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Flipping Out I really enjoy your publication. However, I was quite surprised when I read the review by Shana Yocheved Schacter of Flipping Out (summer 2009). I understand that many of the issues… Read more

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The Pitfalls of Wealth Rabbi Emanuel Feldman’s piece (“How To Handle the Financial Crisis: A Trans-Century Phone Call”) in the spring 2009 issue of Jewish Action was a delight. Invoking the wisdom of… Read more

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A Loser in “Jewish Geography” Devora Lifshutz’s article “Reflections on Being a Loser in Jewish Geography” (winter 2008) leaves me wondering what would be considered appropriate to say to a new… Read more

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Veteran Rabbis Remember In your fall 2008 issue, Rabbi Max Schreier (“Fifty Years in the Pulpit: Seven Veteran Rabbis Tell It Like It Was”) correctly stated that the University of Florida in… Read more

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Correction: Please note that in the honey cake recipe in the fall 2008 issue, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon was omitted from the ingredient list. The Music of Prayer Daniel Schwartz’s article “Reclaiming the… Read more

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Focus on Health As a formerly obese person, I read with great interest the series of articles on health (spring 2008). Finally, a magazine has addressed some of the health issues that face the frum… Read more

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Shemittah Simplified I read Rabbi Mordechai Kuber’s article on shemittah observance (“Shemittah for the Clueless,” winter 2007) with interest, but was distressed to find two misleading statements.… Read more

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Remembering Rabbi Kret This past Yom Kippur night in Baltimore, I walked home from shul with my son Avi, who was visiting from New York to assist me with Yamim Noraim davening at the shul I have… Read more

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I enjoyed the article “Test Your Kosher Travel IQ” by Rabbi Donneal Epstein (summer 2007). The author left out, however, the situation we found ourselves in a few years ago when we traveled to the… Read more

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Smoking Ban Takes Heat I am not a smoker and have never been one. I inculcated my children in their formative years with my disdain for cigarettes, and they too, as adults, do not smoke. In that… Read more