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Brooklyn Yeshivas Eschew Laws, Don't Teach English And Math

| Posted 01.24.2013 | New York
Read More: New York City Schools, Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, New York City Department of Education, Video, Yeshiva, Judaism, Ny News, Orthodox Jews, Brooklyn-Orthodox, Religious Schools, Brooklyn Yeshivas, New York News, Brooklyn Yeshivas English, Brooklyn Yeshivas Math, New York News

By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer BROOKLYN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Borough President Marty Markowitz waffled Wednesday over who has...

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Perhaps The Best Hurricane Sandy (Religious) School Cancelation

Menachem Wecker | Posted 12.30.2012 | Religion
Read More: New Jersey, Judaism, Hurricane Sandy, Orthodox Judaism, Hurricane Sandy 2012, Jewish Education, Yeshiva, Religion News
Menachem Wecker

Although Hurricane Sandy hasn't exactly unleashed flood waters of biblical proportions, some are drawing upon religious terminology when they discuss the storm. On a lighter note, a yeshiva in Lakewood, N.J., had a more playful response to the hurricane.

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WATCH: Hannukah's NEWEST Pop Hit?

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Maccabeats, The Maccabeats' Candlelight, Hannukah, Yeshiva University, Yeshiva, NY Culture, Hannukah Song, Ny News, New York News

NEW YORK — It's not your mother's dreidel song. A singing group from Yeshiva University has a Hanukkah hit on their hands. The Maccabeats' "Can...

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Dreidelpalooza! Yeshiva University Students Attempt To Break World Record [UPDATE]

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Oh, dreidel dreidel! More than 500 Yeshiva University students will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most dreidels spun simultaneous...

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A Synagogue In Cairo

nytimes.com | Andrew Baker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Restoration, Egypt, Religion, Yeshiva, Cairo, Jewish History, Historic Preservation, Synagogue, Jewish Heritage, Religion News

One of Cairo's most historic synagogues and a yeshiva, restored by the Egyptian government, is to be rededicated next week. ...

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Why Michael Vick Should Be Forgiven

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

you can be forgiven for the bad you did once you have shown a capacity to reorient your life and practice ongoing good, particularly in the area where you caused harm.

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Why Orthodox Youth Are Leaving the Fold

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

For the branch of Judaism that has long advocated - and rightly so - that education is the key to observance, it is simply unacceptable to see so many youth lost.

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