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Spring 2005

  • Sweet Surrender

    Sweet Surrender

    Written by Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

    As in many fine hotels, when they prepare your room for the night, the housekeepers place a piece of chocolate on your pillow. Shmuely, who like all children loved candy, picked up the chocolate and said, “Bubba, it’s not kosher!”

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  • Pushka Power

    Pushka Power

    Written by Tzvi Freeman

    Charity, everyone knows, means being a nice guy and giving your money to someone with less. That’s why, in Jewish tradition, we never give charity. It’s unheard of.

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  • Conversation on Conversion

    Conversation on Conversion

    Written by Mayor Ed Koch

    My message to Jews in the recent election was that the overriding issue, for Jews and others, should be the danger of international terrorism. This issue should trump all others.

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  • Joining Lands

    Joining Lands

    Written by Michael Steinhardt

    Detractors argue that it is preposterous for the community to pay for “rich” kids to visit Israel. But this line of reasoning fails to appreciate the purpose of the gift. It is not merely financial.

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  • ChOKolate

    ChOKolate

    Written by Rabbi Don Yoel Levy OB"M

    Still, no one ate chocolate until 1847, when an English firm added cocoa butter and sugar to ground cacao beans to create sweet, hard chocolate. In 1876, the Swiss added milk to the mix to create the hard milk chocolate we all love.

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  • Kraft Kosher Creations

    Kraft Kosher Creations

    You’re in for a treat with these three sumptuous recipes brought to you by your friends at Kraft Foods.

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  • The Dmitriy Code

    The Dmitriy Code

    Written by Dmitriy Salita

    Many people ask me how I can combine Judaism and professional boxing. Chasidic philosophy teaches us that Judaism must fit into every part of our lives. It exists in science, art, and for me, even in boxing.

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  • Tsfat Mystical Map

    Tsfat Mystical Map

    The ancient holy city of Tsfat in the Upper Galilee calls to the innermost aspects of the Jewish soul. Within its cobbled alleyways and limestone arches are people and places whose essence permeates the city’s atmosphere. Here you will discover the heart of Kabbalah in all of its myriad forms.

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  • Sleepless Souls

    Sleepless Souls

    Written by Ruth Benjamin

    Somewhat hesitantly, Brother Jean-Paul acceded to their request to see the children, who were now preparing to go to sleep. He would be with the rabbis to make sure they did not try any of their Jewish tricks. He would not let them get too close to the children.

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  • ‘Dispensing Advice’

    ‘Dispensing Advice’

    Written by Rabbi Aron Moss

    In practice, you do not keep Jewish tradition; in belief, you are an atheist; in family life, you have married a non-Jew and thus won’t have Jewish children; and even in death, you are determined not to be buried in a Jewish cemetery.

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  • Jet Jew

    Jet Jew

    Written by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau

    He notices a group of men praying in a corner of the airport. As he approaches them, he sees that each is wearing Tefillin and a Tallis. After they finish praying, Moses talks with them and examines their religious articles.

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  • Entertaining  Kosher

    Entertaining Kosher

    Written by Susie Fishbein

    Brooke Collier! “Oh my, I read about you,” I blurted out. Looking at my nametag, she exclaimed: “And your book helped me realize kosher isn’t just briskets and kugels.”

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Sweet Surrender

Pushka Power

Conversation on Conversion

Joining Lands

ChOKolate

Kraft Kosher Creations

The Dmitriy Code

Tsfat Mystical Map

Sleepless Souls

‘Dispensing Advice’

Jet Jew

Entertaining Kosher

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