Thanksgiving was always a day spent eating good food and watching some (hopefully) good football at my house. But in my husband\’s family, Thanksgiving was truly a day of giving thanks, as each year his grandfather, J. Alex Link, spoke about his gratitude to the United States for taking him in on the eve of the Holocaust.
David Suissa thinks that what is needed now \”more than anything today is not a J Street but an A Street,\” \”an Arab organization that would…rally peace-seeking Arab moderates to the cause of peaceful coexistence with a Jewish state.\” (November 5, 2009, We Need ‘A Street,’ Not J Street)
Obituaries ranging from June 27-Sept. 14, 2009
Who is the most influential man of the year? Last year it was Barack Obama, but this year it is fictional TV character Don Draper of the Emmy-winning show “Mad Men,” according to Askmen.com. Draper is an ad executive who on the surface seems to have a perfect life: handsome, beautiful wife, three kids, great home and career. But it’s an American dream not satisfied — and ultimately the antithesis of a Torah-led life. To better understand this powerful fictional…
Hundreds of Jewish students from around the world attended a shabbaton organized by Chabad in New York.
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