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Don’t believe the fake-newsers: AP stories argue that attacks on synagogues are not about Jews
In its coverage of Saturday’s hostage-taking at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, the Associated Press advanced, intentionally or not, …
opinion
Devotion to dialogue clouds the Texas truth
The first and most important reaction to the latest attack upon an American synagogue must be prayers of thanksgiving for the fact that neither Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker nor any members of …
Jews and Israel
Hadassah pumps new generation with purpose
Woman power was front and center at Hadassah’s online Power of Purpose conference. Organizers of the Jan. 9 Zoom event pulled in such superstars as journalist Lesley Stahl, former first …
culture
So, is Superman circumcised? Book says that if he’s Jewish…
Superman is the most famous character in the world. He’s the first superhero, an American icon — and he’s Jewish! Introduced in June 1938, the Man of Steel was created by two …
israel
Goal-sharing Birthright and Onward Israel merge
Two organizations that provide Israel experiences for Jewish young adults, Birthright Israel and Onward Israel, are merging. …
opinion
Confronting Tutu’s vile ‘Israeli apartheid’ pitch
Back in 2003, I was a student at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School. I had married my classmate, Malkah, and we were both halfway through the last year of school. One day, we heard …
antisemitism
Haters push for ‘apartheid’ designation in 2022
Last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid warned that the new year will see increasing allegations that Israel is an apartheid state, with foes of the Jewish state targeting …
schools
Tree cheers at HAFTR
As Tu B’Shvat approached, HAFTR Early Childhood Pre-K students participated in a beautiful Tu B’Shvat seder, sampling olives, dates, figs, grapes, pomegranates, wheat crackers and …
antisemitism
OU, RCA, Agudah on Texas
The OU said it was grateful to the Almighty, to law enforcement, to national political leaders, to the Secure Community Network and others. “The OU Advocacy Center …
torah
‘Big 10’ and the structuring of a good society
In the House of Lords there is a special chamber used as, among other things, the place where new Peers are robed before their introduction into the House. When my predecessor Lord Jakobovits was …
Five Towns
Atlantic Beach weighs move to kill Chabad plan
Atlantic Beach officials held a public hearing last week to air plans to seize property that Chabad of the Beaches purchased last November for $950,000. The plan to take the site under eminent …
kosher kitchen
Tu B’Shevat feasts go way beyond the ‘boxer’
I was about 6 and off to Sunday school to celebrate Tu B’Shevat. That’s when I learned it was a birthday party — for trees. Well, at least there would be birthday cake? …
This week in Torah
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In Judaism, it’s often mother who knows best
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The meaning of ‘Lei’da sh’yaish sham Elokah’
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Father-in-laws and sons, doing it their way
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‘Big 10’ and the structuring of a good society
In the House of Lords there is a special chamber used as, among other things, the place where new Peers are robed before their introduction into the House. When my predecessor Lord Jakobovits was …
Ben Cohen
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Bowman’s Israeli, Palestinian ‘thought crime’
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Iranian killer feted by Latin America’s far-left
The embrace between the authoritarian left in Latin America and the Islamist regime in Iran is as tight as ever, as evidenced at the inauguration in Managua last week of Nicaraguan President …
Jonathan Tobin
Devotion to dialogue clouds the Texas truth
The first and most important reaction to the latest attack upon an American synagogue must be prayers of thanksgiving for the fact that neither Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker nor any members of …
Food
Tu B’Shevat feasts go way beyond the ‘boxer’
I was about 6 and off to Sunday school to celebrate Tu B’Shevat. That’s when I learned it was a birthday party — for trees. Well, at least there would be birthday cake? …
Travel
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Meet real Samaritans, on their holy mountain
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Spoonful of celebrity fun at Uri Geller Museum
Two thousand twisted pieces of cutlery adorn a 1976 Cadillac parked in the new Uri Geller Museum in Jaffa. A Guinness World Record-winning bent spoon, weighing 11 tons, dominates the museum …