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Fall 2002

  • Looking Out For Light

    Looking Out For Light

    Written by Dovi Scheiner

    From the window in my living room I can make out a cemetery, a cemetery unlike any other that exists in our country.

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  • Dancing On 9/11

    Dancing On 9/11

    Written by Dovi Scheiner

    We monitored the forecast out of concern for falling showers, but nothing could have prepared us for the prospect of falling towers!

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  • A Palace in Flames

    A Palace in Flames

    Written by Yosef Y. Jacobson

    The horrific events of September 11 ought to serve as an urgent call for the Jewish people to reclaim its mission statement articulated at the moment our faith was born, 3800 years ago.

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  • A Candle  for Truth

    A Candle for Truth

    Written by Benjamin Netanyahu

    Besides fighting our obvious battles with terrorism, we have to fight on one other front, the battle for public opinion. The terrorists are very clever and their principle weapon against us, other than bombs, is propaganda.

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  • The Road  to  Jerusalem

    The Road to Jerusalem

    Written by Baila, Chaya and Rivka Glitzenstein

    It’s 8:30 in the morning. The school bell rings and students enter the classrooms, but not us. We usually get to school during or after the morning recess.

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  • Liberty, Equality and Fraternity… Bitterly

    Liberty, Equality and Fraternity… Bitterly

    Written by Sara Levy

    During the French revolution, Voltaire and Rousseau were faced with a curious dilemma. Amongst their writings on tolerance, they had inserted copious anti-Semitic commentaries, but were still trapped into unwillingly tolerating the Jews.

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  • The Challenge

    The Challenge

    Written by Hanna B. Geshelin

    The route of every Jew who becomes observant is unique. One of the turning points on my journey occurred at a large Iowa university with a miniscule Jewish population, where during my freshman year of 1963-64, I was the only undergraduate female who identified herself as Jewish.

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  • Savta Speaks

    Savta Speaks

    Written by Mrs. Thelma M. Levy

    My husband, Rabbi Berel Levy OB”M, was a great thinker. From the moment he first got involved in kosher, in the 1960’s, he envisioned an efficient kosher organization, living up to the highest standards in Jewish law.

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  • Worry

    Worry

    Written by Phillip Namanworth

    It might appear my thinking’s convoluted at its best.
    But for me, it’s nothing less than a spiritual quest.
    Each person in this life is given his or her own test
    and for me it’s been to worry.

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  • The Materialistic Spiritualist

    The Materialistic Spiritualist

    Written by Michoel Moss

    The concept of a ‘materialistic spiritualist’ may sound like a quintessential oxymoron, yet that’s precisely what we are on Rosh Hashanah.

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  • Growing Together

    Growing Together

    Written by Ruth Benjamin

    The hall looked wonderful! The caterers had truly done a great job despite the limited budget. Nothing was lavish, it couldn’t be.

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  • <i class='icon-OK'>OK</i> Dining – Gusto va Mare

    OK Dining – Gusto va Mare

    Written by Estee Butman

    On East 53rd street, just a couple of steps down from sidewalk level, nestles a lovely upscale restaurant named ‘Gusto va Mare,’ which, translated, means ‘Taste of the Sea.’

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  • Perrier and the <i class='icon-OK'>OK</i>

    Perrier and the OK

    Written by Rabbi Don Yoel Levy OB"M

    Most of our readers know that the OK Kosher Certification is involved in kosher supervision on an international level. The OK pioneered supervision in the Far East, and we have extensive activity in Europe and Asia as well.

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Fall 2002

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Looking Out For Light

Dancing On 9/11

A Palace in Flames

A Candle for Truth

The Road to Jerusalem

Liberty, Equality and Fraternity… Bitterly

The Challenge

Savta Speaks

Worry

The Materialistic Spiritualist

Growing Together

OK Dining – Gusto va Mare

Perrier and the OK

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