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To those who fully open themselves to it, Yom Kippur is a life-transforming experience. It tells us that G-d, who created the universe in love and forgiveness, reaches out to us in love and …
editorial
Jewish Star editor’s letter to The Riverdale Press
The Riverdale Press, the community newspaper in the heavily-Jewish Riverdale area of the Bronx, continues to prominently feature anti-Israel columns by a writer whose overriding long-term theme …
what you need to know
Zionism 101: Just the facts
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel. The vast majority of Jews around the world feel a connection …
what you need to know
Antisemitism and anti-Zionism
What is antisemitism? Antisemitism is the marginalization and oppression of people who are Jewish, based on the belief in stereotypes, myths and disinformation about Jewish people, …
Reflections
9/11 reflections at unique Jerusalem service
In the forest with a breathtaking view of Jerusalem, hundreds gathered at Jewish National Fund-USA and KKL-JNF’s 9/11 Living Memorial. The memorial’s centerpiece is a sculpture of an …
Chabad
Jailed Jews understand meaning of Yom Kippur
“The One who answered Joseph in jail, He will answer us.” So reads one of several imprisonment references in Yom Kippur prayers, in line with the themes of judgment and atonement of the …
Politics
Oslo +30: Anatomy of a failure
At the White House on Sept. 13, 1993, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, Palestine Liberation Organization official Mahmoud Abbas, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Russian Foreign …
Retaliation
Iran must heed Israel threat to ‘heart of Tehran’
The powerful warning delivered to the Iranian leadership last week by Mossad Director David Barnea cannot be ignored by the mullahs in Tehran. On Sept. 10, during a remarkable speech to the …
Health
Will Rx’s follow as Touro team tracks cell-invasion?
A study led by a team at Touro University Nevada has identified a new pathway that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter the nucleus of a healthy cell, where it can then replicate and go …
Schools
SAR at a basketball camp in Senegal
After an intense junior year at SAR High School in Riverdale, Joseph Arenson traveled to Senegal this sumer to work for a not-for-profit basketball organization called MALAWRISE. The organization, …
Schools
CAHAL closes, ending 31-year-old special ed service in Five Towns
After 31 years of outstanding service to the local Jewish community, CAHAL, the special education program for children with learning disabilities, will not open classes for the 2023-24 school year. …
Schools
SAR at a basketball camp in Senegal
After an intense junior year at SAR High School in Riverdale, Joseph Arenson traveled to Senegal this sumer to work for a not-for-profit basketball organization called MALAWRISE. The organization, …
History
Tashlich more than Marie Kondo waterfront purge
Earlier this month, Royal Auction House in Toms River, NJ, sold an 1806 illustrated, handwritten Tashlich guide for $5,000. Last month, Appel Auction in New York offered but didn’t sell a …
History
The next war Looking ahead, 50 years after Yom Kippur
Israel will soon mark the anniversary of one of the worst traumas it has ever experienced. On Saturday, Oct. 6, 1973, shortly before 2 pm, the Egyptian and Syrian militaries launched a coordinated …
Killer
Jordan unlikely to turn over Sbarro killer Tamimi
In mid-July, 22 years after the deadly terrorist a ttack at a popular Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem, American Jewish Committee’s recently-appointed CEO Ted Deutch sent a letter to US Attorney …
Kosher Kitchen
Cornucopia of childhood harvest memories…
If you have ever had a backyard garden, then you know the joy of the late-summer, early-fall harvests. If all has gone well, your garden is now bursting with a ton of tomatoes, enough green beans to …
Kosher Bookworm
Here’s a whale of a tale on behalf of repentance
With Yom Kippur just a few days away and Sukkos next week, this week’s essay will bring to your attention several books and essays devoted to the themes of teshuvah, repentance in the Jewish …
Health
Will Rx’s follow as Touro team tracks cell-invasion?
A study led by a team at Touro University Nevada has identified a new pathway that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter the nucleus of a healthy cell, where it can then replicate and go …
Schools
SAR renews mission: Let's be really nice!
The principal of the Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School wants his school to vibrate with a feeling of “nice.” Working to raise the profile of mitzvot ben adam l’chavero …
This week in Torah
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Celebrating Sukkot, our unique, dual festival
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Thought for Sukkot: The glory of Jewish women
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Emerging on Sukkot from darkness into light
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Making G-d’s world better is up to each of us
Seconds, then minutes. The boat overturned in the murky waters of the Yarkon River, trapping the woman who had been energetically rowing moments before. Even the air bubbles had ceased. A small …
Jonathan Tobin
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Academic freedom is no excuse for antisemitism
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Oslo debacle’s cruel lessons remain unlearned
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50 years after Yom Kippur: Rethinking Golda
There is an axiom in journalism that you never know when you’re going to do the one thing for which you will be remembered above all others. Few lives exemplify that lesson better than that of …
Ben Cohen
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Floods, earthquakes: ‘Israelis Without Borders’
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‘Antisemitism month’ hypes Shoah and floods
In the Middle East, antisemitism emanates from the corridors of power, walking hand in hand with corruption, political repression, torture, racism and other reprehensible features of authoritarian …
Kosher Bookworm
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Here’s a whale of a tale on behalf of repentance
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As the new year turns, always waiting for rain
Yom Kippur has passed and the hints of a winter chill envelop us with every step. The weather now garners increased attention as we are about to eat our meals in the sukkah. Any forecast of rain …
On Campus
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Academic freedom is no excuse for antisemitism
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Penn and Princeton maim academic freedom
Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber focused on the virtues of freedom of expression and diversity in his commencement speech earlier this year, denouncing the national proliferation …
Food: Dining In
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Simply put, our choice of deserts is daunting
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Cornucopia of childhood harvest memories…
If you have ever had a backyard garden, then you know the joy of the late-summer, early-fall harvests. If all has gone well, your garden is now bursting with a ton of tomatoes, enough green beans to …
Travel
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Voluntourism: When giving becomes part of the fun
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DC museum connects area’s past and present
What is Jewish Washington? It’s a good question with a lot of different answers. And one is likely to find many of them at the brand-new Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. …
Health
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Will Rx’s follow as Touro team tracks cell-invasion?
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Parker: Creating dementia-friendly communities
Dementia is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by a decline in cognitive abilities, memory loss, and changes in behavior. The cognitive decline and memory loss experienced by …
More Opinion Columns
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Israel critics slander history’s most humane army
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‘See no evil,’ ‘hear no evil’ US State Department
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The Bibi-MBS partnership comes into full view
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)’s interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier was an inflection point in global affairs. There were world affairs before the interview and world …