יום ראשון, כ״ג תשרי תשפ״זSunday, October 4, 2026
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By Irwin Cohen
The Dodgers had him hone his skills as a third baseman and catcher in the minor leagues and brought him up to the major leagues in 1943 when he was only 19.
Next time you find yourself burdened by the weight of a task, know that you aren’t G-d and that it’s okay to ask for some assistance.
Please don't make a huge issue out of this situation. As in all situations, the only person we can change is ourselves.
When the book was first published, the author's contemporaries in Egypt upon reading the book found that the author used harsh language in many places against other rabbis and their opinions.
Before the horrors of the Holocaust began, Rabbi Shapira had become the advocate for Peasecod, the many young people who were struggling with the meaning of the ancient texts and their own identities as traditional Jews.
During their various escapes across borders with other fleeing refugees, they were strafed by machine-gun fire from airplanes flying low overhead and witnessed others being shot and killed.
Any reaction offers direction and a chance for personal growth, should we be mindful and mature enough to listen to their response with humility and grace.
Children in the midst of a vicious fight and a child being bullied are different scenarios, and should thus be dealt with differently.
You will find commentary on the Torah explaining key takeaways from Avraham’s mission to leave his household, and taamei hamitzvot, explanations of the commandments... Yet you will also learn from G.I. Joe: “Knowing is half the battle.”
By Ben Rothke
The book's purpose is to lay out the legal claim to the territory formerly known as Mandatory Palestine.
By Marc Gronich
I want to make one point explicitly clear: We cannot go to the people who created our problems for the solution.
As it turns out, this was a particularly fortuitous time for the Jews who, because they were dancing with their Torah scrolls when the fire reached their synagogues, were able to save most of them.
Unconditional love means that you love your children and even as you set high expectations for them, you understand that they will make mistakes and you will love them regardless. Children need to understand this as well.
Moshe's actions on top of the hill displayed a complete trust in G-d that deeply affected everyone. By emulating Moshe, the people became worthy of salvation.
This volume, Land Israel, by a Jewish author, Ludwig Strauss, was published in Berlin in 1935, during the Nazi period.
By Naomi Gross
As Racheli gets swept up into his distorted vision, their downward trajectory takes on a disturbing life of its own, irrevocably spinning out of control.
Covid, which generally causes all of us anxiety, has definitely exacerbated it in individuals who suffer from anxiety disorders.
By Baruch Lytle
Today I can’t tell you what his speech was, Frank said, but I can tell you, I was blown away. It was the most erudite speech...
By Alan Zeitlin
"I'm not surprised that people hate," Goldberg told The Jewish Press. "I'm surprised that Google, a company worth billions of dollars doesn't have a way to stop this. How I could get 100 negative reviews on a Saturday when I'm not open.
You may be surprised how many companies would be open to having the right candidate work remotely regardless of their location.
By Sharon Katz
Never in the course of history had a nation escaped from within another nation, especially in a country as tyrannical as Egypt. That is…Never until 1.5 million Jews escaped the Soviet Union.
To quote that mildly famous song, “All you need is time, time, time...” (Love. Whatever. It’s semantics.)
The book demonstrates that various literary motifs were heavily influenced or established by Jewish writers, including time travel, alternative history, utopia/dystopia, and – of course – comedy.
Whoever hid the scrolls did an incredible job, as they were not discovered for 2,000 years and, in fact, they could well have remained hidden but for a fortuitous accident in 1947 when a goat wandered into a hollow.
Being accountable to the Department of Health is important for the confidence of our patients and demonstrates governmental verification of Bergen Hatzalah’s commitment to the highest quality of patient care,” said Bergen Hatzalah Chief Joshua Hartman.
The element of Pride comes into the experience when there is a sense that courage and recognition drove a belief in the significance of the moment.
Mid-lecture, loud noises and music began playing behind a partition in the room, as the hotel was setting up for a concert and the musicians in the adjacent room were preparing for the show.
Deir Yassin “was not the peaceful village many later claimed it to be.”
This magnificent project, the Talmudic Encyclopedia, gives students the breadth of the Torah…I read the entry on ‘chazaka’ ... this is a very difficult topic ... But if one reads this entry in the Talmudic Encyclopedia, it is so clear, it is so organized, all the intricate details, it’s astonishing.
There is the newly minted Arizona Boardwalk in Scottsdale. While not in any way an actual boardwalk, this circular pavilion is full of great activities for the whole family.
It is important to take a step back to appreciate our ability to track and measure time, one of the prime examples and expressions of freedom in the Torah.
If you hear yourself saying that you’ll probably be unhappy in your marriage soon, or that you’re probably really not happy now, you need to stop yourself and change that narrative.
Pomerantz’s character modeled how to be sensible, intelligent, strategic, kind, firm, courageous and principled.
A digital nomad, her office is on the go. I reached her in Iceland and asked her which tech products she believes are an absolute necessity when setting up a digital office.
The Soul of the Mishna is a masterwork on teaching us how to see what was always there in front of our eyes the whole time.
After an enlightening conversation about your respective Covid beliefs, you worry that you have unearthed a divide too big to bridge...
For a time, cultural life at Theresienstadt was allowed to develop. Authors, scholars, musicians and Yiddish theatre actors gave performances.
Less known is that Andersen had deep affection for the Jewish people; that he was very familiar with Jewish tradition and culture... and that he maintained very close relationships with Jews and with the Jewish community.
Moish Inker said that you had a photographic mind and everything about you was Torah.
You, Zaidy, were always spoken about in my home at all times to my children, who didn’t really get a chance to know or meet you as I did. You would have loved them all.
