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Light Rain Far Rockaway rep warns AOC
Far Rockaway’s representative in Congress, Rep. Gregory Meeks, scolded fellow Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last week for sowing disunity among Democrats, suggesting AOC may face a …
Government
Telling the truth about those who hate Jews
The following is adapted from my remarks on Monday at the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism. It is a matter of no small irony that college campuses are among the places …
the americas
Oldest Jewish cemetery fades away
Willemstad, Curaçao — More than a few old Jewish cemeteries are located in down-and-out corners of decaying urban areas. The four-centuries old Beth Haim Cemetery here is different. …
health mind and body
6 Jewish food favorites you should eat less
With summer barbecue season here, Americans will be firing up their grills. But many of our culinary indulgences come with a cost. We’re not just talking about foods that are overly salty, …
An explainer
Why Ethiopian Israelis are angry
JERUSALEM — Protests by the Ethiopian-Israeli community and their supporters continued in Israel last week in the wake of the killing of an Ethiopian-Israeli teen by an off-duty police …
Latin America
AMIA attack changed Latin Am Jewry forever
AMHERST, Mass. — Twenty-five years after the terrorist attack that targeted the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, leaving 85 people dead and hundreds more injured, one thing is clear: The …
europe
In Alps, locals and haredi tourists get along
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america
4 member Selma synagogue eyes its future
Whenever the lone synagogue in Selma, Alabama, needs dusting, new lighting or vacuuming, Ronnie Leet is the one who does it. It’s tiring work — especially since the 120-year-old Temple …
mainstream media
Mark Levin’s bestseller rips American media
>The newspaper that boasts it prints “all the news that’s fit to print” had no choice but to put Mark Levin’s damning book on their bestseller …
leadership
Great Neck’s Rhoda Smolow new Hadassah prez
Rhoda Smolow of Great Neck was elected National President of Hadassah this week, during its convention at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. With over 300,000 members, the …
Israel
Bibi rattles sabers over Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reminded the Islamic Republic of Isran on Tuesday that Israel’s stealth fighter jets “can reach every place in the Middle …
Europe
Did the Jewish museum in Munich libel Israel?
The Jewish Museum Munich is being accused of “libel” against Israel and a Zionist agency for an exhibit that includes harsh criticism of the Jewish state. Critics of the museum object …
Latin America
Twice saved: Archives survived Shoah and AMIA
Abraham Lichtenbaum was getting ready to leave his house on July 18, 1994 when, at 9:53 am, he heard an explosion: The headquarters of Argentina’s 200,000-strong Jewish community, the AMIA, …
opinion
‘Lobstergate’ and non-kosher coercion
In the midst of countrywide fury over two deadly serious issues — the killing of an Ethiopian Israeli teenager by a police officer in Haifa, and the horrifying abuse of toddlers at a private …
america
Southern Jewish museum moves its collection
A prosthetic leg that belonged to a Russian Jewish immigrant to Lake Providence, Louisiana. An 8-foot neon sign from a hotel that advertised itself as the only establishment with an “up to date …
chevra kadisha
What it’s like preparing a Jewish body for burial
In Jewish communities around the world, a little-known group of men and women are dedicated to performing the mitzvah …
orthodox union
5 Towners, representing OU, huddle with Bibi
Orthodox Union leaders from throughout the United States and Canada met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed the need to expand initiatives focused …
Israel
White House disinvites tainted cartoonist
The White House on Wednesday withdrew an invitation to political cartoonist Ben Garrison, who has been accused by the …
europe
Israelis irked as young move to Germany, Austria
On the surface, Gil Levanon and Kat Rohrer seem unlikely friends. Levanon is an Israeli, the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor. Rohrer, an Austrian, is the granddaughter of an avowed Nazi …
This week in Torah
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Fence on left,fence on right
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Struggling for our right to live on our land
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Only what they want to hear
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Mah Tovu — how goodly are your tents, O Jacob!
A people that dwells alone
This is an extraordinary moment in Jewish history, for good and not-so-good reasons. For the first time in almost 4,000 years we have simultaneously sovereignty and independence in the land and state …
Kosher Bookworm
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Herman Wouk: A great American, a great Jew
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The legacy of Isaac Sturm
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Color blue in our religious tradition
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A Jewish perspective on the Fourth of July
Literature of the three weeks and the Holocaust
Midway through the month of Tammuz, our religious focus shifts to observances commemorating the saddest events in our history. The destruction of the two Temples, the murders and massacres of …
Who's in the Kitchen
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Making friends (and quiches, too)
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Nursery school to graduate degree: NOW I’m old
Two weeks ago, I attended the graduate school commencement of my daughter Jordana. En route on the LIRR, my mind wandered down memory lane, to the first of my childrens’ graduations. First …
Kosher Kitchen
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Stick to the rainbow
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2 summer delights: Avocados and ice cream
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Bring on the barbecue
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Cheering our red, white and blue: Let’s cook!
When it’s sizzling hot, it’s time for cool foods
Hot! Hot! Hot! The weather is doing what it does in the summer. It heats up, the humidity rises and the air stops moving. Stale and hot. If you can get to the beach, go. If you have air conditioning, …
View from Central Park
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Happy birthday, America!
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Yes, AOC, you invoked ‘extermination’
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For the love of wine, grown on desert vines
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Ethiopian struggle in Israel
Something has gone wrong in the integration of the Ethiopian Beta Israel community into Israeli society. I have an abiding affection for the Ethiopian community, and on both a human and an Am Yisrael …
Viewpoint
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TIP is dead, long live the Israel Project
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‘El poderosísimo lobby Judío:’ Spanish obsession
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Malmö 2020: World leaders v. anti-Semitism
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Arab homophobia and Western indifference
One of the more spiteful terms to have emerged from the global campaign against the State of Israel is “pinkwashing” — a catchphrase insinuating that Israel cynically uses its LGBT+ …
Politics to Go
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In Boca, ‘Never Forget’ was optional
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Time to criticize Dem whip Clyburn
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No politics in ‘concentration camps’
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Iran smashing uranium stockpile limit
New report boosts view that Iran’s been violating JCPOA
As the pressure continues to build between the US and Iran, many liberals are blaming the tensions on President Trump and his decision to leave the Iran nuclear deal (the JCPOA). Some even claim that …
torah
Life and death are in the power of speech
What is the Jewish stance on cursing and curse words? Researchers have found that about 0.7 percent of a typical American’s speech is made up of swear words. …
israel
Beyond final encore: What culture brings to Jerusalem
Established in 1961 as a classical music festival in Caesarea, the Israel Festival, now in its 58th year and which runs this year from May 30 to June 15, was “relocated” to Jerusalem in …