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Friday, 01 June 2012 06:28 |
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It was bound to happen. The Israelis, growing weary of looking for a Palestinian leader actually committed to negotiating a two-state solution, are starting to consider laying down their own parameters for an interim...
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Written by Arutz Sheva
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Friday, 01 June 2012 05:51 |
The IDF shortly after noon on Friday identified a terror squad in Gaza preparing to fire rockets into Israel and scored a direct hit.
The Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency said four people were killed and four were...
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Written by Shmuel Katz
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:59 |
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It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon and we are enjoying another terrific Bet Shemesh day. Moshe is hanging out—thinking about going into the small pool on our porch. Mordechai is on his way to afterschool...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:48 |
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On June 1, Weisman Law Group P.C. will be expanding to accommodate clients located near and around Uniondale. Located at 626 Rex Corp. Plaza, sixth floor, the centrally located office will be the third location for the...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:42 |
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New York’s annual Celebrate Israel Parade will be televised live on WWOR My9 Sunday, June 3, 12:00–2:00 p.m. Hosted by My9 anchor Harry Martin and Israeli TV host Becky Griffin, with live reports from FOX 5...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:36 |
 Yeshiva University hosted its 81st annual commencement ceremony at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ on May 24. More than 750 undergraduate students received their degrees.
President Richard M. Joel awarded Ethel...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:31 |
 What do an oversized pencil, a stuffed lamb named Rachel, and parchment paper have in common? Ask the students at Shulamith School for Girls and they’ll tell you!
Rabbi Clapper, a sofer from Crown Heights, came to...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:25 |
 On Tuesday night, May 22, DRS held its annual Green vs. White game, pitting the freshman and senior Wildcats against the juniors and sophomores. The game is an annual event in DRS and is used to raise money for Chai...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:20 |
 What a way to get ready for Shavuot! On Tuesday, May 22, the entire student body of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls was mesmerized by Rabbi Jonathan Rietti, who more than prepared his audience spiritually for...
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Written by Pinchos Fiber, MAY Senior
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:13 |
 It’s been an amazing year at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov. Although when we began there were many new faces, we are now all very close. Our friends and rebbeim have become like family. What better way to conclude the year...
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Written by Elke Probkevitz
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:04 |
 Bring your kids into the kitchen and not only will they have a good time, but they will learn important lessons as well. Getting your kids involved in the cooking process generates an interest in what they are cooking and...
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Written by Ron Jager
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:00 |
Tidbits From Israel
The preliminary goal of the delegitimization and BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement is to isolate Israel, turning her into a pariah state. These efforts by NGOs in Israel, America, and...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:52 |
I’m so excited! This Friday is opening day at Sunny Atlantic Beach Club. To me, that means the opportunity to resume my favorite exercise regimen: swimming! Many of my readers know what swimming means to me.
I...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:48 |
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In recognition of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Day, Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre invites the community to attend a free American Heart Association “Heartsaver AED” Course on Sunday morning, June...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:42 |
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You usually don’t think of organ donation as something to celebrate. Don’t tell that to the people of Renewal. On Thursday, May 17, over 300 people got together for a lavish reception at the Renaissance...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:40 |
Can you have your cake and eat it too? Not if you’re Alison Barnett, the only Orthodox Jew in a program at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE).
Barnett needed to consult with a rabbi to make sure that she could...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:37 |
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The Lander College in Flatbush, with its separate schools for men and women, is offering double summer semesters this year, with an extensive choice of courses. The double summer sessions will accommodate students...
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International News
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Written by Arutz Sheva
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Friday, 01 June 2012 06:10 |
Rabbis from the Conservative Jewish stream met with President Barack Obama Wednesday and asked him to set Jonathan Pollard free immediately.
As justification for the request, the rabbis said that the time served by...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 12:01 |
 Photo collage by Naomi Cohen Photography
Zevi Gralla, son of Batsheva and Netanel Gralla, celebrated his bar mitzvah at The White Shul on May 20. Zevi is a student at Yeshiva Darchei Torah. Mazal tov to all of his friends...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:52 |
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Under its “Safe Shuls, Safe Schools, Safe Homes” initiative, the Orthodox Union is deeply involved in efforts to increase awareness and to develop solutions to the problem of substance and alcohol abuse in the...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:47 |
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Seven high-school students from Kew Gardens Hills and Hillcrest took part in a unique Shabbaton experience under the auspices of NCSY. The group of teens, accompanied by a handful of NCSY staff members, joined the...
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Written by Matthew Hiltzik and Ronn Torossian
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:41 |
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We are two proud Jewish New Yorkers and fathers of the same age. While we may differ in some of our approaches and styles in business and politics—one of us aligns more with conservative causes and one of us leans...
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Written by Shira Lederman
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:33 |
 The 13th of Sivan marks the second yahrzeit of my father, Neil Rosen, z’l. It has been two years year since his passing and 27 months since we have spoken. Our last conversation was casual. Only in hindsight does it...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:28 |
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A most impressive array of international and local talent will make Congregation Beth Sholom their performance space. This tenth annual concert in memory of Cantor Moshe Ehrlich, z’l, will feature Cantor Yitzchak...
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Written by S. Hirth and S. Bergman
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:23 |
Summer vacation is associated with relaxation, fun in the sun, and, for many children, an opportunity to enjoy camp, either day camp or sleepaway.
