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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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The recent population survey conducted by the UJA-Federation of New York — “Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011” — contains some findings that have not been discussed extensively. One of these trends is the significant change in educational attainment since the last survey was compiled a decade ago. Reporting on “Secular Education,” the 2002 […]

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