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Community Activists Seek Shutdown of Petrochemical Drilling in Pico-Robertson Company Violated Terms of Previous Agreement and Out of Compliance with Law Tova Abady “Ushmartem Meod L’naf Shotechem. The community must mobilize to shut down the oil drilling facilities in Pico-Robertson!” said Emanuel Taitz at a…

Dear readers, Most of the Torah’s description of Yitzchok Avinu’s life shows him digging wells and re-digging them if they had been filled with dirt. What is so significant about digging wells that causes the Torah to expound on it so much? The Chassidic Masters…

FIDF Gala in Memory of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, Z”L, Raises $29 Million Tova Abady The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region Gala held November 7th at the Beverly Hilton raised $29 million, including a $15 million donation announced at the Gala by…

Dear Readers, The Gemara recounts how a potential convert asked Hillel HaZaken to teach him the entire Torah on one foot. Hillel responded, “Don’t do to others that which you don’t want done to you.” It’s interesting that he didn’t say it in the positive,…

Upcoming Israel Gap Year Fair to Offer a Wide Range of Opportunities Yehudis Litvak The American Israel Gap Year Association (AIGYA) is once again hosting its Annual American Israel Gap Year Fair on Thursday, November 21, at 6:30 – 9:00 pm, at the Shalhevet High…

Dear readers, My father-in-law, Rabbi Eliezer Lipman Dubrawsky, a”h, used to say that one of the biggest punishments Hashem can give is to take away someone’s faith. Alternatively, one of the biggest assets a person can have is rock solid faith. With faith, we can…

Book Review: My Name is Isaiah by Debbie Strom (Feldheim Publishers 2019) Historical Fiction, 272 pp. Reviewed by Devorah Talia Gordon Get ready to be transported back to the time of sword fights, secret passageways, and thunderous horseback-riding in Debbie Strom’s adventure novel My Name…

Dear readers, Why is it that we have this almost hypnotic urge to look at the news? Bad news, terrible news, kvetchy news and even fake news. Almost anything becomes interesting as long as it’s not part of our lives. We can be blessed with…

Dear readers, As we get older, we get a whole new appreciation for the takanos and minhagim our chachamim have instituted over the past 2000 years. Take the calendar, for example. By the time the summer is over, we are both physically and emotionally drained.…

Book Review: A Yom Tov Book of Poems—Tishrei Tales by Rabbi Reuven Bauman (Menucha Publishers 2019) Reviewed by Rebecca Klempner This past July, the Jewish world mourned a wonderful educator, Rabbi Reuven Bauman, who perished as he rescued one of his students in the waters…