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Mostly Cloudy and Breezy Judea & Samaria: Back on ice
The United States gave consent to a historic move on Jan. 28, 2020, when as part of its “deal of the century” peace plan, it recognized Israel’s right to apply sovereignty over …
media
NY Times, which extols sticks and stones that break Israeli bones, is scared silly of words.
When the top editor of the world’s newspaper of record flips and flops and flips again on a subject as sensitive as use of the N-word, you know things are getting messy at the New York …
coronavirus
Guidelines for a pandemic Purim published by OU, RCA
The approaching Adar and Purim represent the sobering milestone of a year since the arrival of the pandemic on these …
shoah
World needs to stop whitewashing key Shoah fact: Its victims were individuals … and they were Jews
Elie Wiesel penned his first memoir about being a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps while traveling on a ship from Europe to Brazil in 1954. Later, reworking …
history
Found in Israel! Ancient royal purple-dyed cloth
In a groundbreaking discovery, Israeli archaeologists have recovered scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple, also known as true purple, dating back to the era of the biblical King David. The …
coronavirus
Palestinian jab clash erupts in Riverdale
When Rabbi Avi Weiss and Jamaal Bowman exchanged views on Israel before last year’s Democratic primary election, it made national news. But the founding spiritual leader of The Bayit (the …
opinion
Andrew Yang got it right on BDS
We’re used to politicians mangling history, whether out of carelessness or partisanship. So it was a breath of fresh air when New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang recently shared a …
2020
Newspaper’s celebratory insurgency cover raises the heat in Five Towns; a senior MO rabbi is threatened
A lengthy, threatening note …
coming home
Cochin Jews: Israel’s oldest Indian community
Whatever way you look at it, the Jewish community of Cochin is an ancient one. If you rely on traditional lore, the Jews of the city of Cochin in southwestern India can trace …
bde
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski z”tl
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski zt”l, a renowned Torah scholar, psychologist and the author of some 90 books, was niftar on Sunday in Israel at the age of 90. He had been battling COVID-19, according …
viewpoint
Joe Biden, Anne Neuberger and dual loyalty
Amid the whirlwind of anger, violence and recrimination that followed the November 2020 presidential election was the singular concern over where …
five towns
A message from the editor–publisher of The Jewish Star
Let’s all take a deep breath. Those of us who are not addicted to …
opinion
Andrew Yang got it right on BDS
We’re used to politicians mangling history, whether out of carelessness or partisanship. So it was a breath of fresh air when New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang recently shared a …
This week in Torah
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Finding our chosen-ness, 1 Shabbat at a time
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How our people became a nation of leaders
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Tracing the roots of the eternality of our Torah
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Maternal influence a key in building a nation
When I was young, I was an avid reader of novels. As I’ve grown older, I have found myself more interested in good biographies, especially those of great men that try to focus on what made …
Kosher Bookworm
Rabbi Nataf finds relevance in book of Exodus
Rabbi Francis Nataf’s “Redeeming Relevance In The Book of Exodus” is the second of a five volume series on the Chumash. Consisting of an introduction and seven in-depth essays …
Jonathan Tobin
The GOP must dispatch its crazy, evil Greene
Two years ago, House Republican Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had no trouble in doing the right thing when it came to policing extremism in his caucus. But as calls grow for him to do …
Ben Cohen
Joe Biden, Anne Neuberger and dual loyalty
Amid the whirlwind of anger, violence and recrimination that followed the November 2020 presidential election was the singular concern over where …