Community invited to gather at the AJCC for Shabbat dinner program on Friday, April 19
ALBANY –The Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York (JFNENY) will host its second community...
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Category: Religion & Philosophy
The strategic significance of the surrender of Hamas terrorists.
Hamas terrorists who were caught during the Oct. 7 massacre and during the Israel Defense Forces...
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Dr. Simcha Raphael to discuss Jewish perspectives of end-of-life in four locations Feb. 10–11
Dr. SIMCHA RAPHAEL SARATOGA SPRINGS–Saratoga Jewish Community Arts will present a Shabbaton on the...
Read More“The New Year for Trees” Farbrengen with the Rebbe
Tu Bishvat is Jan. 25, 2024 https://hls-vod-cdn.chabad.org/vod/_definst_/smil:smil_cache1/100/10002832.smil/playlist.m3u8?v=22120841 15 Shevat 5741 (1981)
Read MoreBeing a neighbor AND a stranger: Abraham, George Washington, and you and me — right now
Rabbi Meir Soloveichik discusses our predicament: we’re Jews in a land that allows us to be both strangers and neighbors. He reaches back to discuss Washington’s views and interactions with the Jewish community, and...
Read MoreThe Rebbe on war — 50 years ago
Thanks to our friend Shlomo Morrison of RPI Chabad, for this...
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Chief rabbi of South Africa urges global Shabbat candlelighting; Offers new prayer for Oct. 13
Rebbetzin Gina Goldstein and her daughter Shayna welcoming Shabbat as they light the Shabbat...
Read MoreTHE SIEGE OF GAZA IN HALACHA by Rabbi Gil Student
Israel is currently laying siege on the Gaza strip in order to prevent terrorists from leaving, particularly with Israeli hostages. Is a full siege on Gaza halachically permissible? In the summer of 1982, the Israeli army placed...
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‘Hineini’: A declaration of presence and accountability
By WILLIAM DAROFF (JNS) As our communities gather in synagogues for this Rosh Hashanah, we are...
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Thinking the unthinkable? The unmaking of the American Jewish experience
By STEVEN WINDMUELLER (JNS) American democracy is in trouble. Democratic governments here and...
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Rabbi charged with seducing women using secular identity on dating sites
The Israel Police recently released the name and photograph of Rabbi Yosef Paryzer, who took to...
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