Independence Day 2025: 77 reasons living in Israel is better
War. Sirens. Terrorism. Hostages. Baffling bureaucracy. High cost of living. Low salaries. Surly customer service. Frustration trying to master Hebrew ...
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Excerpts from Departing Egypt: Passover Haggadah by Rabbi Aryeh A Frimer
For years, Rabbi Aryeh A. Frimer “devoured” commentaries on the Haggadah. Now he is presenting his own Haggadah, with commentaries ...
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For a second straight Passover, hostages remain in Gaza
Last Passover, Agam Berger marked the holiday in the small, dim room in Gaza where she was being held hostage. ...
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Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US
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Jewish families channel Passover story after devastating losses in LA wildfires
PASADENA, California -- Aty Rotter lost her family home and her spiritual home in the ravenous fire that scorched a ...
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A Pesach call to Jewish responsibility
As Pesach approaches, the air is already filled with the spirit of the holiday. In the background, our nation continues ...
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Noah Wyle, star of HBO’s ‘The Pitt,’ recites Shema on screen
Jewish fans of HBO’s “The Pitt” heard a familiar verse in the hit medical drama’s latest episode when the show’s ...
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Reviewing ‘Cardozo on the Parashah’ Vol. 3 by Rabbi Nathan Cardozo
Arguing that the Book of Leviticus (Vayikra), dealing mainly with the laws of sacrifices in the Tabernacle, is likely the ...
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Reviewing ‘Fear No Pharaoh’ by Richard Kreitner
After noting in 1853 that there was no chief rabbi in the United States and no national platform for Jews ...
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Israel mourns the Bibas family, killed in Hamas captivity – Israel News
The interminable, excruciating wait is over. After more than 500 days of not knowing, prayers, and unbearable suffering, the bodies ...
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