Issue

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Fagin, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union" } ] }, "title": "Bayamim Hahem, Bazman Hazeh: Some Reflections on Modern Miracles", "excerpt": "This year you can read this piece, but next year, you need to witness Yarchei...", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_196,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440411/Jewishaction/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_501,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440411/Jewishaction/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_668,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440411/Jewishaction/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018.jpg?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440411/Jewishaction/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018/ncsy-yarchei-kallah-2018.jpg?_i=AA 1149w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": 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“American niggun.” The Unsung Composer of the Songs We All Sing by David Olivestone Personal Memories of A Modern-Day Sweet Singer of Israel by Tzvi Hersh Weinreb</p>\n", "uri": "/profile/remembering-rabbi-ben-zion-shenker-ztl/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_201,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_514,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_425,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 1024w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/profile/", "name": "Profile" }, { "uri": "/category/tribute/", "name": "Tribute" } ] }, "title": "Ben Zion Shenker: The Unsung Composer of the Songs We All Sing", "excerpt": "<p>By David Olivestone This past November, on the Friday evening of the week in which Ben Zion Shenker, z”l, passed away, my wife and I were guests in the home of a Sephardi family. Expecting a different type of Shabbat experience, I was taken by surprise when the host led us in singing Eshet Chayil [&hellip;]</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/ben-zion-shenker-unsung-composer-songs-sing/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_201,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_514,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_425,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA 1024w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679437394/Jewishaction/shenker-milken-archive/shenker-milken-archive.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/profile/", "name": "Profile" }, { "uri": "/category/tribute/", "name": "Tribute" } ] }, "title": "Personal Memories of A Modern-Day Sweet Singer of Israel", "excerpt": "<p>He unfailingly attached his melodies to appropriate texts, and displayed an uncanny ability to instill in those texts new spiritual significance.</p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/people/personal-memories-modern-day-sweet-singer-israel/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440413/Jewishaction/shenker-stauber1/shenker-stauber1.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_512,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440413/Jewishaction/shenker-stauber1/shenker-stauber1.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_423,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440413/Jewishaction/shenker-stauber1/shenker-stauber1.jpg?_i=AA 635w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440413/Jewishaction/shenker-stauber1/shenker-stauber1.jpg?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679440413/Jewishaction/shenker-stauber1/shenker-stauber1.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" } ] }, "title": "Excelling in Faith", "excerpt": "<p>We live in a generation where mitzvah observance and Torah study have risen dramatically over previous generations. Yet, it is one of life’s great ironies that despite the explosion in Torah learning and observance, we seem more distant from the Ribbono shel Olam. We are missing something.</p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/excelling-in-faith/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679432558/Jewishaction/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_512,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679432558/Jewishaction/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_423,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679432558/Jewishaction/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com.jpg?_i=AA 635w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679432558/Jewishaction/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com/blue-sky-white-clouds-picjumbo-com.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/jewish-law/", "name": "Jewish Law" }, { "uri": "/category/health/medicine/", "name": "Medicine" } ] }, "title": "The Future of Reproductive Medicine: What Does Halachah Say?", "excerpt": "<p>There is a real need for rabbinical scholars to gain a deeper understanding of new biotechnologies, as the Jewish community needs to have halachic positions on various complex bioethical issues related to reproductive medicine.</p>\n", "uri": "/religion/jewish-law/future-reproductive-medicine-halachah-say/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410824/Jewishaction/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_513,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410824/Jewishaction/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_424,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410824/Jewishaction/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA 635w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410824/Jewishaction/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK/shutterstock_443061874_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/life-ordeals/", "name": "Life Ordeals" }, { "uri": "/category/family/marriage/", "name": "Marriage" }, { "uri": "/category/family/parenting/", "name": "Parenting" } ] }, "title": "Children after Divorce", "excerpt": "<p>For kids of divorce, their parents’ decision to separate, as well-intentioned or unpreventable as it may be, means that life will never be the same again. </p>\n", "uri": "/family/parenting/children-after-divorce/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403967/Jewishaction/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_512,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403967/Jewishaction/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_423,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403967/Jewishaction/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA 635w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403967/Jewishaction/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK/divorce-kid-GettyImages-157483391_CMYK.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/life-ordeals/", "name": "Life Ordeals" }, { "uri": "/category/family/marriage/", "name": "Marriage" } ] }, "title": "The Data on Divorce: Q & A with Dr. Yitzchak Schechter", "excerpt": "<p>Dr. Schechter recently spoke with Jewish Action editor Nechama Carmel about his research on divorce in the Orthodox community. </p>\n", "uri": "/family/marriage/data-divorce-q-dr-yitzchak-schechter/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_234,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410800/Jewishaction/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_598,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410800/Jewishaction/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_635,h_495,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410800/Jewishaction/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514.jpg?_i=AA 635w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1679410800/Jewishaction/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514/schechter-divorce2-e1490127743514.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/life-ordeals/", "name": "Life Ordeals" }, { "uri": "/category/family/marriage/", "name": "Marriage" }, { "uri": "/category/family/relationships/", "name": "Relationships" } ] }, "title": "The Scars of Divorce", "excerpt": "<p>For adults who experienced their parents’ divorce, these emotional scars can influence their own experience of dating and marriage.</p>\n", "uri": "/family/marriage/the-scars-of-divorce/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_273,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403962/Jewishaction/faded-mom-divorce-getty/faded-mom-divorce-getty.jpg?_i=AA 273w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_844,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1679403962/Jewishaction/faded-mom-divorce-getty/faded-mom-divorce-getty.jpg?_i=AA 768w, 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Volume # 0

