At over 1,000 pages, “A Lethal Obsession: Anti-Semitism from Antiquity to the Global Jihad” (Random House, 2010) does not lend itself to a quick read. Nevertheless, due to this large …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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1/10/24
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Rabbi Berel Wein, in his introduction to a translation of the Kli Yakar by his friend, Elihu Levine, said in regard to the art of translation: “To be truly faithful to the original, the …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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1/4/24
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It is not unusual for a book’s title to include a year. 1776 and 1912 are among my favorites. They resonate deep meaning and so does the year 1492.
“1492,” subtitled …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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12/27/23
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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12/13/23
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This week’s column is focused on the teachings of Rav Shalom Noach Berezovsky zt’’l, the Slonimer Rebbe, in translation and interpretation by Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein in his …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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12/6/23
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Rabbi Aryeh Pinchas Strickoff, author of “Inside Chanukah: Fascinating and Intriguing Insights on Chanukah, Its Miracles, and its History” (Feldheim 2012) perhaps said it best in his …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/29/23
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A version of this column was published in 2008.
With the economic situation deteriorating each day, anything dealing with the history of past economic disasters is bound to peak our interest. …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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11/22/23
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For most Jews, a sukkah conjures a booth with canvas or wooden walls, and bamboo or some sort of foliage on top as schach . Sarah Sassoon, 42, had a very different experience. …
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By Orit Arfa, JNS
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9/27/23
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You shouldn’t judge Soviet Jewish homes by their book covers, yet their bookshelves often contained the only clues that they were Jewish homes.
The overwhelming majority …
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By Menachem Wecker, JNS
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5/3/23
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Noa Tishby, 47, Israel’s inaugural special envoy for combating antisemitism and the delegitimization of Israel, is not known for holding punches. Her Feb. 21 talk at Duke University in Durham, …
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By David Swindle, JNS
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3/8/23
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