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Overcast ZOA: ‘Thank G-d for President Trump’
Zionist Organization of America President Morton Klein brought the ZOA’s annual gala to its feet amid thunderous applause Sunday night when he called President Trump “the greatest friend …
shluchim confab
Chabad draws 5,600 to its international gala
More than 5,600 rabbis and guests from 100 countries gathered for a gala dinner highlighting the 35th International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. The celebration was infused with …
health mind and body
Far Rockaway hospital opens a kosher respite room
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway celebrated the opening of its new kosher respite room on Sunday, Oct. 28. The first floor space, run by the Lawrence-based Achiezer Community …
anti-semitism
After Pittsburgh slaughter, a BDS push at NYU
A site on NYU’s campus in Greenwich Village. Jonathan71/WikiCommons In the aftermath of the deadliest attack in American Jewish history, a measure calling on New York …
fighting abuse
Sacred Spaces, in 5 Towns, promotes child safety
A resident of Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh, where 11 people were killed and six others injured at the Tree of Life Congregation on Oct. 27, came to the Five Towns …
tanach test
Chidon camps prep for Israel’s 60th Bible Quiz
In 1958, a one-time event was scheduled in Israel with the support of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion — a heavily text-based, extraordinarily difficult “Chidon HaTanach,” or Bible …
food
Poppy seed roll is old-fashioned Jewish perfection
When I go to a kosher bakery anywhere in the world, I look for poppy seed rolls. I love them for their delicate and shiny pastry and for their sweet, inky, fruity and slightly bitter poppy seed …
opinion
The Jewish blindness to anti-Semitism on the left
A Trump-hating neo-Nazi slaughters worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue — and Jewish communal groups see the tragedy as confirmation of two fallacious ideas. The greatest threat to …
shoah
Report: Eichmann sons set up a terror cell in Argentina
For the first time, British website MailOnline shed light on Friday on the fates of the four sons of Nazi archcriminal Adolf Eichmann — one of the principal organizers of the …
tanach test
Chidon camps prep for Israel’s 60th Bible Quiz
In 1958, a one-time event was scheduled in Israel with the support of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion — a heavily text-based, extraordinarily difficult “Chidon HaTanach,” or Bible …
politics
LI candidates trade charges
Two Jewish candidates who ran for Congress in eastern Long Island say they were targeted with anti-Semitic rhetoric. On Sunday, the campaigns of Rep. Lee Zeldin and his Democratic challenger, …
mid-term electio
Ads depict Jewish candidates clutching money
Republicans in Alaska, Washington state, Connecticut, North Carolina and California have run ads showing Jewish Democrats handling cash. In Pennsylvania, a candidate married to a …
food
Bukharian meaty rice dish is a crockpot delight
I’m Yemenite, and my husband and his family are Bukharian Jews who hail from Uzbekistan. After we married, my mother-in-law gave me full tutorials on several traditional Bukharian dishes that …
opinion
Did Israelis err in backing Trump after Pittsburgh?
For those who have spent recent years lamenting the growing disconnect between Israel and the Diaspora, the days after the Pittsburgh shooting provided more proof of their claims. Some Americans …
education
Special needs children focus of a Negev town
The Israeli government has approved an inclusive new town within the Merhavim Regional Council in Israel’s Western Negev Desert. The new community …
shabbos massacre
Pittsburgh remembers the brothers Rosenthal
PITTSBURGH — Cecil Rosenthal would always ask after your sick mother or inquire about your marriage — or divorce. His brother, David, a jokester, loved the police and every year would buy …
schools
HALB preps for the vote
schools
HAFTR Krinsky tournament
This week in Torah
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Ask a busy person
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In search of Hashem’s friendship
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Hope and despair: Thoughts on Parashat Toldot
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How anti-Semitism will end
In the last two weeks, I’ve been seeing a mix of reactions to the tragic massacre at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh. I don’t know how many people are living on the edge, …
Kosher Bookworm
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After Pittsburgh, filling the world with light
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Anatomy of a genocide
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Legacy of Kristallnacht is a message for all time
This year, the 80th anniversary of the Kristallnacht atrocities, coincided by a week with the Pittsburgh massacre. Each event in its time served to shake our people to the core. This week, an …
Who's in the Kitchen
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Murphy’s laws
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The trials of Spirit Air
Two weeks ago, Jerry’s daughter Jordana (yes, we each have a daughter named Jordana) gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Adel Mattel Sara (Mattel was Jerry’s mom’s name). When the …
Kosher Kitchen
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Viva Italia! Meatballs for chilly fall weather
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Advancing toward Biblical vegetarianism
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Buckwheat or kasha? Either way, it’s delicious
Buckwheat groats, or kasha, is a dish that I did not like until I was well into adulthood. My grandmother made it all the time. She ate it almost every day, and it might have been healthy had she …
View from Central Park
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Toxicity brews on the Gaza border
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A note from one who knew: ‘G-tt tzu dank. A day still alive is a day to be thankful for’
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Looking for the helpers
Bloodshed at Tree of Life. The painful irony. This coming Shabbat, just before the Torah is returned to the ark, almost every Jewish congregation will sing the melodious “Eitz …
Viewpoint
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Robert Faurisson: Shoah denier and his legacy
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WWI armistice’s link to Kristallnacht
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American Anti-Semitism is different
On a sunny afternoon last Tuesday in Pittsburgh, about 200 demonstrators gathered outside the JCC in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, a short distance from the Tree of Life - Or L’Simcha …
Politics to Go
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IAEA ignores continued Iran nuke development
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Bend the Arc does not speak in our name
It made headlines across the country: local Jews tell Trump not to visit Pittsburgh to mourn the dead and visit the wounded. A letter sent to the President by a group called “Bend the …