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Lessons From Beren’s Legal Challenge

On the morning of Feb. 28, Alyza Lewin of the law firm, Lewin & Lewin, invited me to participate in a conference call to discuss a burgeoning controversy involving the basketball team of the Robert M. Beren Academy, an Orthodox day school in Houston. Alyza and her father, the venerated constitutional lawyer, Nathan Lewin, had […]

Portraits Of Israelis As Young Men

Israel through the eyes of a different kind of Old Master.

Salt Of The Earth

Candlelighting, Readings: Shabbat candles: 6:53 p.m. Torah: Leviticus 1:1-5:26; Exodus 12:1-20; Numbers 28:9-15 Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 Havdalah: 7:53 p.m. Today people break bread together to show camaraderie; in olden days people used to share salt as a sign of friendship. In addition to its tastiness salt is ubiquitously found on dinner tables […]

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Lessons From Beren’s Legal Challenge

Portraits Of Israelis As Young Men

Salt Of The Earth

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