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A Few Clouds Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, acclaimed scholar who made the Talmud more accessible, niftar at 83
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinzaltz, the acclaimed scholar whose landmark translation of the Talmud enabled a vast readership to access one of Judaism’s most canonical texts, was niftar on Friday …
opinion
Jewish ignorance is not bliss: Seth Rogen and Marc Maron are not the only useful idiots among us
Jewish Hollywood star Seth Rogen thinks it “makes no sense” for the “preservation of Jewish people” to “keep something you’re trying to preserve all in one …
opinion
Jewish ignorance is not bliss: Seth Rogen and Marc Maron are not the only useful idiots among us
In their rambling mission to define the ubiquitous modern American-Jewish identity, comedians Seth Rogen and Marc Maron decided on an episode of the latter’s podcast that “Jewish …
beirut horror
Full scope of Beirut disaster ‘still not understood,’ states former Israeli military intelligence chief
Israel has offered Lebanon humanitarian assistance after a massive explosion at Beirut’s waterfront killed scores of people and injured an estimated 4,000 on Tuesday. Israeli Defense …
2020
Sara Gideon builds Jewish base in bid for Collins seat
Lou Kornreich’s Shabbat table is a microcosm of the Maine Jewish community. And he doesn’t like it. “When I have a discussion at the Shabbos table, there are those on the left …
opinion
Alignment of BDS and BLM poses growing threat to Jews in Israel and the Diaspora
The murder of George Floyd, a Black American who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in Minneapolis, triggered the most widespread racially charged …
Backgrounder
Bipartisan protests rocking Israel. Here’s why.
Noam Ofer might have been an unlikely candidate to join Israel’s burgeoning protest movement. At 76, he is older than most of the people who …
food
Lockdown foodies favor video lessons over travel
The reservations were rolling in, and Inbal Baum was preparing for her busiest summer yet of food tours through Israel’s famed open-air food markets. Her decade-old tour …
world
In Europe, Jewish ‘Community’ is like a private club
In the United States, when Jews say they identify as part of the Jewish “community,” they are saying they belong to a broad cultural and religious framework. They could …
opinion
The progressive world’s antechamber to evil
After days of anti-Semitic rants on social media, the “Grime” rapper Wiley was finally barred from Twitter and Facebook following outrage by Jews and others that he was allowed to use …
opinion
Riots and protests from Portland to Jerusalem
Over the past several years, public discourse in the United States has seen a lot of new lows. It saw another one this month when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to federal officers in …
health mind and body
Israelis ID new culprit behind cancer growths: tumor-specific bacteria
Despite their reputation, most bacteria are harmless. Many are vital to human life. Others, however, cause infections that lead …
food
Nutty haminados, slow-cooked Sephardi eggs
Huevos haminados, eggs cooked slowly through the night, are one of the most recognizable foods of the Sephardic kitchen. But in fact, the uniquely Jewish cooking method long predates its popularity …
2020
Biden fundraiser eyes anti-Semitism, gets personal
A fundraiser for Joe Biden on Monday night was billed as a “Virtual Conversation on Anti-Semitism” with three marquee speakers: Rep. Adam Schiff, the California …
business boosters
2 new papers launched by Jewish Star parent
Richner Communications Inc, parent company of The Jewish Star and the Long Island Herald community newspapers, is launching three new monthly publications …
This week in Torah
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Even though your heart may grow haughty…
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A key to discipline is transformational suffering
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To everybody, a shlita
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The covenant and the love. And the chesed.
An interesting phrase appears at the end of last week’s parsha and at the beginning of this week’s, Eikev, and they are the only places where it appears in the Torah. The phrase is …
Kosher Bookworm
Rabbi Pinchas Chatzinoff’s ‘Imrei Fi al haTorah’
Rabbi Pinchas Chatzinoff served as the Rav of the distinguished Tifereth Zvi Minyan at Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh in Bayswater since 1994. “Imrei Fi” is a powerful collection of insights …
Caroline Glick
Riots and protests from Portland to Jerusalem
Over the past several years, public discourse in the United States has seen a lot of new lows. It saw another one this month when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to federal officers in …
Stephen Flatow
Advice to Jewish celebrities: GROW UP!
I have a Jerry Seinfeld question. Why do Jewish celebrities keep whining about their parents? Popular actor-comedian-director Seth Rogen ignited an internet firestorm with his recent complaint …
Jonathan Tobin
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20 years after Camp David sparked terror, world clings to Oslo delusion
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Let’s cut back on dialogue with anti-Semites
Maybe everything would be better if we could all go for walks in the woods with people who say or tweet hateful and deeply offensive things. Then again, maybe the Jewish community would be better …
Ben Cohen
A lonely, angry — and deadly — anti-Semite
At high school, he made no friends and didn’t belong to any clubs. He liked girls, but having a girlfriend was beyond his abilities. Academically, he was undistinguished, doing well in …