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We’re going home!
Not only didn’t the recent troubles along Israel’s borders stop any of the 232 North Americans who planned to make aliyah on Tuesday’s Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, but …
Analysis
Why Putin loves Israel: It’s his drive to make Russia great again
While American politicians and pundits fumed at President Donald Trump’s performance in Helsinki, Israel emerged a winner. As reported in The Jewish Star last week, Trump said that he and …
culture
A blast from Russia’s past: Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ in NY
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s new production of “Fiddler on the Roof” enacts a familiar story in an unfamiliar language. The actors sing about joy and hardship, and …
camps
Kids at Hillel meet some Mets
Mets Brandon Nimmo and Robert Gsellman visited Hillel Day Camp in Lawrence on Friday. Isaac Radzik, 11, may be wearing Eagles and Knicks gear, but he couldn’t wait to get Nimmo’s …
bds
LA may prosecute anti-Israel disruptors at UCLA
It began as yet another frustrating example of a university refusing to take action. After aggressive disruption at a Students Supporting Israel panel discussion at the University of California-Los …
israel
Entire Kotel is ‘danger zone’: archaeologist
After a large stone fell from the Western Wall on Monday, an Israeli archaeologist declared the holy site’s entire plaza a “danger zone.” Other stones “could immediately …
opinion
Ocasio-Cortez and libeling of Israel
At only 28 years old and with nothing but an upset primary win in a New York City congressional district on her résumé, being anointed the “future of the Democratic Party” was quite a burden to …
guns for kids
Sacha Baron Cohen plays Israeli caricature
Sacha Baron Cohen is back, debuting “Who is America?” on Sunday night on Showtime. In one of four segments on opening night, the British Jewish comic — disguising himself in …
israel
Hadassah helps save lives of Syrian children
Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) and the Baruch Padeh Poriya Hospital in Tiberias recently launched a unique collaboration through the IDF’s “Good Neighbor” program to save the …
local
Downtown Far Rockaway set to get 681 apartments
Decrepit downtown Far Rockaway is set for a facelift by 2021, as 681 units of housing — ranging from low-income through “affordable” — rise on two pivotal sites in “Far …
bds
Bashing Israel is now in fashion at Teen Vogue
Once a must-read for young fashonistas, Teen Vogue in 2016 expanded its coverage, shifting the magazine more aggressively into “covering politics, feminism, identity and activism” through …
héros for israel
Israel salutes America: 70 who counted in 70
Hubert Humphrey’s nickname was “The Happy Warrior.” The vice president, presidential candidate and longtime Minnesota senator was given the moniker by other politicians …
israel
Building continues in Negev’s south
Amid the billowing smoke across the nearby Gaza border, deep in Israel’s Negev, the new community of Shlomit laid a cornerstone for their future community center. The new structure will serve …
community
Silence not golden in fight on substance abuse
Several hundred Five Towners came together on Monday night to mobilize against a plague of drug and alcohol abuse that’s touching a growing number of local families. “We’re in …
health mind and body
Film about frum female ambulance corps opens
Like many heavily Orthodox neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Borough Park has been served for decades by an all-male Hatzalah volunteer ambulance corps. Hatzalah (spelled Hatzolah in Borough Park) caters to …
This week in Torah
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A Shabbat Nachamu that offers double comfort
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Who gets the blame when it’s no one’s fault?
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When truth meets real life
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Nachamu, Nachamu: Thoughts on consolation
Someone has suffered the loss of a loved one. We visit the mourner’s home during shiva to offer words of consolation. Upon leaving, a Sephardic custom is to say “Min hashamayim tenuchamu,” may …
Kosher Bookworm
Celebrating Tu B’Av and the coming of Elul
With summer nearing its end, we are more mindful of the upcoming High Holidays and their themes and observances. However, we first arrive, next week, at what Rabbi Abraham Twerski calls the greatest …
Who's in the Kitchen
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Meatless hot dogs for vegan BBQ
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The knishes of Grossingers, and a bygone era
As I sit here writing this column, four days before Shabbat Nachamu, I am nostalgic. It’s been 34 years since I was at Grossinger’s, but the memories are more vivid than ever. Each summer, …
Kosher Kitchen
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Grilled fruit for summer, chock full of flavor
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Enjoying garlic (flavor, aroma!) in all its glory
If you don’t love the smell, the taste, and even the texture of garlic, then I’m afraid this column is not for you. But if you can’t get enough of this delectable herb, once thought to vanquish …
View from Central Park
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Tehilla, back home, sends ‘View from Jerusalem’
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Jerusalem soccer cheers, and ‘Dialogue in the Dark’
The World Cup fell during my one-week trip to Israel. Everywhere I went, crowds huddled around screens, people dropped their obligations, transported to the field as they followed the games. On my …
Viewpoint
France’s rep at stake in murder of Sarah Halimi
For the second time in 20 years, France basked in the accomplishment of winning the World Cup with a team whose diversity was as much a symbol of national unity as the creative brand of soccer they …
Politics to Go
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Exodus 1947: When Brits hit Shoah’s victims
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Israel declares itself a Jewish state. So what?
Zionism: A political movement, to establish a political and geographic nation-state for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland. Last week, the Israeli Knesset passed the 15th Basic Law. …