When is Hanukkah 2025, how and why is it celebrated?

Hanukkah is a holiday that celebrates the story of the Maccabees – Jews who rebelled against King Antiochus, the Seleucid ...

Patch AM: Why a 97-year-old Plainview resident was honored at Islanders game

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Michael Savage’s Mother’s 19 Kislev Yahrtzeit

Rabbi Shais Taub visited the gravesite of Michael Savage’s mother on her 19 Kislev yahrzeit and shared a moving class on ...
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Bank of Israel: Haredi draft bill insufficient to ease reserve duty’s burden on economy

Enlistment targets too low and sanctions on draft dodgers too weak, says central bank; ex-IDF chief Gadi Eisenkot ...
The Times of Israel

Bank of Israel: Haredi draft bill won’t recruit enough troops to relieve reserve duty’s burden on economy

The Bank of Israel says the Haredi draft exemption law being advanced in the Knesset will not result in enough soldiers enlisting to cover the country’s security needs or reduce the economic costs of ...

Liberals back Bloc's proposal to remove religious exemption from hate speech laws

Liberal MPs on the House justice committee backed a Bloc Québécois proposal to remove a religious exemption from Canada’s ...
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I believe the Torah tells Jews to see themselves as a nation with a mission

Jews are a small people, and partnership can be valuable. Disclaimer: What follows reflects my personal religious perspective as one Orthodox Jew. I do not claim to speak for all ...