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Overcast Freedom to teach hate: Riverdale teacher, fired after anti-Semitic tweets, draws support
A history teacher at a Riverdale prep school fired after posting anti-Semitic tweets and making an obscene gesture toward two Jewish religious leaders visiting the school, drew a torrent of support …
shoah
Auschwitz liberation, 75 years ago, is noted
Seventy-five: It’s the average lifespan of an American male and, as of this week, also the number of years that have passed since soldiers from the 100th Infantry Division of the Russian army …
Pols act in no-bail fiasco
Slated to be the cornerstone of New York State’s social-justice reform in 2020, a new law that eliminates bail for misdemeanors and some felony crimes has come under increasing scrutiny, in …
anti-semitism
Report eyes BDS: Past, present, future
A report on the history, current state and future prospects of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement was released on Monday by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. The 44-page …
terror alert
Krav Maga, self-defense, new Jewish buzzwords
Just one month before the deadliest anti-Semitic mass shooting in U.S. history on Oct. 27, 2018, which took the lives of 11 Jewish worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue, Eilon Even-Esh was at a …
opinion
Israel’s loss of diplomatic wisdom over Poland
This Thursday, the Fifth World Holocaust Forum will convene at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation …
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 …
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 …
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 …
kosher kitchen
Tasty, healthy dried fruits in winter (Who knew?)
It is winter and my doctor just told me to concentrate my fruit eating on blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries for the best nutritional value with the fewest calories …
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 …
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 …
opinion
Jewish resistance act: Wearing natural curls
For centuries, anti-Semites have fetishized Jewish appearance. Using tedious racist tropes — be it smell, hooked noses, curly hair or traditional garb — anti-Semites labeled Jews as …
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 …
This week in Torah
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In Vaera, finding the purpose of the plagues
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Hardening the heart of Pharaoh
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G-d in Abraham’s meeting of the 3 strangers
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Thinking, and rethinking, work and will
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 …
Who's in the Kitchen
Talking about ‘illegals’: Jerry’s Shoah survivors
On Erev Tisha B’Av, Jerry and I, along with another couple, were invited to Debby and Jack Shafran’s house for a pre-fast meal. Turns out all (except me) were children of …
Kosher Kitchen
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When celebrities cook, here’s what they create
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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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Tasty, healthy dried fruits in winter (Who knew?)
It is winter and my doctor just told me to concentrate my fruit eating on blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries for the best nutritional value with the fewest calories …
View from Central Park
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Move over halva, enjoy ma’amoulim
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What we owe to protesters in Iran
It’s a study in contradictions: The extremist progressive youth of the American university and the extremist progressive youth of the Iranian university. Living in that university milieu …
Viewpoint
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Do not blame anti-Semitism on capitalism
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Solidarity with Palestine inspires resistance in Iran
Once again, talk of regime change is in the air inside Iran. Not since the crushing of the 2009 student-led protests has the Islamic Republic, as of this year entering its fifth decade, looked so …
Politics to Go
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Rep. Ilhan Omar’s very ‘big’ week
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Dem hopefuls wrong on JCPOA deal
The JCPOA nuclear deal with Iran was a big topic during last week’s Democratic debate in Iowa. The candidates praised the agreement, said Iran was following it, and blamed President …
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 …