Dating Forum: Falling Short
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I’m not a tall girl; actually, I am short, but I like tall guys. I have no problem getting tall guys to ask me out when I meet them...
Broken But Fixable
By Malkie Hirsch
A couple of months after Moshe died, things in our house started breaking. And I don’t mean the color printer (which hasn’t worked in months).
I mean the...
Building A Sukkah
For many it is travel trauma. Yom tov is around the corner and many who traditionally make their way to Eretz Yisrael at that point of the year are...
Queen Esther Revisited: A Heroic Story Of Personal Transformation
By Alanna Apfel
One of the things that I appreciate most about Judaism is that with each yom tov, we have the opportunity to take time and reflect on our...
Dating Forum: How Can I Find My ‘Equal’?
Question
I’m a woman in my late twenties, and I would love to meet my bashert. To say that I have not met my equal is an understatement. I’m in...
Arabs And Jews
Rabbi Elie Abadie was previously based in New York, where, over the years, he was the spiritual leader of two different shuls, including the Safra Synagogue in Manhattan. The...
Friday Purim: A Purim Shpiel
(We open in a backyard on the corner of a block—which is a “backyard” only in that it’s off the back door of the house, adjacent to what those...
Houston, We Have A Problem
Down in the Lone Star State last week they were not expecting severe wintry weather. Nor were they expecting a truck from Lakewood, New Jersey, to roll into town...
It’s A Package Deal
By Shira Yael Klein
Beitar Illit
While I was a seminary student here in Eretz Yisrael, it became increasingly clear to me that I wanted to live here, so I kept...
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‘Jewish ideas poison people,’ State Department official writes on Christian nationalist blog
(JTA) — A U.S. State Department employee named Fritz Berggren has been moonlighting as a blogger devoted to attacking Jews and promoting white Christian...
New Scroll Of Esther Honors Terror Victim, Esther Horgen
By Toby Klein Greenwald
It is always amazing to me how there are families who react to unbearable tragedy by creating something deeply meaningful and...
i-Shine Chai LifeLine Purim Party
The i-Shine Chai Lifeline Purim Party was a smashing success! During these difficult times, simchas Purim is so important for families, and i-Shine was...