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NY Times    While the Democratic field remained unsettled, Mr. Lhota was moving on Thursday to reach out to potential supporters. In the...

A critical contribution to social understanding. He presents the thesis that behavior is best driven by focus on why we doing things rather...

NY Times [...] Wade’s approach — used schoolwide at Garfield Elementary, in Oakland, Calif. — is part of a strategy known as social-emo...

Times of Israel    Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement – begins this Friday evening. Many people know Jews don’t eat or drink for 25 hours ...

NY Times     [...] In the nearly 20 years since the death of the rebbe, as Rabbi Schneerson was known, what began as a spontaneous pilgr...

NY Times    The clues were buried in her bedroom. Before leaving for school on Monday morning, Rebecca Ann Sedwick had hidden her schoolb...

Scientific American    Today is the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur . Although it is often called the “holiest day of the Jewish year,” wha...

Crown Heights Info    At a recent Chaddishe auspicious day, celebrated with a children’s rally at 770 with several schools participating...

Five Towns Jewish Times   אשמנו  - We have been guilty.  We have cared more for our reputations than we have for the victims of mol...

Hidabroot       This video interview presents a clear contrast to the hashkofa presented in a previous post - A tzadik is born because of ...

Guest Post from Pinchas Shalom I went to get ד' מינים (Luluv & Esrog) tonight. After putting a few Esrogim aside i turne...

The Age - Australia    Australia's most senior Orthodox rabbi has apologised for years of mishandling and cover-up of child sexual a...

NY Times   Kenneth P. Thompson, a former federal prosecutor, performed the rare feat of defeating a sitting district attorney by beating ...

Times of Israel   [see also YNET ] The Jerusalem District Court convicted the leader of a “sadistic cult” uncovered in 2011 and his acco...