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Angelina and Me — and Maybe You: Choose Life!

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Day Schools Should Foster Collaboration With Israel

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The Right to Pray

Opponents of a compromise plan to allow egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem are trying to bully their way to victory.

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Day Schools Should Foster Collaboration With Israel

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Rabbi Ira Budow

The current buzzword in educational circles is “collaboration.” Pooling resources and increasing purchasing power by negotiating quantity discounts makes sense in this economy. However, I believe there’s another collaboration we do not discuss — the one between Jewish day schools and Israel.

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Angelina and Me — and Maybe You: Choose Life!

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Ruth Bienstock Anolik

Angelina Jolie and I actually have something in common: We both lost our mothers to cancer associated with the BRCA genetic mutation. We also both made the decision to drastically eliminate our own high risks by acceding to surgical removal of our breast and ovarian tissue.

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Letters week of May 23, 2013

One reader insists that Jewish holidays are popular only if they feature food and gifts while two others argue over the merits of Chabad.

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The Middle East Exchange Rate

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Tal Becker

In the same way there is an exchange rate that translates the value of currency in one country to its value in another, Tal Becker wishes there was an exchange rate for words in the Mideast. That way, words like “peace,” and “democracy” could be given a numerical weight based on the context in which they were uttered.