Through the concerted and diligent efforts of a group of dedicated women in...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:18 |
 Several HAFTR eighth-grade students spent much of the year taking part in a unique and incredible program, entitled Names Not Numbers. The program, created by Tova Fish Rosenberg, helps students learn about the Holocaust...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:09 |
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An anniversary, particularly one that is a milestone, is cause for celebration and reflection. The annual breakfast of the Yeshiva Gedolah of the Five Towns, which will take place iy’H on June 10 at 9:15 a.m. at the...
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Written by Yochanan Gordon
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:01 |
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Rabbi Yonasan Eibeschutz, zt’l, was a prodigious 18th-century sage, posek, and kabbalist. Despite the fierce controversy that broke out between him and Reb Yaakov Emden, today he is unanimously held in high regard...
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Written by Hannah Reich Berman
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:57 |
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There’s nothing like a long holiday. Naturally, the chag that comes to mind is the one that just passed. It was a biggie, given the fact that it was three-day siege, Shabbos followed by two days of Shavuos. During...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:51 |
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Question: My daughter recently received a “yes” from a guy and we began making a few phone calls. Every family, teacher, and rabbi reference I spoke with had only the nicest things to say. However, when my...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:47 |
 For the weekend of Shabbos, May 12, the CAHAL eighth-grade class in the HAFTR Middle School traveled to the Catskill Mountains for a Shabbaton. The highlight of the weekend was an amazing chesed project on Friday. The boys...
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International News
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Written by Rochelle Maruch Miller
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:41 |
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They are the youngest victims of terror, their precious lives forever changed by the horror and havoc resulting from an act of pure evil. Robbed of the joys of childhood, their loving families have been rent asunder...
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International News
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Written by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:39 |
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There are two major halachic ramifications when a woman became a nidah. The one that is relevant today involves the relationship between a man and his wife. However, in ancient times it also affected her in terms of tumah...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:36 |
 It’s been eight years since a humble basement program for some 50 girls blossomed into the internationally renowned operation and beloved women’s center called Ohr Naava. And after eight years of providing...
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International News
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Written by Yeshiva World News
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Friday, 01 June 2012 05:59 |
“The chareidim err regarding military service. Little by little this error is ending however”, states Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, a prominent posek in the dati leumi community.
Rabbi Aviner was speaking to students...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:59 |
Hundreds of art lovers and collectors descended on the Betzalel art gallery for its grand opening and inaugural art exhibition displaying the drawings and watercolors of renowned Jewish artist Itshak Holtz.
The crowd...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:51 |
 The Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded on Tuesday at the White House to more than a dozen recipients, including Shimon Peres, president of Israel, and (posthumously) Jan Karski, a Polish resistance fighter during...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:44 |
 Twenty thousand people are expected for the 19th Annual Israel Day Concert in Central Park—the Carl Freyer, z’l Tribute/Dr. Manfred Lehmann Memorial event—which will be held at Central Park’s Summer...
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Written by Chanita Teitz
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:39 |
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During a long three-day yom tov I get a lot of reading done. While reading the Five Towns Jewish Times, I was intrigued by Larry Gordon’s article about his son’s birth on Shavuos and the camaraderie and chesed...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:32 |
All events take place at The Jean Fischman Chabad Center of the Five Towns, 74 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, unless otherwise noted. Call 516-295-2478 or visit www.chabad5towns.com for more information.
The Friendship...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:28 |
 In the wake of the yom tov of Shavuos with our renewed kabbalas HaTorah, all of us are poised for an enhanced daily commitment to the study and comprehension of Torah. One of the ways this can be accomplished is to...
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Written by Shira Aharon, 11th grade, SKA
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:22 |
 This year a new and exciting class was offered to the ninth grade of the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls. The class, taught by Mrs. Paghit Ralbag, focused on an engineering competition run by Gildor in Israel. The...
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:15 |
 A myriad of extracurricular activities and experiential learning occasions have taken place recently, confirming that Rambam Mesivta truly has something for everyone.
Special shiurim. The talmidim were honored to hear the...
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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:08 |
 ArtScroll/Mesorah has published a biography of Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievsky, a’h, who was a daughter of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and wife of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky (Rebbetzin Kanievsky: A Legendary Mother to All by...
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International News
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Written by Mordechai Schmutter
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 11:00 |
A few months ago, my wife and I finally caved and decided to buy our first GPS device. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the store.
Okay, we didn’t “cave.” This was a very calculated decision...
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Written by Rabbi Yitzchok D. Frankel
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:55 |
Agudath Israel of the Five Towns
Speak to the B’nei Yisrael and say to them, “Each man, if his wife should stray and act towards him with deceit.”
—Bamidbar 5:12
If it is the case that to make peace...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:48 |
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In recognition of National Nurses Week, Assemblyman Brian Curran presented a legislative proclamation to Mercy Medical Center’s chief operating officer, Ron Steimel, and chief nursing officer, Renee Mauriello, RN...
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International News
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Written by Ohel Cosponsors Day Of Remembrance For Holocaust Survivors
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:45 |
 More than 300 survivors, dignitaries, and high-school students gathered recently to honor the Centennial Celebration for Raoul Wallenberg and his heroic rescue efforts during World War II, as well as to remember the Shoah...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:41 |
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Bikur Cholim of Boro Park, in partnership with Sharsheret and CancerCare, hosts monthly friendship gatherings for frum women who are in treatment for or have been in treatment for cancer. The next confidential meeting will...
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International News
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Written by 5TJTStaff
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Thursday, 31 May 2012 10:38 |
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Irv Bader was the guest of honor at the Yeshiva High School Basketball Association’s reunion dinner. The dinner recognized Bader’s over 50 years of dedication and service to the athletic and Jewish community...
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