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Orthodox, secular Jews keep ancient poems alive in singing groups across Israel

There is a musical genre that exists in the twilight zone between the sacred and the secular, sung by both religious people and total atheists, by men as well as women. Its words are similar to prayer but are not prayer. It is not sung by professional singers, because it does not belong to the popular and commercial world, nor ...

Orthodox Rabbi predicts deadly fallout from permitting homosexuality in military

NEW YORK, December 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, noted Orthodox Rabbi Yehuda Levin has predicted the U.S. military will pay with “loss of life and limb” for the normalization of homosexual acts. This past weekend the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the 1993 law that forbids open homosexuals from serving in the U.S. military. President Obama ...

Orthodox lawyer’s refusal to grant wife a ‘get’ stirs U.S. public dispute

Aharon Friedman, a tax lawyer for the Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee, has become the target of a public dispute in the United States due to his refusal to grant his wife Tamar Epstein a religious divorce decree.According to the Jewish law, the husband must grant the wife a get, thus releasing her from the marriage bonds. ...

Orthodox Jews save Somali boy from fire

Two strictly Orthodox men and a medic from Hatzola, the Charedi ambulance service, have saved a young London Somali boy from a fire.Josh Berkovitz ran into a blazing building in Tottenham, north London, after he heard a mother screaming that her son was trapped in the building yesterday afternoon.Read More: @ thejc.comReaders found more information by searching for:Orthodox Jews save Somali ...

Orthodox Jewish Student ‘Doodles for Google’

Johanna Robinson, an 11-year-old student at an orthodox Jewish day school in Maryland, is a finalist for Google’s annual “Doodle 4 Google” contest.More than 114,000 kids from kindergarten through grade 12 drew pictures using the search engine’s logo. The theme for this year’s contest was: “If I could travel in time, I’d visit . . .”The caption below Johanna’s illustration, which celebrates ...

Orthodox Jewish populations fuel growth in Ramapo

The large spike in the populations of Ramapo’s Orthodox and Hasidic communities fueled a townwide increase of more than 16 percent, according to the latest census figures.The increases made sense to Israel Spitzer, deputy mayor of New Square, the Hasidic village that saw its population increase by 50 percent to a total of 6,944.“It’s families expanding,” Spitzer said. “We have ...

Orthodox Jewish families move From High Priced NY To Michigan

One of the biggest dilemmas at Young Israel of Southfield these days is where to put all the baby strollers. But ask any member and they’ll tell you it’s a good problem. Not long ago, the 37-year-old Orthodox synagogue at Lahser near 11 Mile faced an aging and declining membership. But the economy is presenting dividends for the congregation: an ...

Orthodox Jewish Couple killed in N.Y. Crash on Way to give Birth; Infant Survives

A young Orthodox Jewish couple who had taken a car service to a hospital for the birth of their first child were killed en route in a hit and run early Sunday, but their baby boy survived, born prematurely, authorities and a neighbor said.The driver of a BMW slammed into the car carrying Nathan and Raizy Glauber, both 21, at ...

Oprah’s Documentary Showcases Rabbi’s Art Show

When a camera crew stopped in to film the exhibition of hasidic art he organized in Brooklyn during Sukkot last year, Rabbi Yitzchok Moully was pleased. When they mentioned that they were working with Oprah Winfrey on her documentary about hasidic life, he was, he said, intrigued — but not particularly excited.“It was cool that they were interested. I don’t ...

Opponents of immigration law call for boycott of Arizona Iced Tea – but it is brewed in New York!

Opponents of Arizona’s new anti-immigrant law are calling for a boycott of the state’s products – including the popular Arizona Iced Tea.The problem: Arizona Iced Tea is actually brewed in New York. Online, misguided tea fans vowed to switch to Lipton or Snapple.Read More: @ nydailynews.comReaders found more information by searching for:arizona iced tea in australia (19)arizona iced tea design (8)lipton tea jewish (6)Arizona ...

Op-Ed: What Chabad-Lubavitch and Modern Orthodox Communities Can Teach Each Other

I think it’s high time there was some new cultural diffusion. I don’t mean cultural diffusion on a grand scale, where one nation spreads its lifestyles and outlooks to another nation or anything of the sort. Rather, I am proposing a small-scale exchange of ideas, lifestyles, and philosophies within two sectors of the Jewish world: Modern Orthodoxy and Chabad Lubavitch.I ...

Op-Ed Response: Organic Chabad

A brother-in-law of mine residing in Crown Heights sent me an op-ed published on Crownheights.info entitled ‘Chabad Lite.’ In it, the author bemoans the spiraling state of altruistic Chassidic values which is widespread amongst many of today’s youth specifically in Lubavitch circles. It seems, in the words of the author, that people choose for one reason or another to identify ...