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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 04:42 |
 Leona and Harry Helmsley, billionaire real estate entrepreneurs who led lives that included a prison sentence for tax evasion, continue to do good deeds for Israel after their deaths.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley...
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Written by Elad Benari for Arutz Sheva
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Monday, 14 May 2012 02:32 |
 Yeshiva University’s Alumni Office celebrated last week the 40-year career of men's basketball Coach Jonathan Halpert with a court-naming ceremony in his honor.
The event included the unveiling of Coach Halpert's...
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Written by S Kessler for Mashable.com
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Friday, 11 May 2012 05:22 |
 Want to learn about the history of modern China from a professor who has taught at Dartmouth since 1985? Until Thursday, your best bet was probably to cough up some serious SAT scores and even more serious tuition. Now...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:42 |
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On April 30, Israeli Minister of Science and Technology Daniel Hershkowitz met with YU students, faculty, and administrators in a variety of settings to learn about the unique educational model of YU and share some of his...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:29 |
 Edible maps of Israel. Third-graders at HANC’s Samuel & Elizabeth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead just completed a tasty and educational Israel map experience! Students learned all about the...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:59 |
Among the finest and most accomplished talmidim in his yeshiva, David is a model student. It is all the more remarkable considering that he grew up in a non-religious family.
His parents, who owned and ran a large and...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:56 |
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CAHAL, the community-wide special education program, and HAFTR are pleased to announce the opening of a freshman high school class, with opportunities for mainstreaming, beginning in September 2012. For 20 years, CAHAL has...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:53 |
In Response To The “Missing Soul”
Dear Editor,
I wish to applaud Rabbi Moshe Weinberger’s message “Just One Thing Is Missing: The Soul” (5TJT, May 4). He emphasized the lack of...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:50 |
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Question: I have been dating for a little while now and have been out with my fair share of guys. The overwhelming majority have taken me to some form of lounge or Starbucks on the first date. I certainly understand all...
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Written by Chanita Teitz
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:47 |
 Kudos to Rabbi Moshe Weinberger of Congregation Aish Kodesh of Woodmere and Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld of Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills for two well-written articles that I read last week.
The first article by Rabbi...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:42 |
 Before he left for his year abroad, Zack Nussbaum approached Gourmet Glatt to see if they would sponsor his hockey league in Israel. They happily agreed and their team became the Gourmet Gladiators. After an amazing...
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Written by Elke Probkevitz
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:39 |
 Pancakes are the perfect breakfast food. Warm and fluffy, sweet or savory, they can be a blank canvas for any toppings and flavors of your choosing. Whether you celebrate Mother’s Day or not, it’s always nice...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:36 |
Dear Esther,
I broke up with the guy I was dating a while back, and I’ve had some trouble getting back into the swing of things. I’m in my twenties—so, sure, I still have time, as they say. But I’d...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:33 |
 “It’s 10 o’clock. Why hasn’t it started yet?” I said to my husband.
“Don’t worry. It looks like we will begin any moment. Maybe your time is off.”
“I hate the...
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Written by Yisroel Abramson
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:10 |
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For the first time in recent history, the Jewish communities of Queens have an opportunity to vote with one voice, on both sides of Flushing Meadows. Instead of zigzagging borders, the newly drawn 6th Congressional...
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Written by Shimmy Blum
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:07 |
 Citi Field and its over 40,000 seats is itself an overwhelming venue. Couple that with the diverse cross section of kehillos that will be’H fill those seats at the historic technology asifa on Sunday, May 20, and the...
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Written by Shmuel Katz
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:52 |
Our Aliyah Chronicle
Each time I come to America, I know that I am going to be asked a lot of questions about how my family is doing and how our adjustment has “really” been. It seems to me that I have very...
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Written by Yeshiva World News
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 04:34 |
 News from Shaare Zedek Medical Center remains good as Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita continues showing signs of improvement. On Monday, 22 Iyar 5772, his voice was once again audible and...
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Written by NY Daily News
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Monday, 14 May 2012 02:23 |
 A controversial nonprofit group is seeking out drug-addicted women and paying them cold hard cash to get sterilized.
The group, Project Prevention, hangs stark ads in clinics and homeless shelters to reel in drug users...
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Written by Charles Krauthammer for Washington Post
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Friday, 11 May 2012 03:44 |
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In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered U.N. peacekeepers out of the Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli border, blockaded the Straits of Tiran (Israel’s southern outlet...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:36 |
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Ramat Givat Ze’ev is an up-and-coming community, located among the picturesque Jerusalem Hills, just 15 minutes from central Jerusalem. The neighborhood is being developed by Nofei Israel, one of Israel’s...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:27 |
 Entering a new school can be intimidating, but not for the incoming ninth-graders at the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls. The warmth, camaraderie, and enthusiasm displayed on SKA’s Yom Chaverut, Sunday, April...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:58 |
Last year, Coats 4 Chesed collected over 100 coats and the funds needed to ship to Yidden in Yerushalayim to whom the smallest donation means everything. This year they collected over 250 coats . . .
Much hakaras...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:56 |
Dr. Miriam Grossman At LY Library, May 14
Even after enjoying the special Mother’s Day treats, the worries continue. “Are Shayna’s friends good for her?” “Is Leah losing too much...
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Written by Uri Kaufman
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:52 |
The District 15 School Board
Well, it’s that time of year again. This Tuesday is Election Day for trustees of local public schools. You might be wondering why, as opposed to years past, the 15th...
