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Jewish Action Article Gives Life—Literally

by JA Mag | February 15, 2012 in Inspiration

This past winter, an Israeli woman was granted a new lease on life when she received a new kidney. She is grateful to the donor. And to Jewish Action. In the winter 2010 issue, Jewish Action ran a… Read more

Shabbos: Judaism’s Priceless Treasure

by JA Mag | February 14, 2012 in Inspiration

Here’s a title for a book someone should write, with a nod to Robert Fulghum’s bestseller in praise of kindergarten: All I Really Need to Know I Learned from the Jewish Sabbath Read more

Tuition Talk

by JA Mag | February 5, 2012 in Letters

Tuition Talk I read with great interest Dr. Simcha Katz’s columns in Jewish Action over the past year in which he describes the Orthodox Union’s activities to pursue government support to help… Read more

Morality for Muggles: Ethics in the Bible and the World of Harry Potter

by JA Mag | February 5, 2012 in Reviews

Morality for Muggles: Ethics in the Bible and the World of Harry Potter By Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg Ktav Publishing House New Jersey, 2011 128 pages Reviewed by Jack Abramowitz A number of years ago,… Read more

A Beit Midrash Like No Other

by JA Mag | February 5, 2012 in Inside the OU

By Tuvia Fox Growing up, I had a vague familiarity with NCSY as an organization my parents had been active in as teenagers. However, having had the privilege of being raised in a vibrant Orthodox… Read more

Responses to “Why Aren’t Our Kids in Shul?”

by JA Mag | December 7, 2011 in Religion

Dr. Benzion Sorotzkin Responds In his article “Why Aren’t Our Kids in Shul?” (summer 2011), Rabbi Dr. Jay Goldmintz writes the following: One of the most powerful pieces of research I have read on the… Read more

The New Economic Reality: And How It Is Affecting Frum Communities Across the Country

by JA Mag | December 7, 2011 in Business & Politics

By Tamar Snyder In the not too distant past, three frum children—ages nine, twelve, and fifteen—shuffled into the Masbia kosher soup kitchen in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Despite the warm… Read more

Losing Your Job Without Losing Yourself

by JA Mag | December 7, 2011 in Business & Politics

By Cary A. Friedman Losing a job is never a pleasant or easy or pleasant experience. A job plays a variety of different roles in our lives. Some of those roles are healthy; others are not. Many people… Read more

Giving in a Difficult Economy: Return to Sender—If You Can

by JA Mag | December 7, 2011 in Business & Politics

Few personal letters still arrive by “snail-mail,” but the pile of catalogs, announcements and requests for donations seems to be growing. Who is sending those solicitation envelopes, and how should… Read more

Saving Lives on Shabbat

by JA Mag | December 7, 2011 in Letters

Saving Lives on Shabbat Both Yehuda Avner in his interview (“Up Close with Yehuda Avner” by Michael Freund, summer 2011) and Joseph Lieberman in his book, The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of… Read more

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