We should “not be afraid to accept a decision to benefit the Jewish nation [and not say] it is not a good time,” Deputy Israeli Minister of Defense Danny Danon told The Jewish Star.
If Israel had listened to the naysayers, Danon said, the State would not have been declared in 1948 and Jerusalem would not have been freed in 1967.
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By Malka Eisenberg
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6/6/13
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“Israel has the legal and moral responsibility to protect its citizens from violence” and a preemptive strike by Israel would be “legitimate self defense,” former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton told the Israel Day concert audience in Central Park on Sunday.
He added that he believed American military action was unlikely.
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By Malka Eisenberg
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6/6/13
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Dr. Dov Levitan of Ashkelon College and Bar Ilan University has penned a most learned essay themed to last week’s Torah reading of Bha’alotcha entitled, “On the Connection Between the Menorah and the Land of Israel.”
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/30/13
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How ironic that a recently published history of the struggle to liberate Soviet captive Jewry begins with two words — Yosef Mendelevich.
“When They Come For Us We’ll Be Gone,” by the skilled journalist and essayist Gal Beckerman [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010], describes the death and life struggle between Judaism and community Mendelevich personified, and which defined a generation of Jewish youth both in the Soviet Union and America.
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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5/30/13
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Over 400 supporters came to show respect and admiration for representatives of the Israel Defense Forces at the 2nd annual dinner of the Long Island chapter of Friends of the IDF last Wednesday at Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst. The dinner raised $300,000.
As the master of ceremonies, Five Towner and noted criminal defense attorney Ben Brafman stated that everyone came to “honor the old, the young and the in between.”
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By Malka Eisenberg
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5/30/13
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The hotly contested Lawrence Board of Education election ended on Wednesday afternoon, when Jesse Lunin-Pack — who on election night, May 21, appeared to be far head of rival Tova Plaut — conceded.
The board said it would meet at 9 p.m. on Thursday at Lawrence High School to make it official. Lunin-Pack said he was given permission to address the meeting.
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By Jeffrey Bessen
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5/30/13
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June 2
2013 Celebrate Israel Parade
Celebrating Israel’s 65th Anniversary
11 AM – 4 PM Rain or Shine
57th –74th Streets on 5th Avenue
New York City
CelebrateIsraelNY.org
20th Annual Israel Day Concert/Rally in Central Park
at Central Park’s Bandshell
2:30 to 7:30 PM, rain or shine
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5/30/13
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What does a person do when his or her entire life is suddenly turned upside down?
On May 19, the people of Moore, Oklahoma, faced that issue. A destructive tornado came to that neighborhood and wreaked havoc.
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By Malka Bernstein
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5/30/13
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This isn’t going to go down well for Eric Holder and the administration. NBC News reported that Attorney General Eric Holder personally approved the decision to go after Fox News’ James Rosen; then on Friday, the Department of Justice told Reuters that the NBC report is correct, possibly setting up the Attorney General to be indicted for perjury.
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By Jeff Dunetz
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5/30/13
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Over 1000 men, women and children filled the streets and plaza in front of the White Shul in Far Rockaway Sunday morning to hear eulogies and divrei Torah at a mass community wide funeral for 12 Torah scrolls severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
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By Malka Eisenberg
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5/30/13
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