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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, An interesting church-state case, Crisitello v. St. Teresa School, has climbed the ladder all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court. The case is important because the court’s eventual decision might have a significant impact on employer-employee relations in all private religious schools,...

YI of Kew Gardens Hills Plans Tribute to Rabbi Schonfeld, z"l By JLNJ Staff | May 13, 2021 (Courtesy of YI of Kew Garden Hills) On Sunday June 6 at 1 p.m. Easterm time (8 p.m. in Israel), the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills will hold a virtual memorial tribute to its founding rabbi, Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, z”l, who passed away in December 2020. Rabbi Schonfeld, an erudite man who was at home in many worlds and known around the world, built the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills from a minyan in the basement of the Saperstein home into a bustling shul with mul...

By Rabbi Haim Jachter | May 06, 2021 Nakdimon ben Gurion triggered a fantastic miracle! The Gemara (Ta’anit 19b-20a) describes how Nakdimon cried out to Hashem in desperate times to demonstrate that Hashem still loves the Jewish people. In response, Hashem caused the sun to shine after it had set (translation adapted from Sefaria.org). The Sages taught: Once, all the Jewish people ascended for the pilgrimage Festival to Jerusalem and there was not enough water for them to drink. Nakdimon ben Gurion, one of the wealthy citizens of Jerusalem, went to a certain Roman officer [he...

Dubai: In an historic first, Jewish communities in the Gulf will hold a joint virtual Lag B’Omer/Iftar celebration hosted by the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC), the people-to-people network of Jewish communities from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that are developing Jewish life in the region. The event will include a panel discussion with Jewish and Muslim ambassadors focusing on how interfaith and co-existence is propelling the GCC region forward. On Thursday, April 29, at 7pm in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia and 8pm in UAE and Oman, the AGJC will ho...