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Rabbis Plan to Up Their Game in Defense of Shchita

Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs (center) with rabbi Goldberg (left) and MK Michaeli (right) after the discussion.

Only days after the Dutch Parliament rejected proposed legislation to ban shechitah in Holland, Deputy Director of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) Rabbi L. Goldberg told the Knesset Committee for Aliya, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs that in order to prevent a wave of legislation proscribing shechitah, better public diplomacy needs to be used.

Students Build Jewish Community at Georgia State

Georgia State University students enjoy a Chanukah party at the home of Rabbi Shlomo and Shifra Sharfstein.

When Ryan Dosetareh arrived at Georgia State University as a freshman in 2004 – primarily a commuter school for Atlanta-area students, many of GSU’s enrollees, like Dosetareh did, bunk at home with their parents – there wasn’t much going on in the way of on-campus Jewish organizations.

Vendors Unite to Make Weddings Affordable

Wedding. Illustration Photo.

EXCLUSIVE: Have you ever watched a family, financially comfortable but not well to do, suddenly descend into debt because they had to marry off a child? Have you ever wondered why wedding ‘Takanos’ exist in almost every Jewish community except for Crown Heights? Have you ever wondered why it should cost a sum that many in our community count as a yearly salary just to marry off one child? Well, you are not alone.