A photograph has saddled a Brooklyn-based haredi newspaper with negative publicity, resulting in a public apology for omitting the government’s most powerful woman from a photograph.
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By Sergey Kadinsky
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5/11/11
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The season of Arab discontent continues this week as Syrian tanks struggle to contain protesters aimed at removing President Bashar al-Assad. Putting the events in perspective, Congregation Shaaray Tefilla in Lawrence hosted Bar Ilan University professor Mordechai Kedar. “The Middle East is full of failing states,” said Kedar, a fluent Arabic speaker who has appeared numerous times on Arab television to give the Israeli point of view.
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By Ariel Rosenbloom
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5/11/11
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In his latest weekly Dvar Torah titled, “The Duality of Jewish Time: Parshat Emor” British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wrote the following observations that are most apt to the book under review this week, “Palaces of Time” by Dr. Elisheva Carlebach [Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011].
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/11/11
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The library is a unique institution in that it is a place where everyone in this community can come together. I decided to run for the Library Board to help make it a place that everyone can be proud …
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Sarah Yastrab
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5/11/11
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It is my sixth year as a trustee, fifth year as a President and was a concerned resident prior to being elected six years ago. I extensively attended meetings and thought that I would have a lot to …
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Murray Forman
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5/12/11
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I am a long-time community advocate now running to transform the board of the Peninsula Public Library. I am happily married for 11 years and live in Cedarhurst with my wife, Esther, and our four …
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Jeff Leb
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5/12/11
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I have been privileged to serve on the Lawrence School Board for the past 10 years. I am proud of that public service; I am proud of the Board of Education’s many accomplishments in the Lawrence …
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Dr. Asher Mansdorf
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5/11/11
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If the Torah is of divine authorship, why does it repeat itself so much? Did G-d forget what He had already written when He chose to repeat an idea? And not just any idea, but an entire verse – …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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5/11/11
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Calendar for the week of May 13, 2011
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By The Jewish Star staff
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5/12/11
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It sits on a narrow lot and it accommodates 23 cars, but it serves Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Inwood, Atlantic Beach, and parts of Woodmere. For years, there has been talk of a new building: a former school site next door, the parking lot of the Lawrence train station, and the Temple Israel property. The Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence remains in its half century-old building as plans for a new site remain stalled.
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By Sergey Kadinsky
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5/11/11
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