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A Jewish King And Queen Of England? It's Possible

Bernard Starr | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Earl Spencer, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Prince William, Princess Diana, England, Deuteronomy, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jewish King of England, Sholem Aleicem, Kate Middleton, Sir James Goldsmith, Tefillin, Frances Shand Kydd, Jewish Queen of England, Religion News
Bernard Starr

What's the chance of running into two Jews at Buckingham Palace and discovering that they are the King and Queen of England? Some curious emerging facts suggest that it could happen.

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Praying On Planes: Rights And Responsibilities

Rabbi Aaron Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judaism, Jewish Law, Torah, Shema, Praying on Planes, Tefillin, Public Prayer, Tsa, Alaska Airlines, Airline Security, Religion News
Rabbi Aaron Alexander

Our freedom to pray in the public square comes with parallel obligations: we must communicate with others so they can understand and we must understand how our obligations should change so we can co-exist with others.

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The Tefillin Bomber Strikes Again

Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Jason Miller

I wonder what the next mode of transportation will be that reports a security threat when a Jewish person starts to pray. Truthfully, this can be avoided with some education

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Excuse Me, Are You...?

Angela Himsel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Yom Kippur, Hasidic Jews, Chabad, Tefillin, High Holy Days, Judaism, Shehechyanu, New York News
Angela Himsel

As I'm exiting the subway station at Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, I pass a bearded Hassidic man and overhear him saying to a secular-looking young man, "Do you need help putting on teffilin?"

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Boy Dares To Pray On Airplane! Oh! The Horror! (And the Stupidity!)

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diversity Training, Shema Yisrael Prayer, Eeoc, Tefillin, Chautauqua Airlines, US Airways, LaGuardia Airpost, Schmuel Tennenhaus, Business News
Ellen Sterling

This isn't about right or wrong. It's just about some experience and thinking that has led me to a conclusion. It was national news when, on January...

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Prayer misunderstanding leads New York-to-Louisville flight to be diverted to Philly

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tefillin, Philadelphia-Pennsylvania, New York City-New York, Louisville, Home News

PHILADELPHIA -- Authorities said a misunderstanding about a Jewish prayer ritual led to the diversion of a US Airways flight. City police Lt. Fran...

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Jewish Teenager's Tefillin Diverts US Airways Flight 3709 From LaGuardia

AP | KATHY MATHESON | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA — A Jewish teenager trying to pray on a New York-to-Kentucky flight caused a scare Thursday when he pulled out a set of small boxes...

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Too Expensive and Lonely to be Jewish

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The two most urgent priorities of the American Jewish community are making Jewish life more affordable and fixing the broken Jewish dating scene.

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A Jewish Salute to Obama for Inspiring Ethnic Pride

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

The most powerful man in the Universe is a man with black skin. If we in the Jewish community cannot celebrate that achievement, then we have no sense of history.

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