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Fall 2003

  • GPS

    GPS

    Written by Dovi Scheiner

    And the voice called to me from heaven. “Dovi,” it said, in an oddly mechanical tone, “just where do you think you’re going? Get back on the Hutchinson River Parkway right away!”

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  • Chasing Justice

    Chasing Justice

    Written by Alan Dershowitz

    My grandfather came to me and said, “Avi”-that was my name in those days-“Avi, you have to understand that our family is not without its blemishes.”

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  • Identity Crisis

    Identity Crisis

    Written by Natan Sharansky

    Judaism is about so much more than eating humus, serving in the IDF, and speaking Hebrew, however important these things may be.

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  • Never Again

    Never Again

    Written by Sara Levy

    A search of Nosair’s New Jersey apartment revealed his handwritten diary, which called for “jihad against the enemies of Islam” by “destroying the structure of their civilized pillars, their high world buildings which they are proud of.”

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  • A Living Torah

    A Living Torah

    Written by Ruth Benjamin

    “My father! My real father is coming? Didn’t you say that my family is dead and that my parents would never be coming back?”

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  • Reading the Label

    Reading the Label

    Written by Rabbi Don Yoel Levy OB"M

    Thanks to the Internet, OK Kosher Certification is now able to offer more information and education on kosher issues than at any previous time in its 68-year history.

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  • Unorthodox

    Unorthodox

    Written by Tzvi Freeman

    So I asked this rabbi what kind of a rabbi he is, and he said: Unorthodox. Unorthodox! Yes! The most descriptive term I have heard for real Judaism!

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  • Deeds, Not Words

    Deeds, Not Words

    Written by Joe Lieberman

    Every time we convert good will into good works-whether it’s by tutoring or mentoring a child, feeding someone hungry, building a house, or otherwise addressing a problem that’s bigger than ourselves-we strengthen the fabric of the country.

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  • Mr. Bite Me

    Mr. Bite Me

    Written by Sue Fishkoff

    It’s Friday afternoon, which to a Lubavitch kid means it’s time for mivtzoim, or “campaigning.” Lubavitch schools typically end for the week by noon Friday, releasing students for an afternoon of street outreach.

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  • Ignoring G-d

    Ignoring G-d

    Written by Dennis Prager

    The people who brought G-d to the world don’t have much to do with Him.
    Perhaps the saddest aspect of modern Jewish life is how unimportant
    G-d is to most Jews.

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  • Fine Tuning Tuna

    Fine Tuning Tuna

    Written by Rabbi Chaim Zalman

    Once, tuna fishing thrived on the Pacific coast of the United States. Pioneered by adventurers straight out of the novels of Herman Melville and “Papa” Hemingway, it blossomed into a major industry, employing thousands and filling countless American lunchboxes.

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  • Fins & Scales

    Fins & Scales

    Written by Yosef Y. Jacobson

    Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, later known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, writes in his private journal concerning two traits that make a moral and productive human being: “fins” and “scales.”

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Fall 2003

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GPS

Chasing Justice

Identity Crisis

Never Again

A Living Torah

Reading the Label

Unorthodox

Deeds, Not Words

Mr. Bite Me

Ignoring G-d

Fine Tuning Tuna

Fins & Scales

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