Don’t “listen” to Punxsutawney Phil and his shadow: Summer really is just around the corner.
Now, while the wind is howling and snow is blowing, is the time for high school …
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SAM SERBY
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2/16/17
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Judaism has always placed enormous emphasis on raising children. In one midrash, people who enter the world to come are asked five questions. One is, “What did you do to raise the next …
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JOHN LANDRY
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2/16/17
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May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be …
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RONNI SALTZMAN GUTTIN
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2/16/17
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When I was accepted into the shlichim program, my first thought was: How am I going to do it? It would be my first time in the United States, in a place I had never heard of, and I would be the only …
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NOAM SPECTOR
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2/16/17
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Did you know that summer camp is about more than fun? What are your plans for June, July and August? As I reflect upon my camp experience as a youngster at the Jewish Community Center in …
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SETH FINKLE
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2/16/17
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WASHINGTON (JTA) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was his impression that President Donald Trump’s administration now understands that the meaning of the Holocaust was the …
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2/16/17
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My wife, Cindy, and I have just returned from tropical, beautiful and vibrant Martinique, a French island of some 400,000 inhabitants who live in an eternal summer in the south Caribbean.
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MEL YOKEN
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2/16/17
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One of my sons chose to read a “Jewish book” titled “Operation Agreement” and subtitled “Jewish Commandos and the Raid on Tobruk.” I vaguely recalled seeing the …
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LARRY KATZ
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2/16/17
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The plane ride to Israel tells you almost everything. You don’t even need to get off the plane to have a true Israeli experience.
First, you are lectured extensively about …
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ARIELA KATZMAN-JACOBSON
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2/16/17
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To the Jews who came to America in the 19th and 20th century, America was the goldene medina , “the Golden Country.” The passion Jewish immigrants had for America was based not only on …
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BY RABBI JEFFREY GOLDWASSER, RABBI SARAH MACK and MARTY COOPER
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2/16/17
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