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Len Saxe is correct (“Leading Demographer Questioning New York Population Study,” July 27). The Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011 overestimates the number of Orthodox children ages 5-17 in day schools in the eight-county New York area. New York State Education Department enrollment data, which are consistent with the Avi Chai day school report […]

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Isn’t it nice to see Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama fighting it out over who is Israel’s greater friend and ally? My advice: sit back and enjoy it while it lasts, but don’t take it too seriously. Here’s Romney at the Western Wall on Tisha b’Av, the most somber day on the Jewish calendar, […]

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 7:51 p.m. Torah: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11 Haftarah: Isaiah 40:1-26 Havdalah: 8:53 p.m.              The Rabbis warn us against comforting mourners “while their dead still lie before them.” But frequently, especially in tragic situations, our dead seem always to lie before us. Their images do not gracefully retire for the night, as we wish […]

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