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Parsha Torah

Parshas Yisro–Preparing to Receive The Torah

By: Shlomo Katz The highlight of this week’s parashah is the Giving of the Torah. In preparation for that event, Moshe was told to fence-off Har Sinai and to command Bnei Yisrael not to approach too closely. What was this intended to teach? R’ Moshe Yechiel Halevi Epstein z”l (the Ozhorover Rebbe; 20th century) writes […]

JV Editorial Opinion

NYC Landlords Struggle to Survive New Laws

Landlords around the country now see the handwriting on the wall. The scribbling tells them that their business of building, maintaining and investing in rental housing is now in jeopardy. Progressive communities and states are waging war on them as a means of taking over the housing industry to make it government controlled. There is […]

Local New York News

NYC Says FDA Vaping Ban Has Major Flaws; Crafts Its Own Ban

By Ilana Siyance The federal government has officially taken a stand against the vaping epidemic that has swept through our city and the rest of the country. NYC officials, however, are pointing to the ban’s limitations and are glad to have their own law to fall back on. On Thursday, the Federal Food and Drug […]

Parsha Torah

Parshas Yisro–Do You Listen to What You Hear?

By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis Incredibly, the portion is entitled “Yitro” rather than “Moses” or “The Ten Commandments”. The reason for this begs an answer. The parsha opens with the simple, but piercing words, “Vayishma Yithro – Yithro heard”. The voice of G-d was audible throughout the universe, but it was only Yithro who heard. It […]

Local New York News

Victims Weigh in on Whether Bernie Madoff Should Get Early Parole

By: Scott Mancuso Should corrupt financier Bernard Madoff get a ‘get out of jail early’ card? His victims are weighing in. According to the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, victims of Madoff’s historic Ponzi scheme can send emails describing their financial tragedies to Judge Denny Chin – via the prosecutor’s office – until the end […]

Education

Freedom Center Plans Title VI Suit Against Claremont Colleges for Funding Jew Hatred

The Colleges violated President Trump’s executive order barring federal funding for anti-Semitic hate By: Sara Dogan In a letter sent to the heads of Pitzer College and Pomona College in Southern California, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, acting with the Dhillon Law Group, put the Claremont Consortium of Colleges on notice that their promotion and […]

Israel News News

Israeli Counter-Boycott on Produce from PA Takes Effect

By: Aryeh Savir Israel’s ban on all agricultural produce coming from the Palestinian Authority (PA) took Effect Sunday morning, several months after the PA launched a boycott against Israeli produce. The PA announced its ban on the purchase of Israeli livestock in mid-September. Israel has since issued several warnings and took action only on Sunday. […]

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