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Even before the Renaissance, the meager scattering of sources that reveal the Italki experience suggest that Jewish influence was alive and well on the peninsula.
How does someone who has been involved in serious politics since his teenage years (under the tutelage of his eminent father), and served as New York’s governor and attorney general, not have the smarts to foresee what critics would make of such a statement?
It is an interesting thing he does – suggesting that Israel's adherence of eternal verities is a sign of the country “losing its way.”
If one were to make a vow or promise to Hashem, it is something that must be fulfilled.
The wise Sages declared that every individual is related to himself! In fact, we are our own closet relative, even more than our own parents and children.
And yet G-d himself presents himself, so to speak, on a very simple level so that anyone can just go up to him and talk.
Should a media that knowingly stirs racial violence be classified as a friend or a foe of the American people?
Not only was the white nationalist crowd much smaller than last year, members of Antifa were recorded attacking police officers, pelting them with eggs, fireworks, and water bottles at both venues.
Love is a contagious mitzvah: When others see someone whose life is motivated by the love of G‑d, they unfold their wings to fly along with him or her.
One wonders, though, how these critics would explain why an American president, duly invested with the power to conduct the nation’s foreign policy, should be unduly restricted in the manner in which he carries out his duties.
I try to open up the eyes of the people around me to have more sensitivity and awareness regarding all people who were not blessed with optimal health.
Although Kushner’s and Greenblatt’s direct focus is Hamas, what they write applies to Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority as well.
A careful reading of the new law suggests that the rights of non-Jews are not harmed by it.
The Obama administration had come up with a virtual roadmap that guided schools how to push the envelope but also survive judicial scrutiny.
In earlier times, it was the custom already from Tu B'Av to use as one's greeting "Ketiva vachatima tova,” the same blessing that we use today during the month of Elul and on Rosh Hashana.
Till this day, many Jewish homes continue to observe the tradition of maintaining a half-meter square patch of wall scraped clean of plaster as one enters the house. For how can we complete our houses when G-d's house lays in ruins?
She admitted she is “not the expert on geopolitics on this issue" but said, "I just look at things through a human rights lens.”
Moreover, since there is no way the U.S. government can force the accused to appear in a U.S. court, the probability is that the presumption of innocence will stand.
The incident recently came to light when the driver filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking unspecified damages from the TLC and the return of his license.
Through a series of expulsions, forced conversions and general violence, European Jewry looked eastward, particularly towards Poland and Lithuania for respite.
When one vows to do something, or to refrain from doing something, the Torah views that pledge with tremendous seriousness. Violating one’s word is referred to as a “desecration of one’s word.”
We all try to go on the right path, we all try to set goals and go ahead and achieve them.
Israel21c reported that the technology behind these radio units took 10 years to develop and is exclusive to Maxtech.
Shabbos is a window into the euphoric Messianic world when this world will be completely devoted to G-d, on all levels.
As Jews, we try to connect all of our daily events to the guiding hands of The Almighty. And yet, how often do we look at G-d’s connection to the world and His intervention in the public realm?
The older we get, the wiser we get, and the more mistakes we have made over time, the more experience we have gained.
But what those courts did was tantamount to opening up any presidential action to an inquiry into his motives and thereby create the possibility of unceasing hamstringing of presidential activity.
All the suffering that has been our lot since the day the Temple was destroyed is a result of our exiled state. This is why we mourn the destruction of the Temples.
All of these children, including my son, take an enormous amount of physical care. It is not a simple matter. And yet, taking care of such special children is an honor.
Papadoupolis’ connection to Israel? It seems that he had a long history of working on eastern Mediterranean energy issues and advocated that there should be closer diplomatic and economic bonds between Israel and the United States.
Turkish Jews and Muslims would flock to her door with bribes or requests for her to exert her influence with the royals.
How do misunderstandings arise? Often the cause is a kind of egocentrism – the belief that other people think the same way we do, especially if these people belong to “us.”
Ultimately our job is not to overcome sin but to transcend the pitfalls and challenges of life.
Royalty is a concept that brings respect and awe to whoever thinks about the true essence of the word.
The Jewish Press joins Klal Yisrael in mourning the passing of HaRav Simcha Bunim Ehrenfeld, the Mattersforfer Rav.
Sometimes we are so busy looking for the next great thing to plan and prepare for that we seem to forget that the simplest things in life, and finding happiness in those tremendous simplicities.
Jews everywhere are proud of their unhesitating acceptance of the Torah and of its wonderful teachings.
He shrewdly concluded that the Palestinian issue was no longer the center of gravity in the Middle East – if it ever really was.
While prosecutors typically charge one individual believed to be involved in a crime in a minor way to pressure him or her to “turn” on someone more heavily involved, the practice is ordinarily limited to participants in the same activity.
Power and influence do not come without consequence.
I value solidarity and community, but I also think it is healthy and desirable to be able and willing to think and act independently with a strong sense of self.
If one's fear of sin exceeds wisdom, his wisdom will endure.
The entire mountainside is transformed into a promenade where superstars of the Israeli religious music scene participate in impromptu jams with tourists.
