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A Haven for Jews in New York (Part I)

In 1825, more than 70 years before the First Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland, Mordechai Manuel Noah startled the world by proposing a concrete plan for the establishment of a Jewish city of refuge in North America.

Retail Kings

They can't quite take credit for inventing them, but Jews had a long, colorful, and mostly profitable involvement with the great retail emporiums - the large scale specialty and department stores that came, literally and figuratively, to dominate the landscape of 20th century America.

Bris Mila During Colonial Times

Since the time of Avraham Aveinu, Jews have observed the mitzva of having their sons circumcised on the eighth day after birth.

Maintaining Yiddishkeit In Colonial Times

It was not easy to maintain tradition and religious observance in the sparsely settled American colonies.

Jews Settle In New York

In 1654 the Portuguese recaptured the city of Recife, Brazil from the Dutch. This marked the end of the vibrant Jewish community that had flourished under the Dutch beginning in 1630.

True Role Models (Part Fifteen)

As Israelis suffer the stress of disengagement and the beginning of the dismemberment of the Jewish homeland, it is still important for American religious Jewish families to come on Aliyah.

Thinking Before You Leap

I recently heard that an acquaintance of mind got divorced for the 2nd time. The marriage had lasted a very short time, but I was not surprised.

My Mother’s Bashert

On the 6th of Adar, 5667 (March 20, 1907) Shoshe and Rabbi Avraham Halevi Shapiro welcomed Moshe Aharon, their sixth (and last) child, into the world in the little town of Nesvizh, near Baranovich, in Russia.

Letters To The Editor

Helping HandsThe 2004 annual Bais Yaakov convention was held in Detroit over the weekend of November 18-21 (5-8 Kislev). Our school, Bais Yaakov of...

Title: In Our Own Voices – A Guide To Conducting Life History Interviews With...

The art of letter writing seems to have gone the way of the buggy whip.

Title: The Mourning Sexton

The protagonist in this engrossing murder mystery, David Hirsch, is an attorney who has served eight years in federal prison for his white-collar crimes, including phony billing charges to many of his former clients.

Latest In Kosher Food

Tastebuds' delight - Esther's Best (Kehilla Kashrus, parve) has created a line of dressings that will makes salads mouth-watering delicious.

Out-Fiddling The Fiddler ‘The Immigrant’ At Dodger Stages

Even Alfred Molina's "Tevye" may have sounded more Jewish than Adam Heller's Haskell Harelik in "The Immigrant," but nevertheless, the characterization of Jewish life in this play succeeds with powerful impact.

Jewish And Non-Jewish Landscape Isaak Levitan, Thomas Cole And George Inness

He sits somewhat accusingly atop a stamp issued in Russia, remembering the 50th anniversary of his death in 1950.

Not Music To My Ears

I was at a wedding just the other day, and the music was deafening.

Longing For The Sacred: Lost Synagogues Of The Shoah Stained Glass Models By Felix...

The sacred is that which is removed, eternal and ultimately untouchable, something we must always have in our lives and yet can never possess.

Rav Avigdor Miller: His Early Years

The third yahrzeit of HaRav Avigdor Miller, zt"l, occurred a few weeks ago. I had the privilege of knowing him as a talmid and on a personal level for more than 30 years, from about 1970 until his passing in 2001.

The Last Jew: A Tragedy By David Pinski

One hundred years after David Pinski's (1872-1959) "Di Familye Tzvi" was written, the scathing examination of the Jewish world that the play depicts is neither dated nor out of touch with contemporary Jewish life.

Rav Avigdor Miller: His Early Years

The third yahrzeit of HaRav Avigdor Miller, zt"l, occurred a few weeks ago.

Titles: Antisemitism – Myth And Hate From Antiquity To The Present and The Return...

Of the many books The Jewish Press receives for review, a large number deal with the issue of anti-Semitism.

Title: A Moral Reckoning, The Role Of The Catholic Church In The Holocaust And...

When The Jewish Press reviewed the original (hardcover) edition of "A Moral Reckoning" nearly two years ago, Daniel Goldhagen was already well-known for his first book, "Hitler's Willing Executioners".

Kerry, Carter And Israel

Faced with running against the most pro-Israel president since Harry Truman, John Kerry started in February to modify his position on Israel.

The Art Of Exile: Paintings By Shoshannah Brombacher

Exile is punishment; exile is a constant reminder of our fallen status; exile fills us with longings for a permanent home we cannot possess.

Funding Evil

Terrorism requires funding. Without actually understanding the complex patterns by which terrorists systematically pay for their nefarious operations and personnel, the War On Terror would fail catastrophically.

Yeshiva Pressure – At What Price? (Continued)

In last week's column I published a letter from a mother who was concerned about the school pressures with which her 14-year-old yeshiva student son had to contend.

Title: The Strike That Changed New York

There are moments in time that define an era, and for New York's ethnic communities of African-Americans and Jews that moment came on May 9th, 1968, when Fred Nauman, a junior high school teacher in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn and 18 other educators received letters telling them that the predominantly African-American local school district had fired them.

Multiple Identities – Oded Halahmy And Russian Post-Modernists At YUM

Who are you? Who am I? Questions of cultural identity among artists have raged from the early twentieth century to yesterday's memoir.

Review: Living A Year Of Kaddish, A Memoir

Do we say the Kaddish to honor our lost ones, to satisfy our own innate yearnings, or to teach the next generation?

On The Way With New York Waterway

On a beautiful sunny day in the middle of August, my husband and I took an incredible boat ride around Manhattan Island.

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