Eulogies for Shimon Peres; Makor Rishon announces their ‘Man of the Year’; The new Lower East Side Eruv

Eulogies for Shimon Peres; Makor Rishon announces their ‘Man of the Year’; The new Lower East Side Eruv; – Sept. 30, 2016

 

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Life is Like a Banana – Parshat Nitzavim bananas-nitzavim

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Shimon Peres Funeral

President Reuven Rivlin’s Eulogy at the funeral of Israel’s Ninth President Shimon Peres

Jewish Press Staff
Your eyes saw far ahead, while your feet covered great distances on the landscape of Jewish and Zionist history.

President Reuven RIvlin speaks by the coffin of Former Israeli President Shimon Peres during the state funeral at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, September 30, 2016.
Eulogies by Shimon Peres’ Three Children

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I remember him at the table of a French restaurant, when he whispered in my ear, it’s tastes good, but nothing compares to your mother’s salad. To him, Israel’s cucumbers and tomatoes were the finest of delicacies.

The Peres family walks with the coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Knesset as they make their way to Mount Herzl for the State funeral, September 30, 2016.
US Flags Fly at Half-Staff Worldwide for Israel’s 9th President, Shimon Peres

Hana Levi Julian
US President Barack Obama ordered all American flags flown at half-staff worldwide on the day Israel’s ninth president, Shimon Peres, is laid to rest.

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Peres Funeral Closed to Public, Security Tightened, Streets Closed in Central Jerusalem

Hana Levi Julian
The Peres funeral is closed to the public due to the attendance of PA leader Mahmoud Abbas.

The coffin of Israel's ninth President, Shimon Peres, rests before the Knesset, accompanied by the Knesset Honor Guard.
Mahmoud Abbas, Leader of Palestinian Authority, to Attend Peres Funeral in Jerusalem

Hana Levi Julian
PA leader Mahmoud Abbas submits a request to attend the funeral of Israel’s ninth president, Shimon Peres.

Three enemies of Jewish life in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria shook hands in Jordan on Sunday: From right to left: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Israel's President Shimon Peres. May 26, 2013.
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Rightwing Paper Crowns Shooting Medic Azaria ‘Man of the Year

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„The court will rule on the severity of his action,” says the subheadline on the cover, „but there’s no doubt that the single bullet he shot at the terrorist ignited the stormiest debate in Israel’s society this year.”

Sgt. Elor Azaria, Makor Rishon's pick for Man of the Year
Newcomer Rabbinic Organization Launches Lower East Side EruvAgainst Establishment View

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The new group encourages its constituencies „to pursue guidance from its own rabbinic authorities and to continue the spirit of mutual respect and dignity that Jewish practice demands and engenders.”

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3 Dead, 100-Plus Injured in NJ Transit Hoboken Train Crash

Hana Levi Julian
A morning commuter train running from Spring Valley, NY to Hoboken, New Jersey crashed through barriers into the terminal reception area.

Hoboken, NJ Terminal waiting and reception area.
NY Gov. Cuomo, NJ Gov. Christie Cancel Trip to Peres Funeral Due to Deadly Train Crash

Hana Levi Julian
NY Gov. Cuomo and NJ Gov. Christie both remained Stateside to serve their living constituents after a deadly train crash, rather than go to Israel for the Peres funeral.

NYS Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Reuven Rivlin met in Jerusalem, August 13, 2014.
Temple Mount Closed to Jews On the Eve of Rosh Hashana, Due to Minor Islamic Holiday

Hana Levi Julian
The Israel Police won’t allow Jews to enter the Temple Mount on the eve of Rosh Hashana due to a conflict with a minor Islamic holiday.

Jews are watched by guards on the Temple Mount, to make sure they don't pray.

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The Yishai Fleisher Show

Yishai Fleisher Show: The Gay MK Against Land Giveaway
Amir Ohana is a former General Security Services officer, a lawyer, a gun-rights activist, and Israel’s only openly gay Knesset Member. While he is liberal on some matters, don’t lump him in with the pro-Two-State, land giveaway crowd – on these issues he is a hawk! Yishai speaks with Likud MK Ohana in Hebron.

