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By Deborah Vietor From an idyllic life in rural Seredne, Czechoslovakia with a close family including six girls and two boys, Rose Schwartz ...
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‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ to Orthodox Children Becomes Social Media Sensation
By Alan Zeitlin, JNS.org Adriana Fernandez laughs when she recounts how she got it wrong when it came to understanding what kosher means. ...
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Gap Year in Israel for People with Disabilities Offers Normalcy
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Jewish National Fund: We Are One
Over 1,400 supporters of the land and people of Israel, including more than 50 from San Diego, united in Boston on November 4-6, ...
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An Orthodox View of the War in Ukraine?
By Franklin Felber What special lessons can we learn about the war in Ukraine from the teachings of Torah luminaries? That is the ...
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Innovation Thrives on Israel’s Southern Border
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By Stephanie D. Lewis We Jews have an alternate New Year’s Day, so we’re justifiably able to bypass this whole mess completely by ...
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COVID-19 and the Jewish elderly
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By Tamar Rothenberg, MS, RDN Feed your guests well on Thanksgiving morning with this perfect fall recipe. This recipe is naturally gluten-free, and ...
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By Faygie Holt, JNS.org Twenty years ago, Jews in North America weren’t exactly getting in line to relocate to Israel. Statistics on aliyah ...
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By Bea Carter At first glance, Mitchell Kerbel seems like your typical 23-year-old. The American student lives in San Diego, attends community college ...
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