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Missing Rabbi Gettinger

By Dovid Cohen “Shkiah” is the Talmudic term used to describe sunset. There is much controversy surrounding the definition of…

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The Source of Faith is Faith Itself

In response to the symposium "Sources of Faith" featured in the fall 1992 issue of Jewish Action, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein…

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Remembering Anne Samson

Remembering Anne Samson By Batya Rosner When 175 teenagers ended up in the hospital with food poisoning at a West…

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Remembering Marty

In Brooklyn’s heavily Orthodox, increasingly Chassidic Boro Park neighborhood, the sound of the shofar, blaring out of open synagogue windows…

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An Unparalleled Leader

In honor of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s 20th yahrtzeit this summer, Jewish Action asked a number of contributors to reflect on…

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The Contributions of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Torah Scholarship

We live in an age of specialization, which has convinced us that even our greatest leaders excel in only a…

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A Gentle Giant : Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt”l

That Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt"l, was relatively unknown to the general Israeli public -- the secular press was astounded…

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Rabbi Dr. Isaiah Wohlgemuth: A Beloved Teacher of Tefillah

In the American Modern Orthodox community, the widely acknowledged master of teaching tefillah was a Holocaust refugee from Germany who…

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Discovering Rav Elyashiv

Since his recent petirah, much has been said and written about Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, zt”l, one of the greatest…

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The Great Sar HaTorah

A Tribute to Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv on His First Yahrtzeit

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Gadol Makes Time for OU Kosher

                    Rav Elyashiv’s rulings continue to affect millions of OU Kosher…

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