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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Friday, 03 February 2012 12:33 |
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The email hacking scammers have no qualms about whose email they will hack. Rav Hershel Schacter shlita’s email was hacked early this morning. The hacker impersonated the Rabbi and told thousands of people by...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:18 |
 Practically on the heels of returning from Riverhead, we prepared for our next stop: Great Wolf Lodge.
Alas we were traveling sans Rivka this time, since she began school the day that we were beginning this leg of our...
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Written by Lily Rosenblatt
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:04 |
Marriage and Family Therapist
There is a gentleman in the Jewish community who is definitely not afraid of tough, often daunting conversations, of embracing the challenge of an unpopular cause. There is a place where...
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 13:11 |
 Imagine this scenario: Your friend calls you in the middle of bath time and you’re about to tell her to call you back later, when you notice the slight tremble in her voice. “What is it?” you ask softly...
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:55 |
 Rafi Friedman, son of Lorey and Elliott Friedman of Kew Gardens Hills, celebrated his bar mitzvah on Parashas Shemos, January 14. Mazel tov to his grandmother Marilyn Axel of Cedarhurst and the entire family.
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Written by Shmuel Katz
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:46 |
Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
Earlier today I did something I hadn’t planned on doing. I shocked myself in doing it, and surprised my wife when I told her what I planned.
I have considered myself a fan of yours. I...
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Written by Rochelle Maruch Miller
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:33 |
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Precious lives are spinning out of control. No one is immune; no community is safe. It happens anywhere in the world. Chemical dependency, alcoholism, eating disorders, gambling, and many other addictions, when untreated...
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Written by Ron Jager
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:27 |
Tidbits From Israel
Recently, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was asked whether he would support a Muslim for president. His answer reflected what many in Western societies do not understand. It may be one...
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Written by Esther Mann, LCSW
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:24 |
Dear Esther,
I have four daughters whose ages range from 4 to 11. They are all different from one another in lots of ways. One in particular, “Chanie,” really stands out. She’s nine years old and I would...
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Written by R’ Nison Gordon, z’l
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:17 |
 At the ohel of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt’l, on his yahrzeit on the Tenth of Shevat.
The penetrating frost and the driving wind and snow confined millions of New Yorkers to their homes. Not only were...
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Written by Atara Beck
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:31 |
 How do you tell people about the importance of a mikveh—and then tell them they have to drive 250 miles to get there?
This is the dilemma plaguing Chabad emissary Rabbi Zalman Mendelsohn of Jackson Hole, Wyoming...
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Written by Larry Gordon
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:23 |
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In Israel a few weeks ago, I met a man whom I recognized from the two or three visits a year he makes to the building that houses our offices in Cedarhurst. He arrives in New York from Israel ostensibly to collect funds...
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Written by Noam Amdursky for Matzav.com
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 03:10 |
 Kosher Innovations has released a new product: Shabbos Toilet Paper. What’s so special about the new Shabbos Bathroom Tissue?
The Kosher Innovations Shabbos Bathroom Tissue replaces the regular roll of toilet...
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Written by Jerusalem Post
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 04:00 |
 A self-proclaimed National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference is set to take place at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy league institution in the heart of Philadelphia, during the weekend of February 4. Last...
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Written by 5TJT Staff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 07:27 |
 Political activist and supermarket mogul Jack (Yanky) Brach recently sat down in New York with
an exclusive group of Jewish supporters and Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. The next
big test for the Gingrich...
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Written by Rabbi Avi Shafran
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:30 |
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It was over a decade ago, in the wake of a spate of terrible terrorist attacks on Jews in Eretz Yisrael, that the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah called upon Jews to recite chapters of Tehillim (they suggested chapters 83, 130...
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Written by Phyllis J. Lubin
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:16 |
 “When is the show starting?” Yussie asked anxiously.
We had been sitting and waiting for the show to begin for ten minutes now. After all, we needed to be on time to get a good seat!
“The show will begin...
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Written by NY Daily News
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Friday, 03 February 2012 06:12 |
A disgraced NYPD detective convicted of planting drugs on an innocent couple was looking at jail time when he walked into court on Thursday.
He walked out with probation after blubbering that he was ashamed of himself...
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Written by David J. Seidemann, Esq.
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:17 |
From The Other Side Of The Bench
Can you just imagine if in biblical Egypt there were primaries? On one hand you would have Pharaoh (no last name necessary—like Mitt or Newt), and on the other side of the ticket...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 13:57 |
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For many, Pesach means hard work, excessive cooking and cleaning, and little relaxation. But for an increasing number of families, Pesach has come to mean choosing from a variety of programming and hotel offerings...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 13:08 |
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On Sunday, February 5, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Congregation Anshei Chesed will hold its annual blood drive in the Yeshiva of South Shore Preschool building. For more information, please contact Pam Bluth at 516-295-0947...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:50 |
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This Saturday night, February 4, the Levi Yitzchak Library will be launching the first in a series of contemporary “Meet the Author” forums. The first forum being presented, in conjunction with Jewish Board of...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:43 |
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The Five Towns Jewish Times is pleased to feature the Dating Forum. Dating can pose a multitude of delicate and sensitive questions that require the assistance of those who spend countless hours dealing with singles. In...
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Written by Mordechai Schmutter
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:29 |
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Now that I’m an adult (sort of), I find that I don’t quite enjoy snow as much as I used to. It does bother me that I don’t, but I guess I’ll get over it, because that’s what adults do (I...
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Written by Hannah Reich Berman
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:26 |
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Last week, two of my daughters and their families headed for the slopes. One made it as far as Vail, Colorado, and the other went only as far as Vermont. Another daughter and son-in-law, who have children in schools with...
