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National service is in the news, given the finding by Israel’s Supreme Court that the Tal Law, which grants army exemption to ultra-Orthodox young men of draft age, is not constitutional. As a new draft law is being hammered out, Israel is grappling with the fact that 400 Torah scholars who benefited from Ben-Gurion’s exemption […]

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Milton Gralla, a longtime former member of the board of directors of The Jewish Week who died last week at the age of 84, combined his love of journalism and the Jewish people to make a lasting contribution to both. In addition to his leadership role at The Jewish Week, encouraging the staff to aspire […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 8:04 p.m. Torah: Numbers 30:2 – 36:13  Haftarah: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4; 4:1-2 Havdalah: 9:09 p.m.     Our portion of Matot opens with God’s vengeance against Midian, an avowed enemy of the Israelites who had joined Balak, the king of Moab, in the hiring of Balaam to curse Israel. The Midianites also seduced […]

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