For the second year in a row students at the City of New York (CUNY) Law School elected a commencement speaker who devoted much of

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דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי־תִשְׂטֶה אִשְׁתּוֹ וּמָעֲלָה בוֹ מָעַל  (במדבר ה:יב) “Speak to Bnei Yisroel and say to them: Should any man’s

לעילוי נשמת יואל אפרים בן אברהם עוזיאל זלצמן ז”ל As a guest to a shul, I received an aliyah on Shabbat morning, and at Mincha,

During my youth, my personal hero was the popular Jewish singer, Avrohom Fried. As a member of the Tzlil V’zemer boys choir, I enjoyed the

A shocking robbery of a Jewish community member took place last Sunday, May 21, in the middle of the day, in the presence of his

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