‘Rav’ and ‘chaver,’ rabbi and friend, Kassel Abelson dies at 99
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Rabbi Kass Abelson wrote The Book on Eulogies. It was his turn to be ...
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Insisting on a ‘Jewish state’ is folly
A declaration by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian Authority president, that Israel is a Jewish state means nothing By MOSHE GIT ...
Rabbinic court excommunicates AER officials
AJW Staff Report A beit din, rabbinic court, in Brooklyn, N.Y., has issued a decree of excommunication for the executives ...
Restaurant called Traif gains popularity in a Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhood
If the name isn’t revealing enough, Traif, a restaurant owned by Jewish chef Jason Marcus, serves just that, and to ...
A health care system in need of healing
Amid the furor over federal health care reform, we should know that providing medical care for all is esteemed in ...
