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Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 4:46 p.m. Torah: Ex. 10:1­13:16 Haftarah: Judges 4:4-5:31 Havdalah: 5:49 p.m. The splitting of the Red (Reed) Sea was the remarkable miracle that indisputably confirmed the Hebrews as free people. The Egyptians had chased them into the desert, hoping to force their former slaves to return; Moses extended his hand over […]

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Israeli film director Dror Moreh has just released his latest film, “The Gatekeepers,” a documentary that consists of interviews with six men who formerly directed Israel’s Shin Bet, the country’s security agency. Now retired, the men offer a candid and often critical assessment of the way Israel has handled the Palestinian conflict. The movie and […]

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The baseball great Stan Musial passed away this week and, with his passing, a piece of my past died, as well. Allow me to explain. I am named after my great-grandfather, Shmuel Aryeh Poplack. For some reason, however, my father did not like the name Samuel, the corresponding English name for Shmuel. A sports fan […]

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