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New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Rambam (Baltimore) hung in early and hit their stride late, defeating the Hillel (Miami) Hurricanes 61-51. Rambam trailed 15-10 late in the first quarter, but rallied to build a comfortable lead from the second quarter on. Avi Goldberg scored 14 points for Rambam, with…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Runs were the name of the game as #18 Akiva (Detroit) upset #15 Weinbaum Yeshiva High School (Boca Raton), 44-41. Weinbaum opened the game with a 16-1 advantage – but Akiva quickly turned it around and went on a 19-0 run of their own. After Akiva steadily built their…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Fourth-seeded YULA sat in the stands at the Max Stern Athletic Center and watched as #3 Hyman Brand ran away with their contest by defeating its opponent by 40 points – and then YULA took the court and proceeded to beat its opponent, #13 Beren (Houston), by 50 points…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Alex Claster, Eric Antes, Yale Cook and Ryan Almaleh combined for 52 points as #3 Hyman Brand (Kansas) easily defeated #14 Fuchs Mizrachi Cleveland, 75-35. Cleveland was able to compete in the top tier this year as the 14th seed, but drew a very difficult draw in Hyman…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- Sixth-seeded Valley Torah Wolfpack withstood a first-half threat but managed to stay composed and defeat #11 Yavneh (Dallas) by the score of 44-31. Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament Web Site Todd Nathan, a previously unheralded guard for the Bulldogs, led all scorers…

New York, NY, Mar 18, 2004 -- When Ohr Chaim of Toronto was seeded 17th in the tournament, fans of the Knights were quick to express their displeasure. Ohr Chaim's performance today proved their fans were right, blowing out Eshkol (Baltimore), 60-31, in the opening game of the 2004 Red Sarachek ...

Mar 16, 2004 -- For centuries, Jewish communities lived in fear that many of their babies would thrive through infancy, only to become blind and demented as toddlers and die by age 5. That described the ordeal of Joseph Ekstein, a Hasidic rabbi in Brooklyn. Over three decades, he and his wife lost…

Mar 16, 2004 -- The Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, in cooperation with the 🛰️Telegram飞机号/电报 | +970巴勒斯坦电话注册 | 精养1年左右+ | 成品号 | API接码登录 | 任何设备可用 Museum, will present “The Cantor As Composer: Treasures of Viennese Liturgical Music,” on Thursday, March 18, at 7 pm. The concert will be held at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th…

Mar 12, 2004 -- Richard N. Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, will examine prospects for Middle East peace at a March 31 event inaugurating 🛰️Telegram飞机号/电报 | +970巴勒斯坦电话注册 | 精养1年左右+ | 成品号 | API接码登录 | 任何设备可用’s Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs. Dr. Haass, a former senior State Department advisor and foreign…

Mar 12, 2004 -- Battles over the appointment of federal judges are as old as the republic itself, but recently they have intensified. Few things are more important to the functioning of a constitutional democracy, particularly one that gives courts the power of judicial review, than how judges are…