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Neutralizing terrorists in Jenin isn’t same as murdering kids in J’salem
Attempting to explain away the horrific Palestinian terror attack on Israeli Jews outside a Jerusalem synagogue on Friday evening, MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin tweeted: “Just a reminder, as …
Lives Lost
These 7 lives were stolen from us on Shabbat
At the conclusion of Friday night prayers, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on a crowd in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov neighborhood, killing seven and wounding three. The terrorist was pursued by …
Health
Israel to Iowa’s rescue
In Iowa, sparsely populated rural areas exist with emergency medical services response times that are so long that they sometimes prove deadly. Now, the Hawkeye state is turning to the Jewish …
GOP
When Santos exits, GOP may select Israeli-Ethiopian Orthodox woman
At whatever point George Santos — who falsely claimed to be Jewish (later, “Jew-ish”) with Holocaust-survivor grandparents and a mother killed by the 9/11 attack, and who’s …
antisemitism
WAR CRY Students demand a ‘Solution’: ‘Death to Israel, death to Jews’
The Nazis murdered six million Jews in their blitzkrieg toward a “Final Solution.” Last week, students at the University of Michigan advanced their own “Solution”: an …
antisemitism
A letter from one editor to another [Note: Distribution of this column was BLOCKED BY FACEBOOK]
In “It’s a strange time to be a Jew, but when isn’t it?” Herald guest columnist Alan Singer adds his voice to the mainstreaming of Jew-hatred and Israel-bashing in our communities. …
Israel
Big & deadly Al-Aqsa lie
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir’s recent visit to the Temple Mount was uneventful, as it should have been. After all, Ben-Gvir was an Israeli minister visiting sovereign …
Unfolding
EMT’s account of Neve Yaakov terror attack
It was a peaceful Friday night after the Shabbat meal. My son and I left the house to go learn Torah together at the local synagogue. A few moments later, the calm was shattered by the gunfire. At …
Politics
D’Esposito will get the job done in Washington
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of speaking at the ceremonial swearing-in of newly elected US Rep. Anthony D’Esposito. Sitting on the stage that evening, I thought back to when I was …
Schools
SAR glimpses life on Wall St
Students of SAR High School’s AP Macroeconomics class had been plowing through a demanding college-level high school course and now, finally, they had the opportunity to apply their learnings …
Schools
Doing good during Asera b’Teves fast
Asara b’Teves became especially meaningful for the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls students who stayed after school to hear a shiur from Rabbi Shmuel Diamond about the significance of …
Books
New book eyes parsha-haftarah links
When did Jews start reading the haftarah? If you were asked that question, you might recall a link to the Chanukah story, to a decree by Antiochus that the Torah itself could not be read in …
Israel
Where Har Habyit fits in Jewish and Israeli law
Rabbi Avi Shafran, director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America, recently wrote in Religious News Service that according to “Israeli law, non-Muslims may go up to the Temple Mount …
Elderly
Jerusalem needy elderly find work, sustenance
Hand-in-hand, an older couple shuffles into Yad LaKashish’s Jerusalem stone compound across the street from city hall. They navigate their way, each to a separate workroom, and prepare to start …
Strategy
Israel’s long-term strategy pushes Iran strikes
Recent days have seen rapid-fire reports of dramatic military operations throughout the Middle East. All the reports have two things in common: The targets are Iranian, and they are attributed to …
Schools
HAFTR cupcakes
The “combat” was all in good fun on motzei Shabbat, as HAFTR middle school girls competed to decorate cupakes under the gun of a ticking clock. Callenges included designing treats …
Schools
Chumash day at HAFTR
HAFTR second graders received their first Chumashim in a Chagigat Chumash on Dec. 11. Family and friends joined to celebrate what HAFTR Principal Joshua Gold said are all of the incredible things …
This week in Torah
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Only Mashiach will end Amalek state of mind
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Shabbat Shirah’s music: Language of the soul
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Pharaoh’s choice, after losing ability to choose
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Prose to poetry in Beshalach’s Song of the Sea
Miriam’s a leader, as are Jewish women today
Aheteronym in the Torah appears in three contexts which have too many parallels to be ignored. The prophetess Miriam (M-R-Y-M) appears on the scene to sing about the splitting of the sea, and then we …
Jonathan Tobin
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Stop the hysteria! Harvard didn’t ‘cancel’ Roth, it chose not to honor an authentic antisemite
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Cheers and cash for terrorists killed 2-state fix
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Ukraine war may undermine Israeli security
For the last 11 months, Israel has sought to signal its opposition to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine while avoiding being dragged into a war that compromises its own security and …
Ben Cohen
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How Israel views the Russian-Iranian alliance
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The Iran nuclear deal is dead. Or is it really?
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Beware of the ‘reformist’ clerics who rule Iran
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‘The History Matters Here’: Returning to Jenin
BBC Jerusalem correspondent Tom Bateman noted that “the history matters here,” in a report on the Israel Defense Forces operation in the West Bank city of Jenin last Thursday that …
Melanie Phillips
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Diaspora Jews keep making the same mistake
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Unholy alliance links Republicans, Islamists
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EU’s subversion of Israel is the real story
Liberal Jews in both the Diaspora and Israel have been hyperventilating over the “extremist” ministers in the incoming government headed by Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin …
Food
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Winter blessing: Early, warm Shabbos dinner
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Amid January’s cold, soup warms the soul
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Baking tea breads for a cozy winter’s day
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Let’s resolve to eat heathier in the new year
Celebrating our fruitful trees on Tu B’Shevat
When I was a kid, each week for ten weeks before Tu B’Shevat (which begins Sunday night, Feb. 5), we brought 10 cents to school and bought a stamp which formed another leaf of a tree which, …
Travel
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Bold, beautiful rewilding of Israel’s wetlands
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10 places to sense Jerusalem’s ancient history
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New wines from Samaria and Jordan Valley
Winemakers often say simply, “It started as a hobby.” What started as a hobby turned into a passion for many who live in the hills of Samaria or Binyamin, where the weather, soil and …
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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We must remember (and teach) the Holocaust
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Here’s why Reform defends a vile antisemite
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Thanks to an intifada-by-media, whole world is wrong about Israel
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CUNY’s Jew-hating Zionist purge continues
Why Jewish leaders rushed to defend Omar
Opposition to American antisemitism is remarkably situational: •By and large, right-wing antisemites face, as they should, widespread condemnation and ostracism. •Left-wing …