Spring 2017(5777)

In this issue
Remembering Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, zt”l
People

Remembering Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, zt”l

David Olivestone, former senior communications officer of the OU, and Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, OU executive vice president, emeritus, remember Ben Zion Shenker, z”l, trailblazing composer of the “American niggun.” The Unsung Composer of the Songs We All Sing by David Olivestone Personal Memories of A Modern-Day Sweet Singer of Israel by Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

Ben Zion Shenker: The Unsung Composer of the Songs We All Sing
People

Ben Zion Shenker: The Unsung Composer of the Songs We All Sing

By David Olivestone This past November, on the Friday evening of the week in which Ben Zion Shenker, z”l, passed away, my wife and I were guests in the home of a Sephardi family. Expecting a different type of Shabbat experience, I was taken by surprise when the host led us in singing Eshet Chayil […]

Excelling in Faith
Reviews

Excelling in Faith

We live in a generation where mitzvah observance and Torah study have risen dramatically over previous generations. Yet, it is one of life’s great ironies that despite the explosion in Torah learning and observance, we seem more distant from the Ribbono shel Olam. We are missing something.

Children after Divorce
Life Ordeals

Children after Divorce

For kids of divorce, their parents’ decision to separate, as well-intentioned or unpreventable as it may be, means that life will never be the same again.

The Scars of Divorce
Life Ordeals

The Scars of Divorce

For adults who experienced their parents’ divorce, these emotional scars can influence their own experience of dating and marriage.

Jerusalem Reunited
History

Jerusalem Reunited

Relive the sense of awe and wonder that Jews the world over—religious and secular alike—felt then, and reaffirm your own faith in the eternity of the Jewish people. Am Yisrael Chai.

A Different Twist On Pesach!
Passover

A Different Twist On Pesach!

Cookbook author and caterer Naomi Nachman certainly knows a thing or two about putting a modern twist on traditional Passover dishes. Her new cookbook, Perfect for Pesach (ArtScroll), is packed with creative, imaginative recipes that are easy yet elegant, and are absolutely perfect for Passover. Passover will never be quite the same! Enjoy! Recipes and […]