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The more things change . . .

Change a couple of names, and nothing has changed in 76 years. Preparing for the IJN’s 100th anniversary keepsake magazine (due out June 24, 2013), I ran across a front...

What’s mine, what’s yours

IT is customary to travel from the holiday of Passover to the holiday of Shavuot with the companion of Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers.” Each Sabbath afternoon one...

Not your grandfather’s Reform Judaism

The power of sharing Rabbi Daniel Freelander is a man with a mission to convince Reform Judaism to prepare for the coming, major changes in the movement. Reform Judaism...

Passover: Holiday of hope and freedom

PASSOVER EDITION SECTION C PAGE 11 PASSOVER in Israel is a magical time of year. The winter rains and chilly air are replaced by a flurry of activity and sense

It’s different from procrastination

DOES anyone else have this problem? I only get things done when I’m supposed to be doing something else. Not always, but complication seems to be congenial. Did this...

Chazzan Koll

My relationship with Cantor Isaac Koll and Torah study goes back to my high school days. Before any of us could drive, my sister Mimi and I were in carpool […]

MATZA: Mental Anguish TZviling Alert

PASSOVER EDITION SECTION C PAGE 11 Dear Tzviling, Help! Passover is around the corner and I don’t know where to begin. I know I have to get rid of every […]

The many faces of Jewish theft

MY career as a criminal began one hot summer afternoon when I was six years old and my mother suggested I help her clean out the closets. I was thrilled […]

Angel’s tears

THE last time I saw him his health had already taken a turn for the worse. It was after another one-of-a-kind Chuck Vernoff Shabbos, permeated by his profound Torah...

What is the kosher food system?

THE other day someone stopped me and asked if I can explain kosher to them. “Whenever I order protein shakes there is a choice of shakes that are kosher. What