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Mostly Cloudy Figurines behind Bibi: What do they mean?
Benjamin Netanyahu’s bookcase is familiar to Israelis, having served as backdrop to countless social media messages. To the discerning viewer, the books themselves are a message (for instance, …
health mind and body
Achiezer expands kosher respite room at Mount Sinai South Nassau
There was a chanukat habayit for an expanded Achiezer kosher respite room at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside on Monday. “Everyone else can go to the cafeteria,” Rabbi Dr. Aaron E. …
opinion
Denounce the hate, left and right
Last year, at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, a pro-Palestinian student threw a rock at Jews standing by Hillel. At the University of Oregon Hillel, vandals left an illiterate, hate-filled …
TikToker opens young eyes
At a moment of sharply rising anti-Semitism, a Jewish social media star known for her dance videos is getting deadly serious. Montana Tucker’s 10-part docu-series, “How to: Never …
organizations
Chabad rabbis at Rebbe’s Ohel
Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis, in New York City for the 39th annual International Conference of Chabad Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), visited the Ohel in Cambria Heights …
antisemitism
Get it right, Twitter! Here’s how Musk should define antisemitism
In an open letter to Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Twitter management, 180 organizations called on the social media giant to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance …
history
Titanic exhibit: Lost Jewish couple
“Where you go, I go,” Ida Straus told her husband, Isidor, aboard the RMS Titanic in April 1912. With lifeboats available for women and children first, men had to wait. Given a …
Opinion
FBI is aiding antisemitism while combating it
During a hearing last Thursday of the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, House Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J. Fifth District) posed a question, …
Travel
10 places to sense Jerusalem’s ancient history
Where can you travel through 5,000 years of history in 10 stops? Jerusalem, the city that was proclaimed the capital of the Kingdom of Judea in 1,000 BCE and is the capital of the Jewish State …
Schools
Learning together
MTA 9th graders have been paired with 12th-grade talmidim, meetingt several times throughout the year to learn together. The relationships are becoming one of mentorship and guidance as the 12th …
Schools
Intergenerational Day at HALB’s Lev Chana ECC
Every fall, the call goes out to grandparents and great grandparents of students at HALB’s Lev Chana Early Childhood Center to come together for Intergeneration Day. Assemble …
organizations
Celebrating Hadassah in Israel
Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, celebrated its 100th National Convention last week in Israel. Its theme was “Together in Israel: Our Pride. Our Purpose.” At …
shoah
‘Hogan’s’ Clary, Shoah Survivor, 96
Robert Clary, a Holocaust survivor best known as the French actor who starred in the CBS-TV series “Hogan’s Heroes,” died at his home in Los Angeles on Nov. 15 at age 96. Cleary, …
history
Herzl was gone but his vital message survived
Excerpted from the new three-volume set “Theodor Herzl: Zionist Writings” edited by Gil Troy, the inaugural publication of The Library of the Jewish People. In 1897, in the short …
Who's in the Kitchen
Chicken soup for the bowl and for our soul
A chicken in every pot, getting up with the chickens, chicken out, running around like a chicken without its head — and let’s not forget chicken soup! Chicken soup has been …
Travel
Bold, beautiful rewilding of Israel’s wetlands
Nadav Israeli smiles as he peers through binoculars at a flock of Eurasian jackdaws soaring over Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in the Jordan Valley. It’s mid-September, the beginning of …
Schools
SKA girls fly to New Orleans on mission with the NCSY
A group of students from the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls boarded a plane to New Orleans on Nov. 2, for a life-changing experience organized by NCSY …
Schools
HAFTR stages a girls’ Mishmar event
As the final bell of the day rang at HAFTR High School and students boarded their buses home, a group of girls gathered together for a meaningful night of learning and bonding. On Oct. 26, girls …
This week in Torah
Jonathan Tobin
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On SNL, Chappelle echoes vile stereotypes, carries water for Shoah-deniers
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New coalition shouldn’t write off US Jewry
It may be that some of the statements emanating from certain partners in Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government are more a function of posturing than genuine policy priorities. But even if those …
Ben Cohen
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Russia and Iran are heading for defeat in Ukraine
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Farcical World Cup in Qatar is now underway
Even before the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar kicked off, the tournament already had a hero: the former captain of the Iranian national team, Ali Daei. Now retired and working as a coach, Daei is …
Melanie Phillips
Unholy alliance links Republicans, Islamists
The tacit alliance between the Western left and the Islamists (Muslims intent on conquering the West for Islam) has long been a source of deep concern. Left-wingers, who exercise outsize …
Food
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Chicken soup for the bowl and for our soul
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Moving past pumpkin and apple, favoring pecan
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Some Challah Hints
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Secret to creamy dairy-free drinks: Chickpeas
ChickP, an alternative protein food-tech startup in Rehovot, Israel, has developed an advanced prototype of a chickpea-based milk analog. The dairy-free creamer is made of protein isolates …
Travel
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10 places to sense Jerusalem’s ancient history
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Top 18 things to do in Jerusalem — for free
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Bold, beautiful rewilding of Israel’s wetlands
Nadav Israeli smiles as he peers through binoculars at a flock of Eurasian jackdaws soaring over Kibbutz Kfar Ruppin in the Jordan Valley. It’s mid-September, the beginning of …
Health
Parker exec earns distinguished service honor
The Distinguished Service Award of the NY Chapter of the American College of Health Care Administrators has been awarded to Parker Jewish Institute President and CEO Michael N. …
More Opinion Columns
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Why the Ivys get an ‘F’ on campus antisemitism
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So … are Judaism and Zionism the same thing?
In a recent column, Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz makes the case that Abraham, the first Jew, was also the first Zionist. “Abraham becomes a Jew and a Zionist at the same time” Steinmetz …