admin | February 6, 2020
In an era of declining religious observance, studies show that this particular generation is interested in traditions, heritage, one-on-one gatherings and social justicejust not the old-fashioned institutions of their parents or grandparents By: Deborah Fineblum When Rebekah Paster moved to New York City, she was just out of college and knew almost no one there.
admin | February 6, 2020
CHICAGO The Orthodox Unions (OU) Yachad, the leading group for individuals with disabilities in the Orthodox community, has received a record $1 million grant to create the Ralla Klepak Performing Arts Inclusion Initiative. A program of Yachad Chicago, it will provide a broad range of experiential and social opportunities for individuals with disabilities through the performing arts.
admin | February 6, 2020
This may be an unconventional way to start an article for an online newspaper, but I feel it must be said before I go on. I am unqualified to write this.
admin | February 6, 2020
From the Old City of Safed to the contemporary metropolis of Toronto and in Jewish communities around the world, tens of thousands gathered to mark 70 years since the RebbeRabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memorybecame leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
admin | February 6, 2020
With concerns about anti-Semitism and house of worship safety on the rise, a bipartisan trio of lawmakers is sponsoring legislation that would allow trained members of religious congregations to carry guns. Were not always going to have the luxury of having police officers, armed security, fully trained, years of experience in our houses of worship, said Assemblyman Ron Dancer, an Ocean County Republican whos a cosponsor ofA-1255with Passaic Democrat Gary Schaer and Morris County Republican Jay Webber.
admin | February 6, 2020
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri said on Wednesday that his party should not respond to any provocation by Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman.
admin | February 5, 2020
NEW YORK (JTA) What do murderous anti-Semites and yeshiva education activists have in common? Nothing at all. But you wouldnt know that from recent comments by prominent members of the haredi Orthodox community, who have taken to connecting the recent spate of anti-Semitic attacks to those who advocate for improved curricula at Hasidic yeshivas, including myself and others whose entire elementary and high school education took place within such schools
admin | February 5, 2020
Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman depicts himself as a leader of efforts to curb draft exemptions to ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students. He even scuttled the formation of two coalition governments over the issue, but a Haaretz investigation found that, while he was defense minister, his office arranged military exemptions for hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men. Lieberman denies the allegations, but according to the accounts, his term as defense minister, from 2016 to 2018, was a golden age of sorts for well-connected ultra-Orthodox men seeking to avoid the draft
admin | February 5, 2020
When she faces a big life or career decision, Samantha Kanofsky seeks advice from the trees. For example, after graduating from Pomona College with a degree in environmental studies in 2009, Kanofsky moved back to her hometown of Berkeley.
admin | February 5, 2020
How do cultural myths homogenize individuals within that culture? How do we express the variance within American Jewish culture
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