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News New York State Says Relief Resources Doesn’t Help Anyone. It Does.
A public corruption panel created by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wrongly labeled an Orthodox Jewish mental health agency as a do-nothing charity, a joint investigation by the Forward and WNYC has found. But the charity does have ties to operatives with deep political influence who have used it for unrelated political ends. The Moreland…
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Opinion Why Women Can — And Must — Lay Tefillin
A woman prays wearing tefillin in Jerusalem/Getty Images Must, should, or can observant Jewish women wrap tefillin, or not? This well-worn question was recently revived thanks to the two Modern Orthodox high schools in New York — SAR and Ramaz — that have tepidly embraced female students who wish to wrap tefillin publicly in their…
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News Eric Goldstein Named New York Federation Head, Sources Say
Eric Goldstein, a financial litigation lawyer and communal lay leader, has been chosen to head the UJA-Federation of New York, the nation’s largest Jewish federation, sources say. READ: Wall St. Lawyer Unveiled as New N.Y. Federation Chief The federation’s board is expected to formally approve the choice later this week, which will make Goldstein the…
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Fast Forward Jeff Jacoby Breaks Silence on Teenage Son Caleb Jacoby’s Disappearance
Jeff Jacoby, the Jewish Boston Globe columnist whose 16-year-old son Caleb went missing for four days in early January, has finally broken his silence. In his latest column, Jeff Jacoby described his panic and anxiety upon discovering that his child was missing. ”What are you supposed to do when your teenager has been gone for…
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Fast Forward New York City Drops RIghts Suit Over Hasidic Dress Code Stores
New York City has dropped a lawsuit against Hasidic-owned stores that posted a dress code for shoppers. The New York City Human Rights Commission reached a settlement with the seven Hasidic-owned shops in a lawsuit the city had filed alleging that the stores’ posted dress codes implied gender and religious discrimination, according to the New…
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Opinion My Fight To Lay Tefillin At an Orthodox School
A young woman prays wearing tefillin on April 11, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. / Getty Images On December 8, 2013, SAR High School principal Rabbi Naphtali Harcsztark permitted students Ronit Morris and Yael Marans to lay tefillin in the school’s daily women’s prayer group, allowing them to do so within the school building. While this…
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Fast Forward Speed Limit Lowered on Brooklyn Street Where Samuel Cohen-Eckstein Killed
New York traffic authorities have reportedly lowered the speed limit along a busy Brooklyn street that runs alongside Prospect Park where bar mitzvah boy Samuel Cohen-Eckstein was struck and killed by a van. City workers installed new signs lowering the maximum speed to 25 mph on Prospect Park West over the weekend, the New York…
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News Modern Orthodox High School in New York Allows Girls to Wear Tefillin
SAR High School, a Modern Orthodox institution in Riverdale, New York, is now allowing girls to wear tefillin. Rabbi Tully Harcsztark, head of the school, sent out an email explaining that two girls were granted permission to wrap tefillin at the school’s daily all-girls meeting, reports the Boiling Pot, the online student newspaper of Shalhevet…
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