Part I The Vaad Hatzala had been established in November 1939. At the urging of Rabbi Hayyim Ozer Grodzinski, the leading rabbinical authority in Lithuania

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The story is told of the Harvard professor Harry Wolfson, the first to chair a Jewish studies department in the United States, who was asked

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(Courtesy of NJJBA) The New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance (NJJBA) sent a delegation to the nation’s capital last week, meeting with congressional representatives and other

When I was growing up, my parents were always very eager to express their hakarat hatov to America and to tangibly demonstrate their appreciation for

Every once in a while I meet people who kindly offer suggestions about topics that I should write about in this column. Several days ago,

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