This problem won’t go away
Zohran Mamdani does not just hate Jews and the Jewish State of Israel; he hates America and all it represents as well. Mamdani is on record as saying that he does not recognize the …
journalism
Daily News: Zohran ‘fuels fires of hate’
The editorial board of the New York Daily News, which endorsed Joe Biden for president in 2020 and whose owner has discontinued endorsements, stated that Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for …
Rafael Medoff
Schumer falls in line with Mamdani squad
Israeli ambassador Abba Eban was greeted by an irritating sight when he rose to speak in Harvard University’s Sanders Hall on a chilly Tuesday evening in the autumn of 1970. A group …
Yisrael Medad
Eyeing Hindus to join anti-Mamdani alliance
It has been said that in politics, it’s not always the best ideas that win, but the best alliances. With Zohran Mamdani leading the Democratic ticket in New York’s Nov. 4 mayoralty …
Editoral
What do YOU think?
Over the last three weeks, The Jewish Star published editorials critical of mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic socialist who opposes the existence of the Jewish state and refuses to take …
Glastonbury Festival
Art world’s hatred of Jews, from Wagner to Vylan
Nearly 200 years separate Richard Wagner, the German composer who revolutionized the opera, from Bob Vylan, a musical duo from the English city of Ipswich presently attempting to revive the spirit …
antisemitism
Acknowledging Muslim Jew-hatred in UK, NYC
For much of last week, Britain was consumed by the appalling spectacle at the Glastonbury festival when the rap duo Bob Vylan led chants by thousands of festival-goers of “Death, death to the …
kosher kitchen
When it’s sizzling hot, it’s time for cool foods
H ot! Hot! Hot! The weather is doing what it does in the summer. It heats up, the humidity rises and the air stops moving. Stale and hot. If you can get to the beach, go. If you have air …
gary Rosenblatt
These Times columnists doth protest too much
In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Queen Gertrude says, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” Variations of this have come to mean that denying something vigorously may …
Hebron
The revolutionary plan of five Hebron sheikhs
In a potentially trailblazing development on the peace front, five leading Muslim Arab sheikhs from the Hebron area have signed a letter pledging peace and full recognition of Israel as a Jewish …
gaza war
With husbands at war, women hold the fort
When war erupted in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Orya Marriott was in London with her husband, Reuven, and their toddler daughter. What was meant to be a pleasant vacation spent with his family in his …
health
Bicycling toward both physical and mental health
A bicycle is more than just a means of transportation. Adva Sharvit co-founded Hamaslul with her husband, Karmy Shirby, to promote the use of bicycles as an educational vehicle and to explore …
Glastonbury Festival
Music died on Oct. 7, and again in Glastonbury
It all started with a music festival in southern Israel where peace-loving teenagers spent the night under the stars and awoke to barbarians wishing them their final good morning. What occurred …
history
Why HIAS hides behind an anonymous acronym
I have a beef with HIAS. The organization was long known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society before it was renamed as a Hebrewless acronym in 1975 as an undefined acronym. This refugee agency …
TRAVEL
It’s time to travel to Jerusalem
“Jerusalem has become probably the safest city to be in Israel,” said Steve Rubin, director of Tourism in the Jerusalem Development Authority, and “this is actually the best …
Jonathan tobin
Mamdani, AOC are Democrats of the future
It was no small irony that I learned the news that Zohran Mamdani would be the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York and the odds-on favorite to win the general election while I was in Medora, …
media bias
Wikipedia OK to hate ‘outrageous, not surprising’
Wikipedia deems the Anti-Defamation League and NGO Monitor to be “generally unreliable” sources to cite when discussing Israel and the Palestinians, but it finds that an organization with …
health
Weizmann posts leukemia findings after direct hit
During the Iranian missile attacks that rocked Israel in the second half of June, few stories captured the resilience of the Israeli spirit like the one that occurred at the Weizmann Institute of …
Emissary
App curates and pushes pro-Israel, Jewish content
Of the many things Israel does well, fighting the narrative war is generally not considered among them. The country’s response to international criticism, both broad and specific, is often …
SCHOOLS
SAR HS graduation in Riverdale
This week in Torah
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More than a business: Message for 17 Tammuz
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In enemies’ words, our strength and prophecy
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Bilam and Dostoevsky: Brilliance brim with hate
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Standing alone, apart from all the nations
Jewish people have a different set of priorities
I remember, as a high school student, hearing our rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, relate one of the questions he used to ask when interviewing prospective rebbeim for our high school. Amidst …
Jonathan Tobin
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Mamdani, AOC are Democrats of the future
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Be truthful: Only Trump would have done it
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Consequences of woke racial classifications
The New York Times committed an act of journalism recently, and many of its readers — and its staff — lost their minds. It reported the fact that Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic …
Ben Cohen
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Tehran’s expertise: The exporting of terrorism
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Voice of Iran: An enemy broadcaster in our midst
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Art world’s hatred of Jews, from Wagner to Vylan
Nearly 200 years separate Richard Wagner, the German composer who revolutionized the opera, from Bob Vylan, a musical duo from the English city of Ipswich presently attempting to revive the spirit …
Kosher Bookworm
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Liberty Bell and this week’s Torah connection
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Sefiros: A Jewish morally-based math lesson
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A Jewish perspective on the Fourth of July
In his preface to a sourcebook on the biblical origins of the American republic, “Proclaim Liberty” (Toby Press, 2019), its editor, Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik informs us of the …
On Campus
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Wake up, Harvard U: Woke will make you broke!
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Trump joins US colleges in selling out to Qatar
Editor’s note: With the president planning to accept a 400-million-dollar gift and uncounted hundreds of millions in business benefits from Qatar, it’s useful to consider Qatar’s …
More Opinion Columns
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The real lesson of the attack on Josh Shapiro
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To explain Zionism, you need to explain Palestinians
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At LI museum, butterflies link Shoah and Oct 7
While most people today know something about the Holocaust, future generations will not have the opportunity to hear firsthand accounts from survivors. Nevertheless, we’ll need to keep the …
Food: Dining In
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Ice cream drinks for a sweet and colorful 4th
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When it’s sizzling hot, it’s time for cool foods
H ot! Hot! Hot! The weather is doing what it does in the summer. It heats up, the humidity rises and the air stops moving. Stale and hot. If you can get to the beach, go. If you have air …
Travel
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On your next trip, check modern Israel’s history
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It’s time to travel to Jerusalem
“Jerusalem has become probably the safest city to be in Israel,” said Steve Rubin, director of Tourism in the Jerusalem Development Authority, and “this is actually the best …
Health
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Bicycling toward both physical and mental health
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Hebrew University professor has autism and Alzheimer’s hope
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Weizmann posts leukemia findings after direct hit
During the Iranian missile attacks that rocked Israel in the second half of June, few stories captured the resilience of the Israeli spirit like the one that occurred at the Weizmann Institute of …