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April 19, 2013
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The Baal Shem Tov’s Lag Ba’Omer Parade
The Baal Shem Tov explained to them that it was the holy day of Lag BaOmer, a day to be outside in the fields, joyously celebrating the day of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Yerachmiel Tilles
Musings on the Bombing in Boston
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I kept thinking, this stuff doesn’t happen here. After 9/11, though there had been plots and threats, all had been thwarted and no one had been hurt due to terrorism since. And Boston, well it is just safe. Alas, we all have our “reality bites” moments. Rabbi Nechemia Schusterman
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Empowering Change
With Israel’s growing Ultra-Orthodox population now numbering around 800,000, and just 40% of working age Ultra-Orthodox men employed, the need for a solution has never been more pressing.
Anna Harwood
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28 A $5 Million Grant for Israeli Hospital “As the main referral hospital for over two million people in the North of Israel, Rambam Hospital is determined to have the capabilities of providing acute and chronic hospital care under fire to all those who need it.”
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