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I’m powerless to restore what was lost in the Holocaust, but I’m grateful for a chance to apply my skills to protecting others from harm and ensuring their dignity.
Michal realized no one was going to do it. Without thinking, she walked into the bathroom and pulled out the offensive blockage.
It’s amazing how a Jew raised with minimal religion can still feel visceral discomfort when asked to pray in front of a Buddha or participate in a cremation ceremony. That growing feeling of disjointedness ever so slowly spurred Liane’s interest in her own heritage.
The first sefer to systematically list the halachic portions of the Zohar, Yesh Sachar was printed in 1609 in Prague, and authored by R. Yisochor Baer ben Petachiah Moshe of Kremnitz, Hungary (d. before 1648).
Wix is a do-it-yourself website builder. It allows users without knowledge in HTML or coding to create web and mobile sites through drag and drop tools.
While a shared background might make things easier, it doesn’t mean that it is the only way.
By Sara Black-Charm & Judy Kizer / HealthEAT
Making the perfect tasting, perfect texture gluten free bread is always a challenge...
Going into a bit more detail about this specific pogrom, it is sickening to learn that rioting Polish soldiers claimed that their officers allowed them 48 hours to pillage Jewish quarters as a reward for capturing the city from the Ukrainians.
When asked about concerns they have about returning home after their year, one of the most popular responses is something like, “I am dreading all the questions about my skirts and sleeve length."
In 2017, Deutsch ran a marathon while she was seven months pregnant. She claims the subsequent pregnancy, labor and birth were here easiest.
The chief military rabbi, who is appointed by Israel’s Chief of Staff and is the highest religious authority in the IDF, is not subordinate to the Chief Rabbinate.
By dvora
“I can’t put into words how much I missed these kinds of events,” said a woman who gave her age as a young 83.
By JoeSettler
Assaf A. Voll has written one of the most comprehensive books on the history of the Palestinian People.
If you want to be a leader, you need to make connections. People need to see you as an individual with imperfections and vulnerabilities.
You should, as a couple, forge out “we” time where you do things together such as discuss books, art, Torah topics, or whatever you both share interest in.
We meet the occupants of Rav Naor’s imagined library, general philosophers as well as musicians of Western culture. Where else does Leonard Cohen engage in dialogue with Rav Kook?
In addition to sharing how they processed trauma, frustration or sadness, many share happy, unexpected results of their struggles, and several note that the process of sharing their stories is therapeutic.
We all have small parts of us that don’t showcase us in the best light. Bits and pieces that when highlighted detract from our positive qualities.
The one strength of Har Sinai’s response as portrayed in the Midrash is that she references the other candidates. Reminding your interviewer in a subtle way that they're free to choose is a psychological strategy that has powerful persuasive powers.
Julie is one of our youngest clients. She is 20 years old and has celiac disease.
The new reality of Jews living in the land of their fathers led to the publication of his Pe'at Hashulchan, a work dealing with halachot of the Land of Israel, particularly shemittah...
By Alan Zeitlin
An Affinity with the Character of Kive Motivated One Fan’s Latest Artistic Series
Other performers have resisted enormous pressure from BDS and its supporters, and this is the story of three of them.
When I heard that The Rabbi of Buchenwald had been published, I was delighted, especially since I knew the book would not be just a tribute to Rabbi Hershel Schacter, but a highly significant, meticulously researched work of critical scholarship. And I was right.
Both instilling motivation and creating a safe space are integral parts of learning, helping students feel that they both want to learn and that the conditions are right for learning.
By Marc Gronich
What we need to do is to figure out a mechanism to allow these people to fully participate in the community… We’ve got to teach the community about the worth of people with disabilities.
The publisher, Rabbi Aron Hacohen Margolies (Perl), a resident of Debrecen, writes how the Rabbenu Bachya was nearly forgotten due to the unavailability of his writings...
We can’t possibly know the mind of Hashem. We can’t even begin to speculate as to what was Hashem’s purpose in taking your friend’s husband at this time.
I asked people in various groups across social media platforms which websites, apps, and appliances they used when traveling to make the experience easier and more enjoyable.
You are responsible for yourself, your actions, and your reactions. Your behavior before the date, during the date, and after the date are under your control.
While humility and modesty are prized characteristics in our community, these traits can impede us during our job search.
As Rav Ruderman explained to Professor William Helmreich in a January 1978 interview, “College gives a person parnossah. We find that our boys stay with learning longer this way. They don’t have to kill themselves for a job.
A year after winning gold in Paris, Abrahams broke his leg while attempting to improve on his English long jump record, which lasted for over 30 years, thus ending his athletic career.
By Sara Black-Charm & Judy Kizer / HealthEAT
Tammy came to us on a special therapeutic diet that recommends eliminating gluten and dairy. In this case the challenge was mostly on me to create dishes that are tasty, healthy and meet the doctor’s orders.
What doctors and teachers call hyperactivity can also be called exuberance.
In shidduchim, the potential for rejection exists for everyone. Those we want to date, those we ask to date, and those we are dating, all have the opportunity to say “no” should they choose to.
You must share in a tone that demonstrates derech eretz to your parents that their behavior in meddling with raising your children is not helpful and is inappropriate.
For one hour each day, go into a private room and thank Hashem that you don’t have a child.
