As the saying goes, “it ain’t over till the fat lady sings.” That’s the traditional refrain for those who want to point out the campaign isn’t settled. Well, valkyrie …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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2/24/16
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Having returned home from a cruise to the Caribbean, I was sufficiently rested, and wasn’t thinking about another vacation till next year. That was, till my husband Jerry mentioned skiing …
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By Judy Joszef
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2/24/16
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Mrs. Leah Kagan was one of my favorite people. When I think of the kind of person I want to be, it is she, a treasure of kindness and sweetness, one of the most accepting people I ever met, with an …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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2/24/16
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Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, this week sounded an unusually strong—and therefore welcome—warning about the continuing bias against Israel in the …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/22/16
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Yes, Purim is indeed a serious holiday. Joyous, yes, but serious too. With the leap year commemorative of Purim Katan, the little Purim just observed and now behind us, it is time to start giving …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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2/22/16
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During a speech at a Mount Vernon shul reported in last week’s Jewish Star, former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman tried to reassure the Jewish community about Hillary Clinton’s Israel …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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2/17/16
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It would be churlish to deny the remarkable achievement of Senator Bernie Sanders in decisively winning the New Hampshire primary.
For months, Sanders was depicted as an eccentric whose …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/17/16
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Boy do I wish I had been in Denver last week. It’s at a time like this that I feel true love and homesickness for my hometown.
When I sat down to watch the Super Bowl with some friends, one …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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2/17/16
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This week one of modern Israel’s greatest war heroes, Yanosh ben Gal, was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Givat Shaul. To honor his memory, this story is excerpted from a 2011 …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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2/17/16
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Prior to describing each of the garments of the priests, the Torah tells us, “These are the vestments that they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a knitted tunic, a turban, …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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2/17/16
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