They emphasized that Ms. Huckabee used the word "had," not "has." Thus, Iran is not in violation of JCPOA, they said.
A federal judge, though, recently declared that the parsonage exemption is unconstitutional, finding that "the point of the law was to assist a subset of religious groups."
His 48th Assembly District includes Boro Park, which has one of the largest Jewish communities outside of Israel, and also part of Flatbush, which also contains a large Jewish constituency.
On Memorial Day, as I remembered all the soldiers and great people who died protecting this little but so important and significant piece of land, I felt so proud to be part of the Jewish nation in its homeland.
Plainly, if the DNC had confidence that the Mueller probe would turn up a Trump-Russia connection before the 2018 midterm elections, the lawsuit would hardly be needed.
Think what the world would be like it we gave more respect to even one person. The more similar people seem to be, the more they find to argue about. The less we have in common, the less we care!
Cheney turned out not to be the leaker and so the hapless Libby had nothing to trade, even if he was inclined to cooperate.
Today, counting the Omer can be a time of meditation where we renew our spirits as we prepare for Shavuot.
In the accident, five people were injured with two of the injured now under arrest as police are reportedly investigating whether they were driving while intoxicated.
We have heard several reliable reports of outright anti-Semitic comments from legislators – some from those in leadership positions.
The court refused to review decision of a U.S. appeals court, which threw out a $655.5 United States District Court jury verdict against the PLO.
The folks who work at NYCHA are trying to hold something together…that really should’ve gotten investment a long time ago.
We perceive these moments to be filled with grace, and we might feel that our lives are worth even one such experience.
Both have long been vocal in their disdain for the agreement and their pro-Israel advocacy on Middle East issues.
These hapless folks simply got caught up in the investigation because they were thought to possess incriminating information about others and were vulnerable to being pressured by the threat of prosecution to give that information up.
Our problem is that in the daily bustle of life we hardly ever stop to smell the flowers.
Did all those broken and hurt people expect the last words of Yosef – “And G-d will surely redeem you from here,” which he uttered on his deathbed – to come true?
Rabbi Pelcovits was a formidable talmid chacham, widely recognized as one of the preeminent pulpit rabbis of the last half of the 20th century with unsurpassed oratorical skills.
The messages seem clear. For one thing, the U.S., the major Arab states, and some European ones are fast moving away from the notion that the PA is part of the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian controversy.
We all know that cleaning the house for Pesach is a mitzvah, but what are our thoughts as we fulfill it?
There are also accounts of individuals and groups mounting challenges to religious circumcisions and ritual slaughter.
The World Values Network was founded by Rabbi Boteach to promote Jewish values but, as we see it, has now morphed into a group devoted to spread his teachings.
What do hamentaschen and matzahs have in common? What connection could there be between Pharaoh and Haman, Moses and Mordecai, Miriam and Esther?
It’s doing the right thing even when it might seem like it’s the opposite of what everyone else is doing, even though you know, that it’s the right thing.
After all this ambiguity, now finally comes the announcement that the U.S. will call its current consulate in Jerusalem its embassy and have U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman move there with some of his staff.
The entire world is like a body or a vessel, and Israel is the soul that makes the body run.
So long as we are alive, we have the ability to strive for higher and greater levels.
We can easily understand why Syria would have fired at Israeli warplanes as they crossed over Syrian territory and that they perhaps got lucky.
Mr. Schumer also comes up rather short on the merits of his Trump-as-hatemonger scenario.
All of us go through challenges in our lives. One can just let one’s imagination run wild wondering how many tests and challenges a person might experience in the course of 20 years.
A hung jury failed to convict him, voting 10-2 for acquittal. The DOJ initially announced it was going to retry him. This week it announced it would not.
The new law was ardently pushed by Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party and the judges on the constitutional court are mostly its appointees. And therein lies an important tale.
My special needs child was in the car and it was a very cold and rainy morning. These two officers didn’t leave my side for more than 2 hours.
But it was in the area of Israel’s political future as a robust and flourishing democracy where he fell woefully short.
What if, against all odds, the Palestinians actually get serious about negotiating a peace agreement?
The tactic was ill advised and Mr. Schumer was finally forced to capitulate in order to protect the electoral chances in November of Democratic congressional candidates in states that voted for President Trump in 2016.
They knew that if they performed acts of kindness with each other G-d would perform kindness with them.
Throughout the years of taking care of such a special needs child I believe that he understands all that is going on, he just doesn’t have the ability to express himself. And I was determined to make him as happy as I could.
“[h]e would benefit...from a dash of humility by remembering that, given the abysmal turnout on Election Day, he won support from only about 16 percent of the city’ registered voters.”
Among Chasidim, this period is one of teshuvah, fasting, and selichot. And the Jewish Kabbalistic-ethical works talk about this period being one of teshuvah and introspection.
But it is questions about the treatment of workers that have rocked the industry.
All of this is coming in the context of Mr. Trump’s vow to gut some of the key sweetheart deals the Iranians wangled out of the Obama/Kerry team.
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