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Marching thru Mineola
One week after a much larger march over the Brooklyn Bridge drew 25,000 people to Manhattan and Brooklyn, more than 2,000 Long Islanders walked through Mineola en route to a rally in support of the …
agunot awareness
12 top Jerusalem restaurants join ‘Taste of Freedom’ week
Chefs from 12 leading restaurants in Jerusalem have each created a special dish to express their personal concept of freedom, as part of an initiative by Ohr Torah Stone’s Yad La’isha …
Daf Yomi
At 17, I finished studying Talmud’s 2,711 pages
I didn’t start learning the Talmud to take a stand or voice an opinion. When I started learning a page of Talmud per day (Daf Yomi) at age 10, I didn’t realize that …
five towns
‘My Brother, My Helper’ at Achiezer’s gala
About 1,800 people came to the Sands Atlantic Beach on Jan. 5 to salute Achiezer and those honored at its “My Brother, My Helper” gala.
NYC
African-American teens learn about their Jewish neighbors
Though Naisha Couamin walks through a heavily Jewish neighborhood near her home in the East Flatbush most days, she had never actually talked to a Jewish person until recently. The 17-year-old had …
fighting anti-semitism
Long Islanders join 25,000 in No Hate No Fear march in NYC
An estimated 25,000 marchers — including many from Long Island — assembled in Manhattan’s Foley Square Sunday morning, flooding the Brooklyn Bridge for hours as they crossed into Brooklyn amid chants of “No Hate, No Fear.” …
World Zionist Congress
Americans’ Zionist vote stakes $1B
In a bid to secure $1 billion in potential funding for Jewish educational and communal causes in Israel and for fighting BDS and anti-Semitic activity around the world, nine modern Orthodox …
peace plan
Greenblatt: Peace in Israel may come another day
Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s former Middle East negotiator, made his first public speech since leaving the White House on Sunday night. Greenblatt, 52, who worked as a lawyer …
opinion
Trump’s reality confronts the mythmakers
For the past 40-odd years, two narratives have guided American Middle East policy. Both were invented by the Carter administration. One relates to Iran. One relates to Israel. Both narratives …
politics to go
How anti-Semitism replaced historic black-Jewish alliance
African-Americans committed many of the recent anti-Semitic attacks in New York and New Jersey. What makes that especially sad is that blacks and Jews were allies during the Civil Rights fight in …
torah
Opening teenage eyes with one dose of Shas
I have never been to a football game. But last Wednesday, I entered MetLife Stadium, home of the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants, with over 350 teenagers. My group was there as part …
food
Chickpeas! Superfood set for world domination
The 2010s saw chickpeas rise to fame. The king of chickpea dishes, hummus, turned from a hippy health food to a fridge staple. This was great in terms of accessibility, but not so great for …
fighting anti-semitism
5 LI members of Congress stand as 1 against hate
All five members of the Long Island congressional delegation — 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats — were joined on Friday by two state legislators, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, Police …
five towns
3 stars headline Yachad concert at Shulmaith
Three stars of the Jewish music scene — Simcha Leiner, Duvie Shapiro and Aryreh Kunstler — delighted Chanukah celebrants who packed the auditorium of the Shulamith School …
israel
Leaders air big policy changes at Kohelet confab
Top American and Israeli political figures announced major policy changes at last week’s Kohelet Policy Forum in Jerusalem. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the conference by …
bds
Keys to understanding and combatting anti-Semitism in America
The last two festivals to be added to the Jewish calendar prior to modern times — Purim and Chanukah — are both about anti-Semitism. There is one obvious difference between them: …
fighting hate
Riverdale prep school fires teacher over anti-Semitic tweets
A teacher at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Riverdale was fired last week after being accused of posting anti-Semitic comments on social media. J.B. Brager, a history teacher at the …
europe
Cocktails are mixed with Torah at new Kosher Bar in Odessa
As an Orthodox Jew, Aryeh Rov had little interest in this port city’s rich and vibrant bar scene. For one thing, most drinks served in Odessa’s bars are not …
kosher kitchen
Muffins in winter: Recipes for seasonal warmth
It is definitely winter. I can tell. My hands are always cold and my lips are always chapped. Winter is the time for hunkering down and eating hearty foods, like wintery thick soups, stews …
This week in Torah
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Fielding questions en route to the Burning Bush
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The light at the heart of the darkness
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1 man can make all the difference
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That ‘time is life’ is key to time management
The two old men couldn’t have been more different from each other. Yet they both taught me the identical life lesson. The first, a cagey old Irishman, was one of my mentors in the …
Kosher Bookworm
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‘Mussar and Hashkafic Insights’ for Daf Yomi
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The unique Torah scholarship of Nachum Katz
This week it is my honor to bring to your attention the Torah teachings of Rabbi Nachum Katz and of his new Hebrew sefer, “Hinachem Nafshi.” Here are excerpts from an anline interview …
Who's in the Kitchen
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After 8 years, it’s another delightful Sukkot
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Talking about ‘illegals’: Jerry’s Shoah survivors
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On Caribbean cruise, Jerry’s a crazy ’ol geezer
On Dec. 1, my husband Jerry, my brother Jerry, his wife Shirley and I embarked on a cruise to the Caribbean. While sitting on the deck, Jerry watched a number of guests dive bomb down the water …
Kosher Kitchen
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Muffins in winter: Recipes for seasonal warmth
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Curious about almonds in winter? Read this.
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Remember my grandmother’s schmaltzy latkes
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When celebrities cook, here’s what they create
One day during a visit to Martha’s Vineyard many years ago, we took our kids to a pier and, while I was distracted for a nano-second, my then 14-month old took off at a run straight towards …
View from Central Park
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When Jew-hatred makes media uneasy
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My many menorahs
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Loathsome symbol
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New Yorker breaks subway etiquette over Jew-hating rapper
Move over halva, enjoy ma’amoulim
When I was growing up in Jerusalem, Israel was practically a third world country. Since then, it’s leap-frogged into today’s “Startup Nation.” One of the ways in which …
Viewpoint
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The multiple faces of American anti-Semitism
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Can Labour overcome Corbyn anti-Semitism?
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Do not blame anti-Semitism on capitalism
It is progress of sorts. This week, one of the leading magazines of the American left published an article that took the phenomenon of anti-Semitism seriously. I call it progress because for a …
Politics to Go
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How anti-Semitism replaced historic black-Jewish alliance
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s very ‘big’ week
Rep. Ilhan Omar had a big first full week of January this year. On Tuesday, the freshman Democrat from Minneosta was elected Stopantisemitism.org’s anti-Semite of the year for 2019. …
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 …