admin | July 6, 2017
Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the 20th Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90 President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday evening officially opened the 20th Maccabiah Games, being held this year with the theme of celebrating 50 years of a united Jerusalem. Also speaking at the opening ceremony was Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The event was attended by around 30,000 athletes and their supporters, and saw a procession of 80 national teams from all the countries represented at the Games.
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admin | July 6, 2017
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. Der Nister, a master of fantasy tales who later turned to Soviet-style realism in his writing, was a complicated man and rarely opened himself up to strangers
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simmons | July 6, 2017
By: PTI | Jerusalem | Published:July 4, 2017 11:39 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visit the tomb of Theodor Herzl, in Jerusalem, Israel on Tuesday. PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made an impromptu visit to the grave of Theodor Herzl, who is considered as the founding father of Zionism, at the suggestion of his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. Modi, who visited the Yad Vashem Museum and honoured the victims of the Holocaust, was suggested by Netanyahu, apparently spontaneously, that they visit the grave of Herzl born Benjamin Zeev Herzl which lies adjacent to the memorial.
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richards | July 6, 2017
May these words of Torah serve as a merit leiluy nishmat Menachem Mendel ben Harav Yoel David Balk, ah. This week we learned Bava Batra 158 and 159. These are some highlights.
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admin | July 6, 2017
Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger wrote memorably in their book Jews and Words that ours is not a bloodline, but a text line. But how many of us make the effort to claim our enormous inheritance of centuries of Jewish writing?
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admin | July 6, 2017
Dear Rabbi Zahavy, I recently asked my friend how her young grade-school kids a boy and girl were doing.
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admin | July 6, 2017
Photo Credit: Jewish Press Last months column dealt with Jewish education from 1786 to 1879. This month we deal with the years 1880 to 1916, a period during which several pioneer yeshivas were founded. The years 1881-1923 constitute one of the most fascinating eras in American history in general, and in the American Jewish experience in particular.
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admin | July 6, 2017
This originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. To read the previous chapter
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simmons | July 6, 2017
There is a very moving episode in the Talmud about a man named Elazar Ben Dordaya. This man lived his life with an uninhibited desire to fulfill all of his promiscuous cravings, leaving no stone unturned in his pursuit. He was an addict of the worst kind.
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richards | July 6, 2017
Erfurt is a jewel-box of a city. Nestled along the banks of the Gera River in the heart of Germany, Erfurt boasts a beautifully preserved medieval center, replete with the storybook spires of a fortress and cathedrals
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