Tag: community
67 Deaths In Eight Months: Groups Battle Surge in Substance Abuse in Orthodox Community
“The message to everyone is that we (the Orthodox community) are not immune. Nobody is immune in today’s society.”
Scapegoating Their Own Jewish Community
Israel’s Jewish-American detractors represents both the divide among American Jews and Israelis, and a trend in US among millennials away from Israel and towards the Palestinians.
Pro IDF Priest’s Son Suffered Brutal Beating
Israeli politicians have interfered to prevent the Jerusalem Patriarchate from firing Nadaf and destroying his livelihood.
Obama’s Cultural Rape
Our Prime Minister must, in no uncertain terms, make it clear that the owners of the archives are the Iraqi Jews.
Sefer Torah Represents a First for Canadian City
The Torah they got “is a piece of art. It is one of the most beautiful Torahs anyone's ever seen…”
Iceland to Get its First Mosque
The Muslim Association of Iceland now admits that foreign donors will be paying for the mosque's construction costs.
He Murdered his Daughter
What would compel a devout Jewish father to take the life of his own child?
Remembering a Community’s Selfless Response to Hurricane Sandy
In a short span of time our shul raised and distributed thousands of dollars for relief organizations.
A Sense of History
The ancients saw the gods in nature, never more so than in thinking about the harvest and all that accompanied it.
Egyptian Jews: We support Military’s Fight against Terrorism
When Magda Haroun was out on the streets during the unrest now rocking Egypt’s capital, she saw someone standing over the body of a...
Tossing a Jewish Lasso over Wyoming’s Wild West
The rabbi, in his early 30s, hails from Miami, Fla., and Raizy, in her late 20s, grew up in Israel. What’s it like to live in the least populated state in the nation?
Egypt Coptic Christian Leadership Condemns Western Media Coverage
In the face of an unprecedented wave of violence directed against Coptic Christians amid the turmoil in Egypt that has left hundred’s dead, the...
Kosher Slaughter Ban Shows Poland Has a Jewish Problem
Thirty-eight Sejm members representing Tusk’s ruling Civic Platform party joined with the opposition in voting to outlaw ritual slaughter.
Double Standards on Facebook
Ms. Blum worked through the wickets Facebook set up for restoring her account to its good graces, but was unable to determine what, exactly, had violated its standards.
New Republic Article on Feminism from Zion Is All About the Stakes
The article argues that while naturally aligned with their fellow orthodox Jews, women from the modern orthodox community in Israel are finding themselves aligned with secular feminists.
Faces of Israel: Yariv Vizner, Founder of ‘Little Heroes’
Little Heroes or 'Giborim Ktanim' pairs ordinary Israelis with mentally challenged children with the goal of helping such children to better fit into Israeli society.
The Outreach Revolution
Our battles with the Conservative movement are over. They no longer pose a threat to Orthodoxy.
The Close-Knit Communities of Judea and Samaria
Community is one of the factors that has brought many people, including Olim, to come to live in the small towns of Judea and Samaria.
Weberman Found Guilty
Satmar Rabbi Nechemya Weberman was found guilty of 59 counts of sexual abuse in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on Monday.
Clinton: Significant Reductions of Iranian Crude Oil Purchases
On Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton released the following press statement:
The United States and the international community remain committed to maintaining pressure on the...
Senator Squadron to Host NY After Sandy Resource Fair
Tomorrow, Sunday, December 9, State Senator Daniel Squadron will host "New York After Sandy," a resource fair and community conversation that will serve as...