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by Dovid Zaklikowski

Several of my classmates work for the same company in various capacities. Some found their own way, and some I referred to the business. So when I heard that a friend I’d referred was recently promoted to COO, I was very excited. I knew him as a talented, energetic, motivated worker, and I was sure he would be an even bigger asset to the company in his new position.

Op-Ed: Facing One’s Mistakes

by Dovid Zaklikowski

Several of my classmates work for the same company in various capacities. Some found their own way, and some I referred to the business. So when I heard that a friend I’d referred was recently promoted to COO, I was very excited. I knew him as a talented, energetic, motivated worker, and I was sure he would be an even bigger asset to the company in his new position.

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Berel Simon (Crown Heights) to Mushky Kremer (Montreal, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at Eshel 272 Kingston Ave
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Chaim and Rivky (nee Wilansky) Perl from Remsen Village had a baby girl!
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by Yosef Abrahamson

The author with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

On Thursday night the 2012 Republican National Convention came to an end, as did my second experience as a page, and wow, what a time!

Jews & Politics: GOP Convention Update (Part 4)

by Yosef Abrahamson

The author with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

On Thursday night the 2012 Republican National Convention came to an end, as did my second experience as a page, and wow, what a time!

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Op-Ed: The Danger of Tav Hayosher

by Maimon Kirschenbaum – Algemeiner

Several weeks ago, I was introduced to Rabbi Ari Weiss, the executive director of Uri L’tzedek, the organization that launched the now-controversial Tav Hayosher “ethical seal” for restaurants. Rabbi Weiss met with me to discuss the background of the Tav Hayosher seal, hear my perspectives on the matter, and possibly form some sort of allegiance with me, given my experience representing food service workers throughout the country.

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Op-Ed: Montessori Yeshiva?

by Dovber Schwartz

Illustration photo

Can many of the problems faced by students in today’s Yeshivos be solved by allowing them to have more autonomy over what subjects they learn and when they attend Seder? In the following op-ed, author Dovber Schwartz explores such possibilities. He explains that we are teaching Bochurim to learn, but not how to learn, and suggests an entirely new approach to Yeshiva education.

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by Yosef Abrahamson

Yosef Abrahamson and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus

Tuesday marked the first real day of the Republican National Convention, as well as my first real day performing my page duties, and I am happy to write that the day was just as exciting as I had hoped.

Jews & Politics: GOP Convention Update (Part 2)

by Yosef Abrahamson

Yosef Abrahamson and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus

Tuesday marked the first real day of the Republican National Convention, as well as my first real day performing my page duties, and I am happy to write that the day was just as exciting as I had hoped.

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Op-Ed: Finding It in Me to Forgive G-d

by Anonymous

During a recent telephone conversation, a friend of mine asked me whether I had caught the “Elul disease”. When I asked him what he meant by “the Elul disease” was, he explained that he was asking whether I had become caught up in the frenzy of reflection, regret, repentance, prayer and “stockpiling” of last-minute good deeds in advance of the looming days of judgment and awe, when our fate for the coming year will be decided.

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by Yosef Abrahamson

Despite some unpredictable changes due to the weather, the 2012 page program is in full swing! One of the best parts about the program is meeting all my fellow young republicans from around the united states.

Jews & Politics: GOP Convention Update (Part 1)

by Yosef Abrahamson

Despite some unpredictable changes due to the weather, the 2012 page program is in full swing! One of the best parts about the program is meeting all my fellow young republicans from around the united states.

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Jews in Sports: Israel’s Dream Team

by Yossi Goldstein

Kevin Youkilis

To many, the Middle East has long been recognized as the world’s pulse and epicenter for historical conflict and present-day empowerment. There have been many battles waged within its lands, from before the crusades to the ongoing wars and strife of today. The desert landscape of Israel and its environs seem to have always been tempered with conflict, if even for little reason.

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by Shimon Posner

Excuse me, but was that you talking? Do you wake up in the morning overwhelmed? Can’t fall asleep from worry? Do you finally get rid of one bill just to have it replaced by three? Do you dread the ringing phone? Have you at least on occasion not even bothered opening the mail because it is just too painful – and hopeless? Do you have so much month at the end of the money that home ownership sounds like a sick joke? Or did you (finally!) buy a home only to realize that you’re stuck with a bottomless-pit mortgage that feels like a deadly curse with a vague promise of sometime in the foggy future home-ownership?

Op-Ed: Tuition! Weddings! HEEEEEELLLLLLP!!!

by Shimon Posner

Excuse me, but was that you talking? Do you wake up in the morning overwhelmed? Can’t fall asleep from worry? Do you finally get rid of one bill just to have it replaced by three? Do you dread the ringing phone? Have you at least on occasion not even bothered opening the mail because it is just too painful – and hopeless? Do you have so much month at the end of the money that home ownership sounds like a sick joke? Or did you (finally!) buy a home only to realize that you’re stuck with a bottomless-pit mortgage that feels like a deadly curse with a vague promise of sometime in the foggy future home-ownership?

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by Surie Herskovics

It is quite shocking that the knee-jerk reaction of the Jewish community is automatically conditioned to be appalled at accusations and feel sorry for the accused without first thinking for even a moment about the horrendous implications for the victim.

Op-Ed: In Support of the Victim

by Surie Herskovics

It is quite shocking that the knee-jerk reaction of the Jewish community is automatically conditioned to be appalled at accusations and feel sorry for the accused without first thinking for even a moment about the horrendous implications for the victim.

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Op-Ed: Is He Missing or Is He Not?

by Anonymous

I am a member of the volunteer corps organized by Shomrim yesterday in search of Yakov Gourin, the missing French Twin. I penned this op-ed to describe the hardships we experienced over the uncertainty and conflicting reports that emerged from various news outlets over the course of the day, and the potential dangers posed by them.

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Op-Ed: Is Chabad Lubavitch?

by Levi Cooper – Jerusalem Post

Is Chabad Lubavitch? Is Lubavitch Chabad? Are the two terms – “Chabad” and “Lubavitch” – synonymous? Chabad is an acronym; Lubavitch is a town. Chabad represents a hassidic philosophy; Lubavitch the ancestral home of a hassidic court. They are not synonymous. Cryptic though it may sound, Lubavitch is Chabad, but Chabad is not only Lubavitch.

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