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Paramus—When Goldie Goldberg milled around the mitzvah fair with her fifth grade classmates at Yeshivat Noam, she could not find any mitzvah or organization that

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New York—Birthright Israel Excel held a conference for 92 alumni of three of their Israel trips at a recent weekend in New York. The Excel

New York—The International Agunah Beit Din, under the supervision of Rabbi Simcha Krauss, will begin functioning in February. The announcement was made by Blu Greenberg,

Begin Says He Never Got Approval from Bedouins Jerusalem— YNet news reported Benny Begin, who designed what is now called the Praver-Begin Plan to relocate

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Arutz 7 reports that Deputy Knesset Speaker Moshe Feiglin protested to the Knesset last week when the Marijuana Medical Law he introduced was put into

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In the coming days, there will be much reflection on the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, following the former South African president’s passing on

Hadassah Hospital Facing Financial Collapse The Forward reports that Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem is on the brink of financial collapse. The hospital is facing

Jonathan Tisch, co-chairman of the NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee,  says that if you want to get to the Met Life Stadium for the Superbowl,