Election 2024

Orthodox swing Republican but most Jews still loyal Democrats

This column was posted Tuesday evening before full election results were available. Regardless of whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris is named the winner of the 2024 presidential election, …

Elections 2024

Gillen declares victory over D’Esposito; GOP maintains control of other seats

Republican incumbents appear to have retained most local seats in New York on Tuesday, but in Congressional District 4, Democratic challenger Laura Gillen declared victory over incumbent Congressman …

Elections 2024

Two Jewish Democrats elected governor, in Delaware, North Carolina

With Matt Meyer’s and Josh Stein’s election as governor of Delaware and North Carolina respectively on Tuesday, the two join four other Jewish governors — Jared Polis (Colo.), J. B. …

kosher kitchen

Talking stuffings, dressings for Thanksgiving

Every year, my mother made a delicious challah stuffing that she overstuffed into the 25 to 28 lb. turkey she made. The bowl of stuffing was huge (so huge that she also put some of the stuffing into …

Gaza war

Coping with danger while Israel’s north burns

“Often it’s not so much the fire that’s scary — it’s standing next to this crater with the remains of a rocket that wasn’t hit by the Iron Dome,” said Itamar …

Sports

Bedouins stage Israel’s first legal Camel race

Israel held its first-ever state-sanctioned camel race on Friday in the country’s South, with thousands of spectators in attendance to support the competitors. The event, held near …

politics 2024

Amos Schocken’s lies and Bill Clinton’s truths

Two speeches last week are worthy of note for the widespread surprise they elicited, causing each to go viral within minutes of their delivery. The first was delivered last Sunday by the …

history

Let’s consider Jabotinsky’s other ‘Iron Wall’

This week a century and one year ago, Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s article “The Iron Wall” was published in the Russian-language weekly, Razsvet, in Berlin. So famous has it become …

gaza war

Zionism, Palestinian nationalism, not the same

Recent discussions and debates have claimed that Zionism and Palestinian nationalism are two sides of a coin, with much in common as national movements that seek self-determination for their people. …

Gaza War

Celebrating Simchat Torah with special mantles

As we celebrated Simchat Torah this year, how could we not think about the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 and the days that followed. During hakafot in the Young Israel of Woodmere, I noticed …

kosher kitchen

Savoring squash and other autumn produce

As autumn takes hold, the holidays end and normal routines return. The mornings are decidedly chilly, the sun sets earlier and we begin to think of the winter ahead. We can still buy really fresh …

antisemitism

‘Antisemitism on College Campuses Exposed’

The following is excerpted from the 122 page (plus 203 pages of appendixes) Republican Staff Report of the US House of Representatives Committee on Education & the Workplace, published on Oct. …

Politics 2024

Schumer, head down, shows his true colors

Deny though he may, the evidence produced in a House Committee on Education and the Workforce report about antisemitism on college campuses is an appropriate …

global focus

What cowardly Matt Baldacci did, other do too

Like many Jews of my generation, born during a period when antisemitism was largely depicted as a historical phenomenon and any manifestations were seen as an unfortunate aberration, I would …

gaza war

Zionism, Palestinian nationalism, not the same

Recent discussions and debates have claimed that Zionism and Palestinian nationalism are two sides of a coin, with much in common as national movements that seek self-determination for their people. …

memorial

A daughter’s loss. A memory that lives forever.

Doesn’t it seem like yesterday when your first child was born? To me, it does, and decades later, you recall the excitement that had been building as the “due date” …

gaza war

Discovering Isaiah’s message for the hostages

Since this horrific war began, communities began reciting Tehillim regularly. This was done both as a prayer to Hashem and to give us much needed comfort and chizuk . Yet many of us have been …

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