Like everyone in our community and all right-minded people in the world, I am horrified by the heinous terrorist attacks that occurred in Israel beginning last weekend.
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By Howard Bressler
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10/12/23
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I grew up in a non-religious family, but it was always important to my parents that we knew we were Jews, and my family followed certain traditional rituals.
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By Alan Singer
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12/15/22
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Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement begins at sundown on Sunday evening. Yom Kippur, is a day when Jews fast and ask for God’s forgiveness through a day of intense prayer having had a 10-day period to make amends with those they have wronged during the previous year.
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By Rabbi Janet B. Liss
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9/28/20
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In observance of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religion, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick invited congregants to attend services, fast and atone for their sins. What was different this year, however, was the Torah from which prayers were read.
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By Alyssa Seidman
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10/10/19
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We have been asleep at the wheel. We concentrated on that which is of least importance. We have neglected the real meaning of life and the essence of our existence! These are the types of themes that …
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By Rabbi Royi Shaffin
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9/26/19
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Nancy Pelosi to Donald Trump: “No.”
Sorry if you’re in the first bloom of youth, girlfriends. The ground under your tight, smooth butts is shifting.
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2/8/19
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As Jews around the world gather on the evening of Sept. 20 to welcome the New Year of 5778, our usual joy and celebration will be diminished by the memory of what took place in August in …
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By Rabbi Sandra Bellush
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9/14/17
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Jonah stared down at his dead inflatable palm tree. He is angry with God for commanding him to prophesize the destruction of the Ninevites only for God to forgive them after a viral tweet from Jonah …
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By Peter Belfiore
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10/12/16
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On Yom Kippur we recite Yizkor, a prayer which make us evoke the memory of our loved ones who are not with us physically but are part of who we are.
Our loved ones who have passed away made us …
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10/6/16
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Genuine insight can be found in unlikely places. In fact, I once noticed a striking message on a bumper sticker. It read: “He who has a clear conscience also has a faulty memory.”
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By Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg
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9/28/16
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