Schools
SAR in Riverdale marks a dark day
The Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School and Academy marked the first anniversary of Oct. 7 by reaffirming the school’s commitment to supporting Israel. The day began with assemblies in …
schools
HALB recalls Oct. 7 and good works the followed
HALB students marked “One Year of Pain and Strength” with various programs, culminating with a school-wide kumzitz . “It was truly a beautiful and meaningful day,” HALB …
Politics to Go
October 7th still hurts like it was yesterday
Certain events get stuck in people’s brains. They are so significant that people remember what took place, where they were, and the first thought they had when they learned the news. …
Gaza War
Real lessons of Oct. 7 must not be ignored
The first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres in southern Israel adds yet another sacred date to a calendar already filled with those devoted to mourning tragedies in Jewish history. But the …
politics 2024
Biden lights yahrzeit candle in White House to mark Oct. 7
President Joe Biden commemorated the first anniversary of Hamas’ invasion by lighting a yahrzeit candle for those slain by the terrorists. Biden was joined by first …
gaza war
Destroying the Jews, destroying the world
As a 32-year-old American Jew, it didn’t take long after Oct. 7 to realize that my entire life had been predicated on one fantastical …
gaza war
Oct. 7: What really happened, then and now
On Oct. 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel. Their mission was to wipe out the Jewish population in the nearby towns, secure them and use them as forward operating bases for the …
Kosher Kitchen
Breaking the fast with table of light delights
For years we hosted a big break fast with lots of friends. I would cook for days and put out a spread for all my starving guests enhanced by all the delicious foods my friends made. The babies would …
Books
Oldest Hebrew book is on display in Washington
If Herschel Hepler, associate curator of Hebrew manuscripts at Museum of the Bible, hadn’t been searching Google Images in April 2016 …
gaza war
Rotary Club hears facts behind the Hamas war
A Rotary Club in Brooklyn heard an overview of the Hamas war — and how the organization’s “Four-Way Test” offers a path to peace …
Health
Even as the pain remains, resilience endures
The dust has not settled because the pain still runs deep. The barbarism of that day, when infants, siblings and parents were brutally slaughtered, is a tragedy that many have …
politics 2024
Trump marks Oct. 7 with visit to rebbe's Ohel
On the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks, former President Donald Trump visited the Ohel in Springfield Gardens, Queens, resting place of the Lubavitcher rebbe, …
gaza war
What’s it all about? This ethical and just war is not about territory. It’s about Zion, our soul
Israel is fighting a moral, ethical and just war. It is a war that Israel and the Jewish …
Gaza War
Amidst grief and resolve, Israel stands strong
One year later, Israel stands at a crossroads, tested as never before. In the face of unimaginable pain, our true strength has emerged. We recognize that this is a fight for our survival. …
food
Fish and fall fruits break our Yom Kippur fast
It’s tradition! After Neilah services at my synagogue on Yom Kippur, there’s a surge to tables of light fare typically set out by the Sisterhood. Tired and hungry worshippers gather round …
Global Focus
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Israel alone and unbowed
In his buoyant 1983 album track “Neighborhood Bully,” Bob Dylan sang: He’s not supposed to fight back, he’s supposed to …
accessibility
Elevator aims to make the Kotel accessible
Visitors in the Old City of Jerusalem hoping to spend time at the Kotel must either descend 142 steps from the Jewish Quarter …
health
Social-justice shrinks blacklist Jewish patients
Are you stressed out? Feeling traumatized? Anxious? Depressed? Are friends, family and colleagues giving you a hard time about your support for Zionism and Israel? Maybe you …
This week in Torah
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Opening a window to new opportunities ahead
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Push judgments aside, give others 2nd chance
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Drilling back to origins of annulling our vows
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Discovering our ‘tipping points’ on Yom Kippur
If you would have collected a group of world-renowned military strategists on Yom Kippur in 1973 and asked them, at 4 pm Israel time, for a prognosis on the status of the events unfolding on the …
Jonathan Tobin
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Reactions to Israel’s Hezbollah strikes matter
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Carlson is pivot for right-wing antisemitism
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Real lessons of Oct. 7 must not be ignored
The first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres in southern Israel adds yet another sacred date to a calendar already filled with those devoted to mourning tragedies in Jewish history. But the …
Ben Cohen
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Bernard-Henri Lévy: Israel alone and unbowed
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In Afghanistan and Gaza, tragedies and farce
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Simply put: We can’t dialogue with Iran’s rulers
Two years have passed since the murder of Jina (“Mahsa”) Amini, a young Kurdish-Iranian woman, at the hands of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s morality police. Amini was …
Kosher Bookworm
On Campus
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Jews: The real students for Palestinian justice
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Let’s defeat the anti-Israel student terrorists
J ewish students from the City University of New York recently attending a Hillel welcome-back dinner were surrounded by masked, screaming protesters who banged on windows and chanted, …
More Opinion Columns
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As Oslo turns 31, the hate keeps on hating
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Hypocrisy on Mahsa Amini murder anniversary
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From Pagers to Nasrallah, this is, in fact, a war
The United Nations was in high dudgeon in the aftermath of the pager and walkie-talkie attacks against Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. According to the Associated Press, the UN’s human …
Food: Dining In
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Fish and fall fruits break our Yom Kippur fast
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Preparing for Rosh Hashana, vegetarian-style
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Breaking the fast with table of light delights
For years we hosted a big break fast with lots of friends. I would cook for days and put out a spread for all my starving guests enhanced by all the delicious foods my friends made. The babies would …
Travel
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After city lived with 275 years of ghosts, Jewish Charleston is bullish on its future
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Thousands of Americans make aliyah after Oct. 7
Nearly 1,800 North Americans have immigrated to Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion, with an additional 2,000 newcomers expected this summer, Nefesh B’Nefesh reports. NBN, the nonprofit …
Health
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Social-justice shrinks blacklist Jewish patients
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Mt. Sinai South Nassau dedicates Sabbath House
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Even as the pain remains, resilience endures
The dust has not settled because the pain still runs deep. The barbarism of that day, when infants, siblings and parents were brutally slaughtered, is a tragedy that many have …