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The former Nova Southeastern Law School Campus has been sold to the Jewish Academy. This transaction marks the first time in Florida’s history that a Jewish school has purchased a former college campus, aligning perfectly with the Jewish Academy’s unique college prep vision.

In 1997, the diaries of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe, were opened and read. In the diaries was a story about Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s grandfather, the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Dov-Ber Schneerson. In the winter of 1902-1903, Rabbi Dov-Ber Schneerson, who lived in Russia, was suffering from “malaise.” Today, we would probably call this depression. Rabbi Dov-Ber Schneerson had many reasons to feel depressed.

Recap: Akiva and Estee are rescued from the house with help from the dog Star. The earthquake caused a fire. When their Zeidy and aunt come back home, everyone realizes that Ernest is missing.

Do we ever stop and think about who we are, as Klal Yisrael? How precious we are to Hashem?

We have an amazing revelation in parshas Balak. Bilam wanted to curse klal Yisrael, and instead was forced to bless us. The Medrash says that when Bilam said the brachos, they were heard by the entire world. (Yalkut Shimoni)

Recap: Zevi and Jordie are hiding in a room in Buckingham Palace because they were being followed. They open up Nana’s journal. The last thing they read in the journal was that Akiva and Estee were trapped in the house during the earthquake and it caught on fire.

Lone gunmen aren’t necessarily motivated by extreme rhetoric, but the shooting in Pennsylvania should put an end to the “anyone I don’t like is Hitler” discourse.

(July 15, 2024 / JNS) At what point does angry political discourse cross the line between legitimate impassioned advocacy and direct incitement to violence? It’s a question that’s been all too common in both the United States and Israel for the past generation.