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In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is It Proper To Buy A Lottery Ticket?

By Jewish Press Staff

My wife and I used to say that winning a $100,000 lottery would be a real bracha if no one, and I mean no one, knew about it. If one person found out about it, it wouldn’t be worth it.

Antisemitism / Europe / Interfaith Relations / Religion

Jews and Muslims Unite at Rally to Denounce Desecration of Sacred Texts

By Jewish Press Staff

Attitudes in Europe, and in Sweden and Denmark in particular, have challenged basic respect for the religious beliefs of other and common decency in general.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is It Proper To Send Your Kids To Sleepaway Camp If They Receive Tuition Assistance?

By Jewish Press Staff

One who accepts tzedakah should not spend money on things that are considered unnecessary luxuries. However, if the things one spends money on are considered normal expenditures in the society one lives in, then it is ok.

Events

Satmar Community Announces Record Turnout For Its Annual Business Expo Networking Event

By Jewish Press Staff

The Satmar Business Expo brings together thousands of yeshiva graduates to network with hundreds of successful business owners and entrepreneurs who work, manage and own companies in every industry imaginable.

IDF & Security / The Knesset

Knesset Israel Victory Caucus Calls on Israel to Start Defeating its Enemies... Again

By Jewish Press Staff

Speakers from the government and opposition, as well as security officials, called on Israel to start defeating its enemies, as it did in the past.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Should A Lawyer Defend Someone In Court Whom He Thinks Is Guilty?

By Jewish Press Staff

Of course, having slick professional lawyers attempt to outwit one another in court is not the Torah way. Nevertheless, we still find a halachic mandate to seek to exonerate the accused if any doubt exists as to his or her guilt.

US / Antisemitism / Boycott / BDS

New Hampshire Issues Executive Order Against Anti-Israel Boycotts

By Jewish Press Staff

A letter has been released, urging Congressional delegations to terminate all U.S. funding to the UN's COI and its related cohorts.

In Print / Features

ADI Introduces Dolls With Disabilities

By Jewish Press Staff

ADI’s ‘toy like me’ initiative promotes equal representation via personalized dolls for residents and special education students with severe disabilities.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Should A Parent Encourage A Child Who Wants To Join The U.S. Army?

By Jewish Press Staff

We want our children to be deeply attached to our traditions, our family’s values and ideals. We also want them to grow into strong, healthy human beings who will live as responsible adults.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to make a large July 4th barbecue get-together?

By Jewish Press Staff

It is a completely secular holiday... As such, it is acclaimed as a joyous day by those who reside in and appreciate the advantages of this land regardless of the religious or other belief system to which they may subscribe.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Should one take sides in a family fight? If yes, under what circumstances?

By Jewish Press Staff

It is very difficult to provide anything more than general guidelines regarding when one should take sides in a family fight.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it appropriate to discuss politics at the Shabbos table?

By Jewish Press Staff

It depends what type of politics is being discussed. If it is politics that has a direct effect on Jewish interests and has therefore Torah issues involved, then as the Chofetz Chaim was reported to say Hashem also has His politics.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas

Top Israeli Security Expert Releases New Gaza Victory Plan

By Jewish Press Staff

The author attempts for the first time to examine and challenge the assumptions behind accepting an Islamist statelet committed to its destruction on its southern border.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is there anything wrong with taking animals from the wild and confining them to restricted living quarters. In other words, are zoos “kosher”?

By Jewish Press Staff

It could well be that their goal in visiting the zoo was not (only) for simple entertainment or leisure, but to be able there to marvel at the wondrous creation of Hashem’s world.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to give your children a phone/smartphone? If so, what age makes the most sense?

By Jewish Press Staff

The more complicated question is whether we should give our children a smartphone at all or at a young age.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to stay up all night Shavuos if you won't be able to daven properly in the morning or function properly during the day?

By Jewish Press Staff

Since the minhag of Klal Yisrael has been to stay up all Shavuos night and learn Torah in preparation for our yearly reacceptance of the Torah, it is definitely proper to fulfill the minhag.

