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Getting Married on Shivah Asar BeTammuz
July 08, 2009 Getting Married on Shivah Asar BeTammuz By Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik Fast days, with the exception of Yom Kippur and Tisha Ba Av, begin in the morning.
Their next plan is to beat up a rabbi on Yom Kippur
I hadn't mentioned the case sooner because I really have nothing insightful or thought provoking to add, but the fallout from a recent TABC/police raid in Fort Worth of a gay bar on the anniversary of New York's Stonewall riot has begun to snowball, receiving a lot of national press attention.
Art Pop Indie Rock Meets Midrash
Published July 01, 2009, issue of July 10, 2009 . A tough room, lousy sound and half a band.
Council: Close NYC schools on Muslim holidays
Students at the Islamic Al Noor School in Brooklyn. City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution Tuesday calling for public schools to be closed on the two holiest Muslim holidays.
Council Votes for Two Muslim School Holidays
Spurred by a broad coalition of religious, labor and immigrant groups, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Tuesday to add two of the most important Muslim holy days to the public schools' holiday calendar.
The day I sang a Yom Kippur melody for Michael Jackson
"Sing me your favorite melody, David," Michael Jackson said to me. I was sitting alone with Michael in one of the many living rooms at his Neverland ranch in the summer of 2000, and we were talking about melodies.
One on One: 'The Right is wrong'
Martin Indyk seems to be a happy camper these days - or at least what one could call "cautiously optimistic." This is not merely because his recently released book, Innocent Abroad: An Intimate Account of American Peace Diplomacy in the Middle East , just came out in Hebrew, in time for Hebrew Book Week.
Chicago youth gain insights, advocacy skills
A delegation of 19 Fellows participating in the Write On for Israel program are midway through a visit to Israel that focuses on preparing them to advocate for Israel when they get to college and beyond.
Counterpoint: Mixed-marriages - a fact of Diaspora life
A teacher at a progressive suburban synagogue in the United States was discussing intermarriage with her ninth-grade class.
AnAnnette Miller seeks to convey Golda Meir's strength, humor in "Golda's Balcony"
Annette Miller stars as Golda Meir in "Golda's Balcony" at Shakespeare & Company.
Local Man Part of Yom Kippur Renewal of Greek Shul
June 17, 2009 Local Man Part of Yom Kippur Renewal of Greek Shul By Phyllis Braun In the fall of 2000, on the Greek island of Crete, Tucson businessman Joseph Honick and his wife, Deirdre, toured an ancient synagogue in the early stages of rebirth.
The 3 Ways Obama Can Pressure Israel. Each Is Incredibly Difficult: Slate
Since the first stirrings of the Arab-Israeli peace process after the Yom Kippur war, America's relations with Israel have been characterized by a paradox.
There are three ways for Obama to lean on Israel. Each is incredibly difficult.
Since the first stirrings of the Arab-Israeli peace process after the Yom Kippur war, America's relations with Israel have been characterized by a paradox.
Underground group's explosives maker who became president
DR EPHRAIM Katzir, Israel's fourth president and one of his nation's pre-eminent scientists, has died at his home on the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
Holocaust survivor reflects on childhood in hiding
The numbers zero and 6 million mean more to Aaron Elster than they do to most people.
Israel's fourth president Ephraim Katzir dies, aged 93
Ephraim Katzir, Israel's fourth president and an internationally recognized biophysicist died Saturday at his home in Rehovot, several weeks after his 93rd birthday.
Reg. 16 rejects Muslim holiday proposal
Members of the Region 16 Board of Education heard from the public Wednesday night about adding two Muslim holidays to the school calendar.
Earlier this week, Shlomo Katz and I joined together in an evening of song and inspiration in Ramat Bet Shemesh.
Shavuot, the biblical Festival of Weeks, arrives on May 29 this year, with a special urgency.
It's possible that a sorcerer with a particularly black sense of humor has put a curse on every Israeli prime minister since David Ben-Gurion: They are all fated, sooner or later, to confront head-on precisely their worst nightmares.