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Life Fellow Orthodox Jews, You’ve Totally Missed The Point Of Modesty
Tzniut — the Hebrew word for “modesty” — is somehow an endlessly heated discussion topic. We never get bored of it. Several articles on modesty and fashion vis-à-vis women have appeared in these pages, and it seems to me that no matter what day or month it may be, the topic of tzniut arises constantly…
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Fast Forward Body Of Missing Orthodox Mom Found In Hudson River
(JTA) — The body of a haredi Jewish mother from Monsey who had been reported missing was discovered in the Hudson River, near Bear Mountain Bridge in Upstate New York. The body was discovered Wednesday and positively identified Thursday as that of Malky Lebowitz, nee Einhorn, the news site Crownheights Info reported. Lebowitz was married and…
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News Evangelicals Are Praying To God For Protection From Harvey — And So Are Jews
As the historic Hurricane Harvey lingered over Houston this week like the biblical flood, Jewish and evangelical leaders found common ground in a moment of national crisis as both beseeched God to intercede on their behalf — literally. Two major Orthodox religious organizations called on followers to support the flood victims in Houston. They could…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jews Band Together To Help Those Displaced By Harvey
The Orthodox Union and Rabbinical Council of America are mobilizing Orthodox congregations around the country to donate money and say prayers for Houston Orthodox Jews, whose main synagogue was ruined and where many people have been left displaced by Hurricane Harvey. “More than 250 Orthodox families from the area have been displaced. The United Orthodox…
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Life Meet the Orthodox Entrepreneur Bringing Luxe Fashion to the Masses
Yoni Chesner was no fashion expert growing up. He was a yeshiva student; his first job was making $6 an hour in a bagel shop in his hometown of Baltimore. “I went to the clearance section at Ross,” he says now, chuckling. But one visit to the Saks Fifth Avenue Company store in Aberdeen, Maryland,…
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Fast Forward ‘Hitler Was A Good Man!’ Attacker Targets Orthodox Girls In London
A man brandishing glass bottles and yelling ‘Hitler was a good man!’ attacked two Jewish girls in a heavily Orthodox neighborhood of London on Sunday, the Independent reported. The Metropolitan Police reported that the man threw a bottle at the girls but “narrowly missed.” The girls, aged 15 and 16, were “badly shaken” but were…
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Community The Crisis Of Faith In A Kreutzer Sonata
At age 18, David Lindenbaum finds himself suspended in between two universes that pull him in what he senses as opposite directions. On one side, there is his faith — a fervent Jew, Lindenbaum always wears a kippah (“Even while I’m sleeping,” he says with pride) and tries to maintain his religious identity also when…
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Life WATCH: Orthodox Girl Studies For Her Bat Mitzvah — And Breaks Powerlifting Records
Naomi Kutin, a Modern Orthodox Jewish girl from Fairlawn, New Jersey, has been breaking powerlifting world records since 2012. And now the movie telling her story is going to be released online on September 28. Inspired by Naomi Zeveloff’s 2012 profile of Kutin in the Forward, filmmaker Jessie Auritt turned her lens on this extraordinary…
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