Sadly, this past Shabbat there was a shooting in Buffalo, New York. The shooting took place in a supermarket at 2:30 pm. There are a total of 13 victims: 3 wounded and 10 dead. Authorities believe the attack was racially motivated with 11 of the victims being African-Americans. The name of the supermarket was Tops Friendly Market, in the Kingsley
Read moreIt’s now Motzei Shabbos, March 19, 2022. Friday was Shushan Purim and Klal Yisroel suffered a terrible tragedy: the loss of Maran HaRav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. This awful news strengthened my resolve to still attempt to achieve my next goal to be able to grow in my ruchnius in memory of the Godol Hador. Which goal? Friday happened to be the day that I had set for myself to
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Eight months ago, if someone would have asked me if I would ever consider running 10 km (6.2 miles) I would have laughed at them! But, about six months ago an opportunity came my way — a relative of mine, who had started running, told me about a program called “RabbisCanRun.” Looking at myself in the mirror, I realized that
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Dear Gen Zers, We need to stop being intellectually lazy and afraid. Today, more than ever, we young adults too-willingly allow others to think for us. We outsource our convictions and beliefs to what we see and hear on social media, and we pompously brandish these ideas as our own. A recent survey found that over half of all U.S. teens (ages
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From March 22 to April 7, 2022, fourteen innocent civilians were murdered. Twenty-eight parents will live the rest of their lives without ever hugging their child again. Fifteen children will grow up without their biological parent. Fifty-six grandparents won’t see their grandchild sitting at the dinner table on holiday nights again. Three wives and two husbands will never get to
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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches the two-week mark, heartbreaking images of the devastation and suffering inflicted by the war reverberate around the world and compound the complexity of the global response to the Ukrainian crisis. In a modern era dominated by media access and technology, the world’s viewers have been given instant awareness and visions of war unlike
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There is no manual for the biggest and most popular job in the world: parenting. It is up to each parent to decide how they will raise their child, and although they might have role models and some guidelines, for the most part, parents are learning how to be good parents as they get more experience parenting. According to the
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https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Depicting-Visual-Arguments%3A-An-ART-Approach-Groarke/5460f2e2cb424a0b2b39b5ded15a1f95373c07c7#citing-papers L. Groarke cites this figure in his essay on “Depicting Visual Arguments: An ART Approach”. This is a political image depicting the Israel Palestine conflict. This conflict is a long-lasting conflict starting over 50 years ago, with its roots starting even earlier. Ever since Israel has become its own country there has been a constant battle between Israel and
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An amusement park is: “a commercially operated park having various devices for entertainment (such as a merry-go-round and roller coaster) and usual booths for the sale of food and drink” (Merriam Webster). According to Kids Konnect, the first amusement parks were created in Europe during the middle ages; these parks consisted of fairy and pleasure gardens where people attended for
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In response to recent anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place in major cities across the globe, including New York, London, Paris, Jerusalem, and my hometown of Los Angeles, a quote from a 16th-century play by William Shakespeare comes to mind. In the first scene of the third act of Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare conveyed an unprecedented message
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The Valley Torah Scroll 