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‘From Flab To Fab’: Kosher Style Fitness

Isabella Freedman Retreat Center launches a new kosher weight-loss and fitness retreat.

With Methodists Avoiding BDS, Presbyterians Likely To Follow Suit

Opponents of Israel divestment optimistic that a recent resolution’s defeat will influence another Protestant denomination’s vote.

The Omer: Counting Our Words

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:45 p.m. Torah: Lev. 21:1-24:23 Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 Havdalah: 8:50 p.m. We are well into the period of counting the sfirah, as it is called, short for sfirat ha’omer, “counting the omer.” Omer means “sheaf,” a bundle of stalks of grain, in this case the wheat that is harvested for Shavuot. […]

The Mame Loshen Has Legs

What My Father Learned From Mordecai Kaplan

The Art Of The Steal

Bibi’s Big Shakeup

The ‘Middle’ Movement Affirms, Updates Its Middle Path

Verdict Not In On Hynes

Israel Attack On Iran `Not Imminent,’ Journalist Says

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