As the war neared its end, the Vaad Hatzalah started focusing on assisting the Jews that survived the atrocities and were stuck in the Displaced Persons Camps in Germany.
Operation Magic Carpet proved to be not only an emotional experience for the rescued Taimanim, many of whom kissed the ground upon their arrival in Eretz Yisrael, but for the Alaska Airlines staff as well.
The Women’s Medical Organization Is Leading Efforts To Educate the Community About Vaccines.
I was originally assigned to compete on Yom Tov with the people from my gym. ANW was very accommodating, and they put me in a different group, but it was also more challenging not competing with the people you know.
If you have just moved or are entering a new community, the section on representing yourself as an individual can shed light on social interactions.
By Roni
The concept of a tribute to Rabbi Sacks came to Rabbi New shortly after his passing. He was very moved and influenced by his teachings and his life’s story.
Visitors have to be mindful when they are visiting family in a private house, that they are not in a hotel, where they feel it's ok to leave a mess for someone else to clean up.
Maybe you can give me some words of nechama as I am frum and I know Hashem does everything for the good.
A keen observer and master educator, the author describes the dire straits and danger in the future of Jewish education in the inter-war period in Eastern Europe...
Unique multi-sensory composition entitled ‘Every Person is a Symphony’ featuring ADI residents with severe disabilities underscores importance of empowering people of all abilities.
You envision someone like you at this stage of your life, and your parents likely hoped for someone who shares their original goals for you.
Many visibly Jewish people are wondering what they can do to protect themselves on the streets.
Kersten’s intervention with Himmler to save Jews is historical fact for which he should be recognized and honored, but he turned out to also be a Holocaust fraudster...
Moshe Koppel’s new book, “Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures,” explains why powerless, diasporic Judaism has no future.
We need to remind ourselves constantly why we are taking the precautions we are taking. Remembering the reason gives us the strength to move forward.
While your educational ideas sound interesting, I am not sure how a school would be able to implement this kind of curriculum.
In 1927, Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah Schneerson witnessed the arrest of her son by Stalin's henchmen, when he was taken away and sentenced to death for his efforts to keep Judaism alive throughout the Soviet empire.
By Irwin Cohen
The next day, I opened the paper to the first page of the sports section where Falls' column appeared several days a week. I was surprised to see my picture below his usual masthead.
To me, your question cannot be answered until we address your tone. Until then, this is less about your inability to see eye to eye with your parents than about your struggle to communicate properly with one another.
I tried to design a style that felt like you weren’t wearing a skirt. This style allows you to do almost every activity without feeling restricted.
My expertise lies primarily in antique Jewish ceremonial objects (i.e., Judaica). When it comes to paintings and related works, my knowledge is limited to those made before 1940.
The Volozhin yeshiva curriculum consisted of studying the entire Talmud Bavli from beginning to end, skipping nothing. Shiur was delivered six days a week with 70 - 80 dafim being covered in depth (b’iyun) each semester or zman.
While making clear that the sun will always retain its supremacy, G-d makes a series of gestures designed to placate the moon, which the moon rejects.
Adam was created by Hashem, a perfect being. And yet, Hashem saw that Adam wasn’t complete without Chava by his side.
This is a contest. We actually have a little known contest every year at the parade for our marching groups.
What can we do to raise confident daughters – daughters who are proud of who they are and not what they look like?
Plug-in Hybrids can be a good choice for those who drive locally and also take road trips and don’t want to have to worry about searching for charging stations on the road.
By the end of the Civil War, Ahavath Chesed was ready to hire its first permanent rabbinic figure and, in 1866, Dr. Adloph Huebsch came from Hungary to assume the helm.
Perhaps you can call a family meeting and start with saying that although it is a privilege for you to be able to take care of your parents, things are becoming more difficult and you feel you need more help.
Remember, you have a piece of G-d inside of you – actually, three neshamos inside you – which means infinite power.
You believe you are stuck because no one new seems to exist in the comfortable/uncomfortable group you belong to. To remain as you are will then likely not yield new and productive results. It’s time to switch things up.
The most interesting change, however, may be Hammerstein’s total removal of anti-Semitism, an important theme in Liliom, from Carousel.
Part of being productive is knowing what to do with all the ideas floating around your head and world.
Before you allow yourself to continue on this unproductive and dangerous path, take a deep breath and refocus. Revisit the steps that got you to this point.
We had a great marriage. I want to stay with her and raise our children.
Jews in the United States were on both sides of the slavery debate in the decades before the Civil War.
Mrs. Davidson always made me feel supremely comfortable, accommodated my peculiar eating habits, and talked to me about school and even politics as if I were 32 rather than 12.
By dvora
There was little disagreement among the candidates, all Democrats, regarding the big issues, and so each stressed his or her personal and professional qualifications.
When the 1936 Games of the XI Olympiad were held in August 1936, the Nazis had already commenced construction of labor camps, political prisons, and concentration camps, including Sachsenhausen, located a mere 22 miles north of the Olympic stadium in Berlin.
Ruth knew that Torah was the fount of all spiritual and emotional growth. And like the sage Hillel,... Ruth too was willing to suffer both physically and emotionally to honor her vow to be a Torah Jew.
By Marc Gronich
Schwartz told The Jewish Press, I didn’t realize that when you try to avoid infection that’s considered discrimination. I’m used to thinking of discrimination as a social thing not as a medical thing.
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