190p style=”text-align: justify;”>In early January, Rabbi Daniel Alter wrote a piece, “School Calender Wars” (January 4, 2018), discussing the push-pull struggle between various school populations

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Sol Rosenberg, D. Eng. Sci, was born as Shlomo Gelbard in Olkhovatka, Russia, near the Ukrainian border. He arrived on U.S. shores in December of

Rabbi Zushe Yosef Blech, 64, a towering figure in the world of kashruth, passed away suddenly in late January. He is remembered as a kind,

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Yeshiva break often triggers an exodus from our surrounding communities to all sorts of attractive locations including Disney World, Caribbean islands and ski resorts. The

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Part 15 (written 2004) (Continued from last week) Return to the US In early 1947 my military orders came through to return to the US

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“Search Engine: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts,” by Rabbi Gil Student. Kodesh Press. Paperback, 398 pages. 2018. ISBN-10: 1947857045. $24.95. Nice guys do not have