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News

AG Schneiderman Deepens Trump Charity Probe
Schneiderman, who is Jewish, a Democrat, and a Clinton supporter, says he was targeted by “gruesome” anti-Semitic tweets from Trump supporters.
Eric Schneiderman and Donald Trump
3 Israeli Arabs Convicted of Funding Mourabitoun
The mourabitoun harassed Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount.
Three Mourabitoun Members Receive Guilty Verdict Under the Terrorism Funding Act at the Jerusalem District Court. Sept. 29, 2016
‘Anti-Semitism in Europe As Important As Climate Change’
European lawmakers gathered to discuss anti-Semitism and the future of Jews in Europe.
A fence with anti-Israeli graffiti in London in 2014.
Abbas Political Adviser Nimr Hammad, Dead at 78
Beirut-based Nimr Hammad, political adviser to Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas has died at the age of 78.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas

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InDepth

Israel: United and Divided–as One

Adrian Treger
The major issue the nation of Israel faces today is the wide gap that exists between institutionalized religious bodies and their influence on individual citizens in Israel.

Adrian Treger, Regional Resources Manager for Tzohar
Instinctive Liberalism And Halachic Conservatism

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper
Orthodoxy should celebrate the instinctive liberalism of non-Orthodox Jews as a profound religious fulfillment of their human and Jewish nature without endorsing the policies of American liberalism

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper
Getting Uncomfortable: The Jewish Search For Meaning On Campus

Rabbi Yoni Ganger
I met with the “devout atheist” several more times. One day he asked me the mother of all theological questions: “Why do you believe the Torah is true?” A satisfied smile stretched across my face.

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It’s Not Worth The Risk

Steven Genack
Every Jew has his own letter in the Torah. As a person grows and develops, that letter grows and develops too, changing the whole dynamic of the Torah, which becomes a 600,000-word developing document

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inscribes final letters in a Torah Scroll dedicated to the Jewish victims killed in a terror attack in Paris, France on Jan. 9, 2015.
The Sounds Of The Shofar

Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock
The sounds of the shofar bring us back to our encounter with our Creator and with ourselves. And they are the sounds that remind us of our holiness and our spiritual goals.

Shofar in Elul

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Jewish

Parshas Nitzavim

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
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The Parsha Experiment – Nitzavim: How To Make Sense Of The Terrible Curses II

Immanuel Shalev
To understand God’s curses at the end of the Torah, we have to follow a trail all the way back, to Creation, and the Garden of Eden

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Offering A Gift

Rabbi Simcha Weinberg
We stand in the final moments of 5776, prepared to transition to 5777, perfect moments to offer our gift to God, honoring all we have gained over the past year and how we intend to apply that growth

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Magic In Jerusalem

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
Whatever the town or city or world capital our people temporarily call home, a Jew rediscovers himself in Jerusalem.

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A Favorable Judgment

Rabbi Raphael Fuchs
Why is it necessary for one to perform teshuvah over the performance of any other mitzvah?

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Just One Tekiah!

Mordechai Bulua
Blowing 30 times (the minimum amount to fulfill the mitzvah) for every Jewish patient, literally took the wind out of me.

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Air Conditioner Running

Rabbi Meir Orlian
The Bergs spent Rosh Hashanah in the apartment and then went on to their relatives.

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The Best Songwriter

Adina Hershberg
G-d willing more people will realize that prayer is a powerful spiritual drug.

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Festive Or Somber?

Raphael Grunfeld
Looking from mother to father I would wonder: Is Rosh Hashanah a happy day or a sad day?

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Q & A: Elul – A Time To Repent (Conclusion)

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
Question: Where does the name Elul come from? Also, how can Elul be both the last month of the year and the prequel to the holidays (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) that occur in the following month, Tishrei, the first month of the new year? Finally, can you please discuss the religious practices of Elul? M. Goldman Miami Beach, FL

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Daf Yomi

Rabbi Yaakov Klass
The ‘False’ Rumor ‘If One Found Notes of Acquisition’ (Bava Metzia 14a)

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Seeing The Judgment

Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier
There is a period of fact finding, a period of deliberation, and then the decision is read for all to hear. At that point, the judge, the jury, the defendant, and all in attendance know the ruling.

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