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Community Articles/Community Announcements
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends.
01/07/2008 | 519 Hits |     (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Community Events
Israel Cancer Research Fund
2007 Tower of Hope
A Celebration of Life
10/19/2007 | 445 Hits |     (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
It sounds too good to be true. The less you study, the better your grades will be. Yet this is exactly what Rabbi Avraham Goldhar, developer of the Goldhar Learning System, says will happen if you are faithful to his revolutionary new study techniques. His claims seem fantastic, amazing, outrageous,...
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Community Articles/In Memoriam
This is our story for you, Stella. Mommy, Daddy, Marc, Justin and Michael miss you and love you very much.
08/06/2007 | 539 Hits |     (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/In Memoriam
David Twena emigrated from Israel more than 30 years ago, hoping to make a good life here in America. He believed that with hard work, he could open a business and eventually get married and raise a family.
07/26/2007 | 323 Hits |     (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
The Jewish world suffered a great loss with the passing of Mr. Gabriel Shehebar. Publicly, he was known as the patriarch of a successful family business in ladies wear and a philanthropist. A rabbinical college, yeshivot and many synagogues in Israel and around the world were named after him. He als...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
The memory of Joseph Beyda was honored in the manner in which he lived his life, with elegance and passion. Over 800 enthusiastic community members came to honor Joseph's memory and listen to excerpts from the book, “Joseph, How One Man Can Make A Difference,” written by Jack Doueck.
02/14/2008 | 247 Hits |     (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Men from Aleppo and Damascus, Syria began to arrive in America during the early part of the 20th century. Soon they found that the opportunities America offered were vast, so instead of returning to their homeland, they brought their families here.
These men, some of them rabbis, others great ...
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
Imagine a man whose life, accomplishments and legacy were so extraordinary that he was the link to our past, preserving it forever. He was a role model and a guide for all of us to emulate in the present and his achievements will shape the future of the Jewish world for many generations to come. Thi...
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
Rabbi Shea Hecht, Chairman of the Board of the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE), will address INDEPENDENCE DAY RALLY 2008, July 3rd, 7:30 PM, at the Leon and Toby Cooperman JCC, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange, NJ. This event, combined with a Freedom Concert, will ...
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Community Articles/Community Events
Recently, at Congregation Ahi Ezer in Brooklyn, Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser and Rabbi Yakov Horowitz gave wonderful and insightful lectures entitled “Raising Today's Children for Tomorrow's World,” and hundreds of community members showed up to listen.
The evening was sponsored by Achei...
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Community Articles/Community Events
The International Conference on Syrian Jewry, held at Bar Ilan University, brought together academics from universities all over the world who presented papers on the history, culture and heritage of Syrian Jewry. Topics ranged from pizmoneem (songs) to halacha (law) and reflected backgrounds of Syr...
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Community Articles/Jewish Communities
The Israelites fled Egypt in haste, but well packed: They began their exodus with their
flocks, herds and unleavened bread, as well as the jewels and garments of the Egyptians.
When Soraya Masjedi Nazarian left Iran in 1979, she left behind almost all of her possessions.
“I didn...
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Community Articles/Real Estate
Despite all the dire news coming out of the housing market, there's a silver lining waiting for many homeowners and home buyers. The Federal Reserve has repeatedly dropped interest rates in the past months—good news for anyone seeking a mortgage.
If your credit is good, it will be easy to...
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Community Articles/Education
Her teacher concluded with “a program of incentives to help [Yehudis] overcome her mental laziness, and her inclination to duck scholastic challenges.”
07/27/2007 | 228 Hits |     (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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Community Articles/Sephardic Culture & History
I was working for the Young Magen David Congregation on 67th Street before the beginning of the Magen David Yeshivah. Mr. Joe Kassin and Mr. Joe Tawil A”H took me aside and convinced me that the most important work in the community was educating our children in Talmud Torah and not just workin...
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Community Articles/Community Events
An inspirational evening to benefit The Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF) was held at the residence of Alice and Harry Adjmi. More than 400 people—both young and old—came to listen to the insights of four cancer specialists including guest of honor Dr. Avram Hershko, an ICRF scientist ...
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Community Articles/Israel
After nearly 60 years on the sidelines, Israel's third and final enemy may be joining the battle. Foreign states are Israel's number one enemy. With the declaration of Israeli independence in May 1948, five foreign armed forces invaded Israel. All the major wars that followed—1956, 1967, 1970,...
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Community Articles/Community Announcements
Israel's 60th Anniversary Celebration arrives at Radio City Music Hall on May 7, 2008! There will be a mix of all star talent commemorating Yom Ha'Atzmaut, including Israeli stars David Broza, Idan Raichel, Rami Kleinstein and Habanot Nechama, top American performer and Hasidic reggae phenomenon Ma...
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Community Articles/Israel
Israeli politicians and pundits on the right are attacking Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s plan to return the Golan to Syria, a trade of false hope in return for the land countless brave Israelis gave their blood and lives to conquer.
07/30/2007 | 224 Hits |     (0 vote) | Print | PDF
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