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Ultra-Orthodox Internet Rally Bans Press, Organizers Cite "Homeland Security"
Some 40,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews packed Citi Field last night (with another 20,000 overflowing into Arthur Ashe stadium) for a huge rally warning about the evils of the Internet. If you're curious about what went on inside, look no further than the Internet, where the Twitter hastag #Asifa yields a slew of live updates from the rally. Organizers had futilely tried to keep the sold-out event ...
Eitan Press: Time Spirals and Other Insights Into the Jewish Calendar
The shape of Jewish time is different. According to the teachings of the Torah, history does not unfold along a time-line but a time-spiral.
Living waters: A community of women honors its mikvah “shomeret”
By Cindy Mindell ~ WEST HARTFORD – It was a broken ankle that brought Judy Levy back to her home town in 1988. More specifically, a broken ankle sustained while... Read more »
A Birthright Memory
“The satisfaction you have given me on this trip is indescribable”. “You don’t understand what it has to offer until you visit.” “I’ve never had so much fun being Jewish.”
Fourth Generation Software
By Rabbi Avi Shafran ~ Having recounted the story in talks and in writing, I apologize if any readers are encountering it here not for the first time. It’s actually... Read more »
Steven M. Cohen: Why I Am Both Hawk and Dove: Liberal Zionists Speak Out
Zionists of the left must contend with two sorts of challenge. One challenge comes from without -- from those who deny the legitimacy of a sovereign Jewish homeland -- and one from within -- from those with positions that put Israel at grave risk both morally and physically.
Why these are great times we’re living in
Today, science and technology reign supreme; humanities were for the good old days.
Letters to the Editor: Dennis Prager, kosher hot dogs, chewable Xanax
Mr. Prager has stated he has had an obsession with fighting evil (“ A Man and a Book ,” April 20). He falsely accuses the left from its inception as combating something other than evil, and that is material inequality.
Area Jewish services, April 27-30
• Friday — Candle lighting, 8 p.m. • Saturday — Shabbos Parshas Tazria Metzora; Shacharis, 9 a.m.; Mincha, 2 p.m.; Shabbos ends 9:03 p.m. • Sunday— Rabbi Scheinbaum class, 11 a.m.
Jewish Tailoring: Increasing Orthodox Population Has Candidates Adjusting Their Message
“I sing your praises, sometimes I get in trouble for doing that but I will continue to do it forever,” Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind told Republican State Senator Dean Skelos on his post-Shabbos radio show late last Saturday night. “I just want to personally thank you for being so amazingly responsive to all of New York State, but to the Jewish community in particular. You are really just a ...
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