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As an Orthodox Jew and with many personal and professional connections to the chasidic community, the litany of scandalous stories emerging almost weekly upsets me much, and has led to analyzing why this is going on when most Torah education is opposed to criminality of any type. I’d like to propose that the awful stories […]

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Israel’s military, filled as it is with machismo, may have come up with the best idea to motivate its male soldiers to be physically fit — a female instructor. “Men can’t stand it when there is someone stronger, faster, better than they are,” said Capt. Maya Nitzan, 26, the first female physical training instructor for […]

Recognize the historical landmark in the background? It’s Migdal David, the Tower of David, the two-millennia-old citadel near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the walled Old City of Jerusalem. Recognize the musical landmark in the foreground? It’s Matisyahu. A few months after the Orthodox reggae superstar shaved off his trademark beard — hot cultural news […]

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