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Written by By Rav Aryeh Z. Ginzberg
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:50 |
 Reflections on the Life of Rav
Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg, zt’l
Chofetz Chaim Torah Center
Ever since the unfortunate passing of the illustrious gaon, posek and senior rosh yeshiva of our generation, HaGaon HaRav...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:45 |
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:41 |
 Moishe Isaacson, an 11-year-old 5th-grader at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, rode in the TD Five Boro Bike Tour this past Sunday with his mom, Sara Isaacson, to raise money for Ohel, where his Aunt Judy resides. The race, which...
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Written by Hannah Reich Berman
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:37 |
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When people injure themselves, they often tend to make it worse. I offer the following example: should I happen to accidentally bite the inside of my cheek (no one does it on purpose), you can be sure that I will bite it...
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Written by Dr. David H. Rosmarin
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:35 |
Anxiety Buster
Part 5: Panic Attacks
Panic attacks are quite common. About one out of ten people experience at least one panic attack during their lifetime. A smaller percentage (about one out of twenty-five) live in fear...
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Written by Ron Jager
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:11 |
Tidbits From Israel
Missiles are being launched daily from the Gaza Strip on cities in southern Israel. From the east, Israel faces an existential threat from Iran. From the north, Israel faces a strategic threat from...
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Written by Asher E. Taub, Esq.
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:09 |
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On June 26, 2012 there will be a pivotal Democratic primary for the newly created 6th Congressional District of New York. This district includes the predominantly Jewish neighborhoods of Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills...
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Written by Jack Engelhard
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:53 |
To Delmon Young
There’s a clip somewhere showing Hank Greenberg rounding the bases after a home run and how, upon reaching the dugout, none of his Detroit Tigers teammates offered so much as a smile or a...
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Written by Larry Gordon
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:42 |
 We are in the midst of what will go down in history as a great political year. I know that all presidential elections are important and even historical, but the one coming up in November may be the most important of the...
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Written by Ed Koch for Newsmax.com
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Tuesday, 15 May 2012 04:29 |
 The crime of sexually abusing a child, including adolescents and teens, is so heinous that the public is immediately shocked and angered.
For a number of years, we have read of sex acts involving Catholic clergy with...
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Monday, 14 May 2012 02:00 |
NEW YORK— For years, Gac Filipaj mopped floors, cleaned toilets and took out the trash at Columbia University.
A refugee from war-torn Yugoslavia, he eked out a living at the Ivy League school. But Sunday was...
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Written by Chana Ya’ar
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:50 |
For the first time in the history of Netherlands, Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs received one of the highest civilian awards given by the Queen of Holland.
The chief rabbi of the Inter-Provincial Chief Rabbinate in...
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Written by Benzion Kaplan
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:32 |
 Last Sunday morning was a pleasant and sunny one in the Five Towns. It was also Pesach Sheini, a day whose theme of “second chances” was very much in tune with an event taking place on Causeway in Lawrence: the...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:25 |
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Recently, Mesivta Ateres Yaakov had the excellent opportunity to develop a greater sensitivity to a mitzvah that is often glossed over. Very often, people do not devote much attention to the proper placement of their...
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:57 |
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Robin Niman, a graduate of the Loyola school of pastoral counseling, is well known throughout the Eastern Seaboard for her inspiring taharas ha’mishpachah presentations and lectures. For the last ten years she has...
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Written by Yochanan Gordon
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:53 |
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On May 21, Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel of Waterbury, Conn., will celebrate its twelfth year of growth, along with their alumni and supporters, at The Surf Club in New Rochelle. In an era where many dreams are denied prematurely...
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Written by Nison Gordon, z’l
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:51 |
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From the 1964 book “Alt Un Nei In Yisroel.” Translated from the Yiddish by Victor Cohen. In this article: A discussion on the attitude of the roshei yeshivos toward the American students; the greatest Sephard...
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Written by David J. Seidemann, Esq.
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:48 |
From The Other Side Of The Bench
The time between Pesach and Shavuos is traditionally reserved for tikun ha’midos, or refinement of character, as the servants of Pharaoh ready themselves to become servants of G‑d...
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Written by Angela Siegel, J.D., LL.M.
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:43 |
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As of January 1, 2012, the federal unified credit has been adjusted for inflation, raising the amount of assets that can pass tax-free at death to $5,120,000. This credit will be in effect for anyone who dies in 2012. In...
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Written by Dr. Rachael Schindler
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:39 |
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Just like love, energy is hard to define. However, it comes down to this: you know it when you feel it. Some people describe energy as the tingly feeling that keeps you going all day, similar to what my body feels like...
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Written by Rabbi Meir Orlian
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:36 |
“We need to pick up the order for the kiddush,” Mrs. Schmeltz said to her husband on Friday morning. “Could you please stop off at Gershon’s Gourmet when you go out later?”
“Will the...
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Written by Anessa V. Cohen
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:34 |
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Many years ago, a good friend who happened to be a builder said to me in a conversation that if it was up to him and he was building a house for himself, he would buy a modular home and then assemble it on a piece of land...
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Written by Josh Friedberg
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:11 |
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Another year passes, and again, on May 15, we find ourselves gathering to honor and remember the memory and message of our beloved Zev, a’h, a boy who passed on at the young age of 16 and has never been forgotten...
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Written by Rabbi Yitzchok D. Frankel
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:09 |
Agudath Israel of the Five Towns
At the end of Parashas Emor, it says that they took the mekaleil and “placed him in confinement.” Rashi says he was placed alone. The mekosheish and the mekaleil were jailed at...
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Written by Rabbi Avi Shafran
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Thursday, 10 May 2012 07:52 |
Were the New Israel Fund a newly landed Martian’s only source of information about Israel, he’d likely imagine the country as a cross between Saudi Arabia and North Korea.
In the extraterrestrial’s mind...
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