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‘The King’s Torah’ – a clash of values

Any non-Jew can become a Jew through conversion. Many, including myself, have.Just as the demonstrations and TV interviews about Rabbi Dov Lior’s arrest were petering out, another suspect, Rabbi Ya’acov Yosef, got arrested and released after questioning.Read More: @ jpost.comReaders found more information by searching for:king jew (8)the kings Torah (8)kings torah images (4)jew king (4)jewish rabi (4)The King’s Torah (3)The King\s Torah (3)rabi jew (2)got torah (2)rabí jueu (1)King Valuw ...

The Jews who cried ‘anti-Semite!’

Last night, Stuart Schoffman, a visiting fellow from The Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, held up a provocative political cartoon that ran in The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2003. In it, a Jewish star doubles as a security fence entrapping Palestinian men, women and children inside a symbolic Jewish prison.Read More: @ jewishjournal.comYou might also like:Jerusalem suburbs will one day be part of ...

The Jewish Creator of Modern German Police

As World War I neared its end, Germany turned its focus to internal security. Serious unrest in Berlin during the summer of 1918 led the Prussian Ministry of the Interior to make a surprising decision. Bernhard Weiss, a little-known Jewish war hero and recipient of the Iron Cross First Class, was ordered to leave the front lines and serve as ...

The Jewish Composer Behind Billie Holiday’s ‘Strange Fruit’

January marked the 75th anniversary of the original publication of “Bitter Fruit.” The poem evolved into the song “Strange Fruit,” which was made famous by jazz legend Billie Holiday and was named best song of the century by Time magazine in 1999. But its author and composer, Abel Meeropol, is largely forgotten today.“Strange Fruit” was nothing short of revolutionary for ...

The Impossible Return to Germany

In 1933, when the Nazis came to power, more than half a million Jews lived in Germany. When World War II ended, only a small Jewish community had survived.Only very gradually did the Jews begin to regard Germany as their home again.This is the story of two women who, after escaping the horrors of the Nazi terror with their parents, ...

The Historical Sanctuary of Amsterdam’s Jews

The wooden ceilings soar overhead at Amsterdam’s Portuguese Synagogue, while below your feet lies a light dusting of sand, traditionally used in Dutch buildings of the 17th century to ward off the moisture left by the rain which is never far off in the Netherlands.The smell of sawdust hits you when you enter the “Esnoga,” built in 1675 to house ...

The Hikind/OU Job Fair That Has Been Recheduled

Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) announced today that the much-anticipated job fair which had been canceled due to inclement weather has been re-scheduled for Thursday, February 17. Held in conjunction with the Orthodox Union Job Board, the event will now take place at Sasson v’ Simcha Hall located at 1223 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn to accommodate more job applicants and ...

The Fresh Diet Founded By Orthodox Jew Featured On Fox News

From the scoops of granola for breakfast, to the spring rolls for lunch, to the dinners while running out the door, everything is fresh.And that’s the point.Created five years ago, The Fresh Diet company’s sales pitch is simple: healthy meals, prepared for you and delivered to your doorstep.Kelly Ann Pinnock’s been a customer for the past two months and says ...

The Essence of Female Jewish Leadership

Forty years ago this past week, Rabbi Sally Priesand was ordained as a Reform rabbi, making her the first woman rabbi to be ordained after the Holocaust. It was an historic time and in the years that followed, the Conservative movement continued ordaining women. Of late, Modern Orthodoxy has, too, given women new leadership roles. As we marked this watershed ...

The Different Faces of Cherubs

So important and beloved was the sacred desert tabernacle that the Bible records both its construction and completion. For the Ramban (Nahmanides), the most important of the tabernacle furnishings was the Holy Ark, the repository of the two Stone Tablets containing the Ten Commandments. The Ramban maintains that the prescription to build the tabernacle came immediately following the Revelation at ...

The Decline of Tomchei Temimim

When you walk into a typical Lubavitch yeshivah gedolah, you see bochurim sitting over seforim and conversing. They are presumably discussing whatever is inside the sefer open in front of them. It looks pretty good.What you don’t see, and you cannot see, is what they are actually discussing, and how many bochurim didn’t even show up in the first place. ...

The Day Shabbat Started on Thursday Night

How can the Jewish Sabbath start Thursday night? Visit Samoa, where it jump-started the International Date Line. On second thought, rabbis advise not to travel there in order to avoid the complications of its recent move that makes it an island with a 49-hour Sabbath.The International Dateline always has raised questions for Sabbath observers concerning when the Day of Rest ...