Veins, Veins, Go Away

By David T. Jacobs, MD Winter has settled in. The holidays have passed. At this time of year, warm spring and summer weather isn’t at the top of your mind....

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Shalom Jaroslawicz was manning the Urgent Line when Mrs. Sheila Kahn* called in. Her request was indeed urgent, and while she did not know how to proceed, she did...

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NEW YORK (JTA) — Robert Lappin was in Palm Beach when he found out that his charity was broke and his money was gone. It was the same small, moneyed...

Jewish Food Trends You’ll Be Seeing in 2019

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Rav Chanina Herzberg, z’l: A Rebbe, A Mentor, A Friend

By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky The loss of Rav Chanina Herzberg was a tremendous blow, not only to our yeshiva, but to the community at large, and most certainly to Klal...

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  Every Jewish community has organizations that tend to the needs of its residents. But one organization — the chevra kadisha, the burial society—is less familiar than most, since its...

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By Shmuel Katz A couple of months ago, I received an email from Yeshiva of South Shore (yes, I am still on their email list) asking the community for tefillos...

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Jewish Future Fund to Mold Tomorrow’s Leaders

A group of young visionaries has joined forces to establish the Jewish Future Fund, a unique initiative that will invest in molding laypeople and leaders for the next century...
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