual scholarship reception.
RASG Hebrew Academy Lady Warriors Capture District Title
Posted on: February 22nd, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaThe RASG Hebrew Academy Lady Warriors varsity basketball team recently captured their first district title since 1994.
Ambassador Rosenthal Speaks On Anti-Semitism
Posted on: February 22nd, 2012
Sections → Community → South FloridaAmbassador Hannah Rosenthal spoke on February 14 at the Aventura-Turnberrry Jewish Center. Rosenthal is employed by the State Department as the U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism in 193 nations around the world.
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