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By JASPER LAPIENSKI

‘In the days of Matisyahu,” the prayer begins, “the wicked kingdom of the Hellenists overtook the Jewish people, so as to cause them to forget the Torah and disregard Your [G-d’s] will.”Get your candles out everyone, it’s time for Chanukah. And for...

By JASPER LAPIENSKI

“In a place where there is no man, strive to be a man.” (Avot 2:6)If you take just the second half of this statement, it sounds uncomfortably familiar: Be a man. We hear that a lot these days. Real men don’t cry; be a man. Shoulder the burden. Do your...

By JASPER LAPIENSKI

Pushing. Squeezing. Sweating. Fighting for position, I tensed every muscle in my torso to give myself enough room to breathe. What was I thinking?!Eleven months ago today, I found myself in the basement of a famous synagogue in Brooklyn on the first...