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Today, over half of world Jewry resides in Israel. Despite wars, terrorism, economic boycotts, and isolation by detractors, Israel continues to thrive-- the realization of visions foretold long ago
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One daughter flew in from the UK for a mere 50 hours – quite an amazing feat!
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The Rav begins his project with an in-depth examination of the first four mishnayot of Pirkei Avot, raising topics such as the sources of ethics, power and persuasion, elitism and democracy, educational philosophy, freedom and coercion, among others.
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As it turned out, despite recovering sufficiently and hopeful of having more children, I never did.
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During the past year I especially enjoyed looking at a website of a hotel in Monticello. Living near the beauty and calm of the water really appealed to me.
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There are people who come over to help us give the babies a bath. We have all learned to do this in assembly line fashion. We could not do it all alone.
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Thursday, Jan. 12 at 12:30 PM a protest supported by dozens of organizations including the ZOA, the NCYl, Stand With Us, and Aish Center will take place at the French Mission to the UN, 885 Second Ave
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But moving the embassy alone will not guarantee the future of Jerusalem; there are imminent threats facing Jerusalem demographically, security-wise, and in other ways.
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Two and a half decades after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Belarus is still in many ways a communist country.
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Baruch Hashem all worked out well and they are doing both fine recuperating now.
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My daughter was in a state of shock. How could this be? How would she and her husband cope?
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Chanukah marks the birthday of Chabad of South Broward. The organization runs over 45 programs and agencies.
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We have got to find a way to make the two-state solution that Democrat and Republican administrations have supported – we have go to get there.
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After their short rest upstate, catching a few short hours of sleep, the father and son-in-law started the trek home.
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I explained to him that Hashem does not give a person something to deal with that they cannot handle.
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I teach our students that nothing happens by chance and certainly that includes a raffle drawing. Hashem is running the world and everything that happens in it.
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Blowing 30 times (the minimum amount to fulfill the mitzvah) for every Jewish patient, literally took the wind out of me.
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According to the Associated Press, the FBI looked into Rahami two years ago after his father called with concerns that his son might be a terrorist, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.
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The administration agreed to pay the $400 million it conceded it owed Iran, plus payment of an additional $1.3 million in interest on that amount.
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One must be honest and straight in business dealings and in any interchange involving another person, no matter what his color or creed.
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When I mentioned we had just made aliyah, everyone proceeded to dance around the table singing the words, “V’Shavu Banim LeGevulam.” (The children shall return to their borders)
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A few of them looked to be over five hundred years old due to some of the variant letter shapes and tagim (crowns) that are no longer used.
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In Europe these days you will find not a single rally to protest the murder of Father Jacques Hamel. The day an 85-year-old priest was killed in a French church, nobody said "We are all Catholics".
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Obama talks about terrorist--while never referring to them as Muslims--like they’re misguided youths who need more time with community organizers such as the young Barack Obama.
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Somehow, though I loved being in Israel, I didn’t feel that way at all.
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“Our party has a long tradition of being pro-Israel, and being pro-Israel doesn’t mean we agree on everything, but we’re friends, we’re allies, we’re partners and to the extent we have disagreements we try to work them out productively,” Kaine said.
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His life was an example of Torah, middos and humility in action.
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While the efforts did not lead to the result that was hoped for, the work was not in vain.
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Gil Ronen, founder of the Femilistim pro-family organization, posited that the above examples, and others, are driven by nothing less than a Communist agenda, and that feminists in Israel have, wittingly or not, bought into a wide-ranging campaign to destroy the family unit.
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Wiesel was criticized by some in the Orthodox community for what they viewed as his rejection of faith in God after the Holocaust. But Weisel, who studied Jewish religious texts daily throughout his adult life, resented the allegation.
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The clash of civilizations has turned into a war between those who cry, "We will not give up our lifestyle" and those who sing, "We desire death more than you desire life."
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Gammill urged taking advantage of the laws that are already are on the books, and advised university students to be aware of the policies and governing rules on campus so that they can determine if the rules are being violated.
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Mommie was distressed because praying for the welfare of her dear family was the foundation of her belief in HaKodesh Boruch Hu, whom she served everyday of her life in innocence and in purity.
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The surrender of Jerusalem will never satisfy the Islamists; it would only embolden them to continue their battle for dominance over Israel and ultimately the entire world.
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Lewin said that today every time he visits Israel, he is asked to visit the Rabbinical Court to discuss cases of Israeli husbands who have absconded to the United States without giving their wives a Get.
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Pinchas told his friend how he had felt that he would need to be with someone he knew to help him and his mother through a very difficult Shabbat. Hashem granted him and his mother this chesed.
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Katowice was the birthplace of both Chovevei Tzion and Agudat Yisrael. Before the Shoah the city had a Jewish population of more than nine thousand.
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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.
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Following is the address by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve (4 May) of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day.
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Baruch Hashem, I have plenty of family in Israel, but Miriam’s host was not “family” per se, though her host would differ with me on this fact, rather someone whose family had an impact on me over 50 years ago!
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These novelists not only hold a deep irrational hatred but are instrumental in attacking not only Israel but the Jewish people.
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The full text of Netanyahu's speech to AIPAC - including the videos.


