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By Yaakov Lappin/JNS By Nachi Troodler he American airstrike assassination s the studentsof at Iran’s Jack Islamic Revolutionary M. Barrack Hebrew Guard Academy Corps’ in Quds Bryn Force Mawr commander, Gen. Qassem began fillingMaj. the cavernous Soleimani, Baghdad early cafeteria onin Thursday morning, on Friday13th, follows a major February the excitement miscalculation on the of was palpable. There waspart a buzz Tehran in the to up2020 the in the air as decision POLITICON ante against the United States. was set to get underway. While the extent of Iran’s reA quadrennial political sponse is not yetonclear, modern military conference planners the region, includAmericanindemocracy, Barrack’s ing in Israel, willisneed to prepare POLITICON intended to educate the student body on
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for the most severe scenarios. Even though Iran may seek to launch a calculated retaliation, which would exact a price without going to war, no one can be sure of where events will go next. Indications of Iran’s intent to escalate in the region were already in late Barrack seniorapparent Luke Finklestein, November, when Sanders U.S. Gen. who played Bernie in the mock primary election, and Kenneth F. McKenzie, the sophomore Friedman head of theBeila military’s Central Command responsible the a wide variety of issuesfor within the fields of politics, law, media, CONTINUED ON P. 6 and government.
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he Super Bowl may have come and gone, but Super Sunday is looming on the horizon. On Sunday, February 23, over 600 volunteers will give of their time to help the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia raise muchneeded funds to aid vulnerable populations and provide critical asking them to renew their support to Jewish life and financial commitment. The learning. calls will be made between Volunteers throughout 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. from the Greater Philadelphia multiple locations throughout Qassem Soleimani receives a medal Iranian Supreme the from community, including community will be calling Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Wikimedia Commons) the Jewish Community Federation supporters over (source: the course of the day and CONTINUED ON P. 20
A Hate Crime is In My February Hometown Jewish Disability
The Siyum HaShas and The Survivors’ Talmud
Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month
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he Survivors’ Talmud is an edition published in the United States Zone in Allied-Occupied hat a sight! The Sanzer HaRav Malkiel Kotler, shlita, GermanyRebbe, at the request shlita, from HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, of Holocaust Eretz survivors Yisrael entered shlita, HaGaon HaRav Yeruchem in cavernous the displaced Center Olshin, shlita, HaGaon HaRav the Prudential persons camps. At the 20,000 Rabbi Mordecai Terebelo, Menahel Aharon Feldman, shlita, HaGaon in Newark as some 13th Siyum at PolitzHaRav Hebrew Academy and rabbi Reuven Feinstein, shlita, stood on theirHaShas, feet, craning held necks on January at atthe Congregation Ahavas Torah, the Kalever Rebbe, shlita, the their to see1 while MetLife Stadium in New played examines the gemara together withthe Kosover Rebbe, shlita, phenomenal orchestra Jersey, the‘Tzadik siyumKa’tomor’ was his Skolyer Rebbe, shlita and so the song, . Asstudents. made by Rabbi the Rebbe madeShmuel his way to the many others, rose as one and an over overflow crowd him, of Kamenetsky using a volume walked to greet large round table in the middle was 20,000 the from Moregedolei than nearly escorting himpeople to hisat seat. of thethis daisprinting. where the 90,000 were people werethepresent Yisrael sitting, roshei Meanwhile, the 20,000 Yidden at MetLife and there CONTINUED ON P. 26 yeshiva andStadium, admorim, HaGaon
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’ve driven down Forshay Road in Monsey hundreds of times. Having grown up in Monsey less than two miles from there, I’ve traveled that road on Horowitz countless occasions By Gwen during the course of my lifetime. as I drove ewishHowever, communities in down ForshayAmerica Road on Sunday North have afternoon, December 29,Jewish things celebrated were noticeably erent. Disability Awareness diff Month News 2009. trucks The lined name both sides since has of the street, TV reporters were evolved to include the terms doing live interviews, and there “acceptance” and “inclusion. ” were hordes walking JDAIM’s goal ofispeople to highlight in various directions. efforts our communities’ 15 hours in Approximately removing barriers to earlier, on inMotzei participation Jewish Shabbat, life and December 28,toathe man walked bring attention issues.
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into the home of Rabbi Chaim Leibish Rottenberg as people were gathered there to celebrate the seventh night of Chanukah. After entering the rabbi’s home, he unsheathed a large machete and began stabbing people, seriously wounding several of them. The attacker then attempted to enter Rabbi Rottenberg’s shul, Congregation Netzach Yisroel, Shelly Christensen, cowhich is oflocated nextsays doorthe to founder JDAIM, the rabbi’s home, but thankfully initiative’s purpose is to those inside heard “advance thethe twoshul pillars of the an commotion from the –house and inclusive community the spirit locked the door, thereby preof belonging and the structure venting the attacker from getof inclusion. Belonging is ting in and that likelywe saving lives. in something all want our lives – including people
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