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Written by Anessa V. Cohen
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:22 |
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I have always prided myself in trying to be as efficient as possible. Of course there is a limit to how efficient a person can be—at least I think there is. That being said, one of my feats of efficiency was...
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Written by Dr. Bernie Kastner
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:02 |
The Afterlife
Every soul that comes down to this world joins a group of souls who were a part of his life in previous incarnations. That is to say that family members, friends, acquaintances, certain animals, and plant...
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Written by Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:30 |
Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi
Everyone loves Tu B’Shvat. Even if you don’t love bokser (a.k.a. carob or, believe it or not, St. John’s bread), that hard-to-eat staple of the Holiday of Trees, we all fondly...
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Written by Larry Gordon
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:22 |
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A few weeks ago at a news conference in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked that Israel’s “two biggest enemies are Haaretz and the New York Times.” Neither of these two daily...
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Written by PANCAN
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 02:47 |
 Diabetes is considered both a risk factor and a symptom of pancreatic cancer. A recent study looked at the association between several diabetes drugs and the risk of pancreatic cancer. The...
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Written by The Forward
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 03:47 |
 I did not set out to write a book about Jews. In fact, I was warned repeatedly against it — by friends, acquaintances, publishing professionals. I remember an early phone call with a well-known editor at a...
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Written by Northwestern University
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:27 |
CHICAGO --- Will you have a heart attack or a stroke in your lifetime? Your odds may be worse than you think.
Men and women may have a false sense of security about their chances of having a heart attack or stroke...
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Written by Laizer Shtundel
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:29 |
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Last Saturday night, I observed an after-Shabbos tradition that is shared by millions of Jews around the world. Within five minutes of Havdalah, I had begun my gluttony of digital information and was itching for my...
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Written by Maurice Shohet
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:15 |
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The year of Israel’s independence was a rough one for the Iraqi Jewish community, which numbered at the time more than 135,000. The Jewish businessman Shafiq Ades was arrested and executed in 1948 for allegedly...
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Written by NY Times
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Friday, 03 February 2012 00:32 |
 For years Rabbi Menachem Youlus, a self-described “Jewish Indiana Jones,” received plaudits from those captivated by his stories of traveling to Eastern Europe and beyond to search for historic Torahs that were...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 14:15 |
 Above, children who participated in the Monster Jam reading program, with Renee McGrath, Karen Porcella, and Arleen Reo of the Peninsula Public Library staff; Greg Winchenbach, builder and driver of the Crushstation...
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Written by Dovid Aang
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 13:55 |
 Recently, the rebbeim and talmidim of Yeshiva Gedola Ateres Yaakov of Lawrence traveled to Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Moshe of South Fallsburg to visit with its rosh yeshiva, Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel, shlita, and to engage in...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 13:06 |
 Bikur cholim, visiting the sick, has been a time-honored mitzvah ever since Hashem demonstrated it by visiting Avraham Avinu after his b’ris. We mention this mitzvah every day amongst the mitzvos which “have no...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:48 |
 As always, each first-grade class of Shulamith School for Girls, under the direction of the principal, Mrs. Joyce Yarmak, celebrated its own chag haSiddur, with class presentations that made everyone proud. This was...
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Written by Rabbi Yitzchok D. Frankel
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:42 |
Agudath Israel of the Five Towns
They said to Moshe, “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you took us to die in the wilderness? Why have you done this to us, to bring us out of...
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Written by Talmidah X
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:28 |
The Year In Israel
With all the talk about the protests in Bet Shemesh, the mehadrin bus lines, and “hadarat nashim,” I have compiled some opinions from other seminary students, friends, and staff at my...
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Written by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:25 |
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Rebbe Yochanan says that a person should not deviate from his own trade or the trade of his fathers (Arachin 16b). The Gemara often offers Torah-based advice regarding how one should conduct himself in his affairs. Is this...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:20 |
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Recently I had the privilege of vacationing in Jamaica with my husband. We walked the beaches, observing the culture and scenery and smelling the aromas of the local culinary fair. Although we brought our own food from...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:42 |
 Photos by Ira Thomas Creations
Many Five Towners spent the midwinter school break by visiting their children learning in Israel for the year and by touring with HALB’s 13th annual midwinter tour to Israel.
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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:29 |
Halachic Musings
There are three fundamental problems with the proliferation of cell phones in shul that we have seen in recent years—particularly in regard to BlackBerry-like devices.
1. Talking, ringing, and...
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Written by Rabbi Yair Hoffman
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 09:06 |
 Last night Rav Avrohom Ginzberg, the executive director of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim in Queens, passed away after a surgical procedure. Rav Ginsburg z”l was the right hand man of Rav Henoch Leibowitz z”tl the...
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Written by NY Daily News
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012 04:43 |
 JERUSALEM — A visibly moved Archbishop Timothy Dolan toured Israel’s Holocaust Museum Tuesday in his most emotional stop yet in the Holy Land. Dolan appeared deep in thought as he walked through Yad Vashem...
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Written by Jerusalem Post
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Monday, 30 January 2012 07:01 |
 Bishop Chuck Leigh expresses outrage at Pollard's life sentence, calling it "one of the saddest excesses of modern US judicial system."
The fate of Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard became an issue in Tuesday's...
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Written by University of Texas News Center
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:16 |
 Your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime, according to a research paper co-written by UT Dallas criminologist Dr. J.C. Barnes.
“Examining the Genetic Underpinnings to...
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Written by 5TJTSraff
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 03:25 |
 The bar mitzvah of Eric Lenefsky was celebrated earlier this month at the Young Israel of West Hempstead. Mazal tov to parents Caryn and Ron and to the entire family!
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