Jewish Treats

Teaching By Example

Learn how to really make a difference in people’s lives by following the example of Bessie Gotsfeld, who helped launch Amit, now a network of over 100 schools in Israel, offering tens of…

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Jewish Treats

The Source of Ethical Teaching

Study the Torah's ethical teachings and you will find the source for many of the underpinnings of our western civilization and contemporary ethos.

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Hebrew Feature,Primary

Hebrew

Hebrew Brush up on your Hebrew reading skills, learn to read and write Hebrew or simply establish a connection with Jewish…

Jewish Treats,Summer Feature

Swim Baby Swim

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Jewish Treats

Swim Baby Swim

Hot summer days and dramatic Olympic competitions bring to mind the…

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Weekly Message,Bo

Bo 5767-2007

"Learning by Teaching" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In the opening verse of parashat Bo, G-d tells Moses that He has hardened the hearts of Pharaoh and his servants, so that G-d will be…

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Emor,Weekly Message

Emor 5768-2008

"Creed or Deed" by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald The two opening chapters of parashat Emor, Leviticus 21 and 22, deal with laws that pertain to the Kohanim (priests) and to safeguarding the…

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Jewish Treats

A Math Teacher’s Life

Had Irving (Isaac) Adler not lived during the fervent era of the rise and decline of Communism, his personal story might have been the simple life of a mathematician dedicated to the…

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Jewish Treats

A Math Teacher’s Life

If Irving (Isaac) Adler had not lived during the fervent era of the rise and decline of Communism, his personal story might have been the simple life of a mathematician dedicated to the…

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Jewish Treats

Martin Buber

I and Thou (Ich und Du), the best known philosophical work of Martin Buber (February 8, 1878 - June 13, 1965), was published in 1923. I and Thou presents Buber’s philosophy of dialogue,…

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