Mandel said that by suspending the account, Facebook seems to have initially agreed with the inaccurate assertion that the advertising content violated its rules.
The strongest distinguishing characteristic of introverts is their energy source: Introverts draw energy from their internal world of ideas, emotions, and impressions.
The author printed this story that happened to him on the title page of every book he published after this event.
My question is do all our needs have to be fulfilled by our spouse? Maybe some of your needs can be met by siblings, good friends, or close cousins.
I lacked belief in myself and my innate talents. Growing up in Pharaoh's home I learned a great deal about leadership, however I also noticed the tension between “being there for the masses and being there for the missus,” that is, my wife.
Housing is the obvious example of potential cost-saving by moving. I am always astounded when friends and clients in other parts of the country tell me how much they spend to purchase a new home.
Whether you are set up by a shadchan, by a friend, or meet on your own at a singles event, take the time to do your research.
Having been instrumental in rushing a secret power out of the Temple before it burned, Elazer ben Yair is in charge of the rebels and families holed up on Masada.
By Rachel Kohn
I think it is assur for people to be near anything connected to him, said Rabbi Eliyahu.
The Feldman Letter was similarly not intended as a true historical account but rather as a call to rouse the American Jewish community from its lethargy in the form of an updated version of the kinah.
The first thing you need to know about the area is that Phoenix and Scottsdale may be technically two different cities, but they border each other and the two Jewish communities are separated by only a few minutes by car.
By Marc Gronich
Eichenstein told The Jewish Press. This was literally designed to keep Orthodox Jews out from the town. We should never bring any legislation to the floor that discriminates against any group of people.
Women have a particularly difficult time with shame because there are different (often stricter) societal expectations for women as mothers, fashion figures, and careerists.
There are subtle signs of a potentially problematic person. I have often said, people should marry people with compatible meshugasim.
Yosef had committed 14 years of his life to what was likely a very demanding role in the public spotlight, with thousands, if not millions, depending upon him. Perhaps Yosef decided that it was OK to step down.
By Irwin Cohen
Richie Scheinblum had an eight-year big league career spanning 1965 to 1974 with six different teams (Cleveland, Washington, Kansas City, Cincinnati, California Angels and St. Louis).
Over the generations, German Jewry had accumulated numerous different Selichot prayers, and the custom developed to rotate the selections for each year...
I'd like Here I Am to inspire kids, says Ungar, to show them how much a single person can accomplish, with Hashem's help.
You must make sure your child is safe and try to put him back to bed, but do not awaken him or try to calm him, since he is probably sleeping.
Your Mizrach is indeed beautiful, with depictions of Moshe and Aharon, symbols of The Twelve Tribes, and more.
While halacha is often determined by rabbinic consensus, spirituality is personal.
He believes our fraternization with our phones, which look like slabs of glass in the palms of our hands, will be seen as primitive and archaic in a few years.
You don’t believe that they would want you, when they could look for girls who come from standard frum homes, and parents who offer more.
The children were initially welcomed by the Iranian public, but it grew hostile to the Jewish refugees, particularly after rising bread costs led to mass demonstrations in Iran.
By Marc Gronich
Even though Agudah’s main mission is to influence legislation on a state level, Benjamin talked about Israel to the group.
By Marc Gronich
The idea that the Jews went like sheep to the slaughter is absolute nonsense. Narishkeit, foolishness. The Jews did fight back.
Even when I was a young girl he cared so much. He would look at me with his blue eyes, and in his calm tone offer warm words of chizuk.
He personified a gentle, soft spoken soul who cared so much about every one, and especially about the land of Israel.
By Alan Zeitlin
Money from club-promoting life allowed him to stop dealing marijuana, but when he felt spiritually lost, he searched for spirituality.
As the secular year draws to a close, it’s a great opportunity to review not just our contributions to our family, community and workplaces, but to evaluate our spiritual performance and consider our spiritual legacy.
Hashem gives us everything we have, but distractions abound, and we busy ourselves with everything besides connecting with our Creator.
I believe that exposure to many of the concepts of Kabbalah would quell the questions of many of our youngsters and quench their thirst for something more spiritual.
Perhaps you really want to be frum, but it is hard for you right now because you don’t feel it as much as you want to, or as much as you feel that you have to.
The mis-attribution is the result of a book titled Shnei Hame’orot published in Kishinev in 1896.
You have been blessed. Hashem has offered you your zivug on the first try and the parts of ourselves that fight the brachos in our lives are trying to offer you doubt when there should only be joy.
The question under review is whether the bank knowingly transferred substantial funds that aided and abetted terrorist acts and is therefore subject to civil liability under Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA).
The work represents another valuable addition to contemporary Torah study and an enriching commentary for both the scholar and novice alike.
None of these strategies are easy, but they may all be effective when taken seriously.
Though not prohibited, circumcision became highly regulated, and circumcision laws were passed with the stated purpose of promoting health and sanitation to conform with “German sensibilities,” but which were actually calculated to make performing a bris more difficult.
Explaining why many Jewish homeowners in Fallsburg voted against Vegliante, Friedlander said, “Sometimes people are too parochial in the way they look at the issue as it pertains to them and only them. And they don’t understand the more complex picture.”
By Marc Gronich
Justice Peter Lynch “issued an order that a school district must provide transportation to nonpublic school students on days when [nonpublic] schools are in session.”
Rather than attempting to modify behaviors right away, Dr. Greene advocates for solving the underlying problems.
My friend found out that one of my son’s rebbeim, who was close to him, insinuated that although he was a great boy with great middos, he was an average learner and would never amount to anything in the world of Torah.
Da Bologna was not the most brilliant of censors, and the Jewish Encyclopedia mentions several instances of his ignorance...
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