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'Orthodox Jewish' Horse Violates the Sabbath to Win Triple Crown

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Only in America: Non-Jewish jockey visits the Rebbe's grave before racing to a win the Triple Crown on the horse owned by an Orthodox Jew from Egypt.

News Briefs / Jewish

Orthodox Jew in Coma after Fainting at Aharon’s Tomb

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jordan has transferred to an orthodox Jewish tourist to Eilat after he collapsed at the tomb of Aharon in Petra and was driven in an ambulance towards Eilat, when he suffered another attack. The ambulance turned around and rushed to a hospital near Petra. He was reported to be in a coma. The chairman of […]

Europe / News Briefs / Police and Crime / Haredim & Hassidim

British ‘Jewish Police’ Force to Protect Mosques

By Jewish Press Staff

Religious Jews and Muslims sometimes can get along, especially when the Jews are vigilante police and the Muslims are victims of hate crimes. Welcome to Stamford Hill, London.

Lessons In Emunah

The Upsherin

By Myrna Gordon Skurnick

Have you ever been to an upsherin, a hair-cutting ceremony? I had never been to one until I was invited by my gentleman friend, Sy, to attend one in honor of his great-grandson, Gabriel, given by his grandparents, Steve and Robin Kerzer. Even Sy, an Orthodox Jew, had not heard of it. Both of us knew it was the custom not to cut a boy’s hair until he was three years old, but we had no idea what was involved.

Media / News Briefs / Jewish

Andy Statman: Klezmer Is Finished

By Michael Orbach

Andy Statman says the time of Klezmer has passed. Having just received the NEA National Heritage Fellowship in June for his work in bluegrass and Klezmer music, Statman admits Klezmer used to be his substitute for Jewish observance. Now that he is an Orthodox Jew, he no longer feels the need to play the music.

News Briefs

Court clears Orthodox Jew for not carrying ID on Sabbath

By JTA

(JTA) -- An Orthodox Jew was found not guilty by a Hague appeals court of failing to produce an ID card on the Sabbath. The man had faced a fine of nearly $200 for failing to prove his identity when requested to do so by police under a Dutch law. Orthodox Jews are not permitted to […]

Op-Eds

The Costume

By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky

Consider the absurdity of the following statement: “I know an Orthodox Jew who works on Shabbat, eats pork regularly, never wears tefillin or prays or learns Torah, is unfaithful to his spouse, walks bare-headed in public, and eats on Yom Kippur.”

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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