In Print / Jewish Community

Democrats Gather Amidst Peace And Controversy

By Jewish Press Staff

Tenant protections are not going away. They’re here. This is New York. However, we also have to balance out the needs of the landlords, of the real estate industry, to make certain there should be incentives to properly invest.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to disagree with one's child's Rebbe or Morah in front of the child?

By Jewish Press Staff

In order to preserve the child’s respect for the institution and its instructors, the parent must exhibit that respect in the child’s presence.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to attend a secular university?

By Jewish Press Staff

Some students may thrive in a secular university because they may be called upon to take on leadership roles in a religious capacity, such as to help make the minyan or to arrange Torah study opportunities, when they might not be able do so in a Jewish college setting when there are already plenty of minyanim and Torah study opportunities.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to listen to a cappella music during Sefiras Ha'Omer?

By Jewish Press Staff

Such public entertainment is similar to what people do during the rest of the year and thus completely undermines, and even vitiates, the mourning of the omer period.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper for a man to dye his hair?

By Jewish Press Staff

It is clear that the prohibition obtains only when one dyes his hair to achieve the same result as women who dye their hair.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to have or attend a vegan/vegetarian Seder?

By Jewish Press Staff

There are the other components of the Seder which we must consume: the wine, the maror and the matzah. Thus, if one does not consume any meat, fowl and/or fish, that will suffice as regards the evening’s requirements.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to eat kosher l'Pesach rolls, pasta, cakes, pizza and "bread" on Pesach?

By Jewish Press Staff

If consuming these products are an enhancement of one's simchas Yom Tov and done l’shem mitzvah, they can be sanctioned with moderation.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is It Proper To Have A Barber Or Hair Stylist Of The Opposite Sex?

By Jewish Press Staff

In my opinion, what is at stake here is whether one can permit these acts since they represent only a professional interaction with no personal implications.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is Torah-true Judaism inherently aligned with conservative politics, liberal politics, a combination, or neither – Or is this the wrong way to think about the Torah?

By Jewish Press Staff

Neither conservative or liberal politics represent Torah politics. There are definitely aspects of each which are in line with Torah perspectives and ethics, and definitely aspects of each that are opposed to Torah perspectives and ethics.

Features

CIJE Brings High School Students On A ‘Journey To The Startup Nation’

By Jewish Press Staff

Jewish students from many local high schools gathered in Industry City, Brooklyn to spend a full day creating prototypes of products that would benefit people living in the global south.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it appropriate for just anyone to get drunk on Purim?

By Jewish Press Staff

Many of these commentaries stress that drinking is meant to enhance an appropriate Purim celebration.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is it proper to use the title “Rabbi” when referring to someone who received rabbinic ordination from a Reform or Conservative institution?

By Jewish Press Staff

When Rabbi Feldman referred to her with the title rabbi, she registered surprise that an Orthodox rabbi would acknowledge that a woman was ordained. Rabbi Feldman responded, I accord you the same respect that I accord to your male colleagues.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Is It Appropriate For Frum Jews To Go Hunting?

By Jewish Press Staff

Rav Landau writes, hunting for sport is improper and anyone who does this follows in the footsteps of Nimrod and Esav, and not Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

Should a person who wants to make aliyah do so even if his or her parents object?

By Jewish Press Staff

The decision will ultimately be based on a variety of factors, depending on the reason for the parents’ disapproval. Perhaps their disapproval is temporary or based on unwarranted concerns.

In Print / Halacha & Hashkafa

When visiting a Shiva house is it appropriate to console the mourners by trying to explain tragedy or death?

By Jewish Press Staff

Most simply don’t have much to say to aveilim and that’s fine; it’s still a great mitzvah to visit with aveilim even for a short time.

Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria

An Illegal PA City Being Built Under Everyone’s Nose in Gush Etzion

By Jewish Press Staff

In addition to the building of the road, construction work was being done to essentially and illegally create a new town in Gush Etzion.

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