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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.

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.

9/11 Orphan Returns Kindness to Friendship Circle

Daily Record

L-R: Ariella Russin, 10, mom Andrea Russin, brother Alec and twin sister Olivia at the special needs siblings summer camp of the Friendship Circle at the Aidekman Jewish Community Center in Whippany, NJ.

Alec Russin turns 13 next month, and as is customary with a bar mitzvah community service project, Russin donated his time to an organization, in this case one that helps special-needs children. However, Russin’s involvement with The Friendship Circle, based out of Livingston, NJ, was deeply personal.

Imprisoned Kallah Placed in Leg Shackles

The young newly-wed Chabad woman arrested by Israeli military police remains imprisoned at this time, Wednesday afternoon. ‘D’ was arrested on Monday as she tried to retroactively arrange affairs vis-à-vis military service, something she neglected to do as a teenager. Today, a married frum woman, military police felt compelled to immediately lock her up for her offense, sending her to Prison 4 where she remains, on a hunger strike.

New Steinsaltz Talmud Unveiled at Retreat

Koren Publishers Jerusalem, an exhibitor at the National Jewish Retreat’s Resource Fair, created for the event a special booklet containing a selection from their new edition of the Steinsaltz Gemara. The first 12 pages of the Babylonian Talmud were specially printed and bound for the Retreat.