50% losses for supermarket chain under ultra-Orthodox boycott
Shefa Shuk suffers debilitating drop in revenues as religious sector follows rabbis’ decree urging them to steer clear of any retailer belonging to Dor Alon company over latter’s refusal to close urban convenience stores on Shabbat
Shefa Shuk suffers debilitating drop in revenues as religious sector follows rabbis’ decree […]
The second poster was published solely in Elyashiv’s name, and said: “As I have already stated, as long as the heart (of the prospective organ donor) is still pumping blood, even in the case of ‘brain death,’ it is not permitted to remove any organ from the patient.” Ynet
Many Orthodox Jews have been drawn to Lakewood by the prestige of the town’s yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha, one of the largest rabbinical colleges in the world. The yeshiva was founded in 1943 by a Polish-born rabbi, Aaron Kotler. In 1962, when Rabbi Kotler died, the school had 250 students. It now has about 5,000. […]
While Israeli state schools are busy marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, who revived the modern Hebrew language, he is presented in the ultra-Orthodox pamphlet as”a wicked man who spent his life fighting with hatred against religion and wanted to uproot it totally.”
The pamphlet states: “If today the Sabbath is openly […]
I’m at Yeshivat Rambam, ther’s a meeting with what are supposed to be big announcements. I’ll update this post with details. Rumor is they are announcing that they will have separate buildings.”60% of families that looked at rambam but did ot send their kids said it was because of the co_ed. stats in favor of […]
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At Shacharis on the Fast of Esther we say Selichos (Siddur, p. 359ff.)
and Avinu Malkeinu (p. 277ff.).
The [three] coins of half a shekel (machatzis hashekel) are given [to
charity] on the fast day, even when Purim falls on Sunday, [in which
case the fast is observed on the preceding Thursday].
In the Megillah written by the Rebbe Maharash,
(a) […]
Short sellers profit by selling shares borrowed from a broker, which they hope to replace later with stock at a lower price. To close out their position, short-sellers need to buy shares to repay their broker loans. About 19% of Bear’s 115 million available shares were in the hands of short sellers as of the […]
Jewish New Jersey band“Mishna Project” sets Mishna texts to music as an innovative way to helps students memorize them
The Mishna meets bass guitar: A Jewish-American band has recently set the various Mishna texts to music as an innovative method to help students learn the chapter of the Mishna by heart. Jewish educators might take a […]
Sitruk explained that because Shavuot, according to the Jewish calendar, is usually celebrated in May or June, it coincides with school and university exams.“Since several years Jewish students complain and write to us to deplore the coincidence between their exams and Shavuot,” Sitruk, said.This bring difficulties and uncertainties for many students who don’t want to […]
“It was definitely a crazy idea,” Mr. Isenberg, a 31-year-old who has lived in New York for the last decade, said, recalling his approach to Rabbi Schacter about the documentary. “I thought, ‘Who am I to make a film about Rabbi Soloveitchik?’ I felt I didn’t have the seasoning, the skills, the authority to take […]
