One-hundred years ago this month, British colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Marie Denis Georges-Picot divided the Middle East loosely and arbitrarily between …
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By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman
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5/25/16
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Nefesh B’Nefesh this week honored six recipients of the 2016 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize, during a Knesset ceremony in Jerusalem.
NBN Co-Founder and Executive …
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5/25/16
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The Kulanu Fair, last Sunday in Cedarhurst’s Andrew J. Parise Park, was a delight to children of all ages, and raised funds for Kulanu, a cherished Five Towns educational institution. Pictured …
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The Jewish Star photos by Susan Grieco
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5/25/16
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The biggest challenge to Israel’s survival as the Jewish state isn’t the Boycott Disinvestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), and it’s not the poison that’s being spread …
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By Tiferet Schafler
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5/25/16
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Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead legislatures each moved this week to assert support for Israel by opposing the anti-Jewish state Boycott Disinvestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The …
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By The Jewish Star
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5/25/16
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In the name of full disclosure let it be noted at the outset that the author of the book under review this week, Yankie Schwartz, was a former student of mine at the Chofetz Chaim High School in …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/25/16
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“He’s not Hitler. He wants to help America.”
Melania Trump’s comment about her husband, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, will go down as one of the more memorable quotes in an election cycle …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/22/16
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An Israeli diplomat indicated this week that the Jewish state and Turkey are continuing to make a concerted effort to rebuild the strained relationship that has existed between the former allies …
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By Alina Dain Sharon
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5/18/16
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On Sunday, the Young Israel of Woodmere will showcase a color that was largely forgotten but now represents a living mitzvah.
Sunday’s yom iyun (day of study) marks a quarter century since …
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The Jewish Star
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5/18/16
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The parents of IDF Sgt. Ari Weiss bridged the mourning of Yom Ha’Zikaron and the joy of Yom Ha’Atzmaut last week as they spoke to a hushed crowd at a Five Towns commemoration of both …
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The Jewish Star
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5/18/16
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