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Our Frum Family Sukkah

Washington's rains finally ceased and so we were able to build a Frum family sukkah in time for night 4 of the holiday. Those are sheaves of corn stalk standing beside, and more corn stalks forming the roof. I'm thinking that Sukkot, not Hanukkah, truly is the Jewish answer to Christmas, at …

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Written by David Frum on Saturday October 15, 2011

God Does Not Play Baseball

As if Jews haven’t suffered enough, it turns out that Ralph Branca is a member of our tribe.  The man who served up Bobby Thompson’s Shot Heard Round The World in 1951 recently learned that his mother was a closeted Jew.  The full story, told in poignant detail in a recent New York Times …

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Written by Alan Hirsch on Friday August 19, 2011

Airbrushing Hillary? It's a Sin

The newspaper Di Tzeitung’s decision to publish a photo of the White House sit room with the women photoshopped out violates many important religious laws. The story has now gone around the world.  The Orthodox, Hassidic, Jewish newspaper, Di Tzeitung , republished the famous photo of President …

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Written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld on Monday May 9, 2011

Why is New Reform Rabbi Repeating Anti-Israel Rhetoric?

When it comes to his stance on Israel, the new leader of the Union for Reform Judaism has some baggage that should trouble supporters of the Jewish state. Richard Jacobs, rabbi of Westchester Reform Temple, has just been chosen the new leader of the Union for Reform Judaism, Judaism's largest …

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Written by Martin Krossel on Thursday March 31, 2011

Israel Doesn't Need Religious Police

Earlier this week, a woman praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was arrested for wearing a prayer shawl (a tallit). The authorities have set a dangerous precedent by denying her right to practice her faith. Earlier this week, a woman praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem was arrested …

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Written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld on Friday November 20, 2009