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With liars getting louder and historical ignorance common, our columnists argue it’s time to call out those who would deny the truths of Jewish history. …
truth matters
There is no opposing side to Holocaust education
A state-by-state survey of young Americans last year showed that more than half in Texas could not name a concentration camp or ghetto where Jews were imprisoned and tortured during the …
Truth matters
The Holocaust happened. There’s nothing to debate.
Some Jewish liberals say that they saw this coming, that the movement to stop the teaching of critical race theory in the schools was bound to negatively impact teaching about the Holocaust. They …
truth matters
Restating a truth: Jews are indiginous to Israel
A narrative cartoon in Jewish Currents called “When Settler Becomes Native” included a cartoon image of myself with a quote from a JTA article I wrote about my …
Truth matters
Speak up when you hear anti-Israel hate
Imagine: The vice president of the United States visits a college campus and fields questions from students. One student stands up and defiantly says, “I don’t understand why our …
israel
Dead Sea is shrinking but it’s not exactly dying
Hundreds of people undressed and painted themselves white for a nude photo shoot last week to bring attention to the Dead Sea (Salt Sea in Hebrew), the deepest hypersaline lake in the world, 27 times …
travel
Strolling down Tel Aviv’s famous Rothschild Blvd
From pastoral bike paths, cultural institutions and classic Bauhaus architecture to chic cafés, top-notch restaurants and charming kiosks — Rothschild Boulevard offers the perfect Tel …
opinion
Past time to fess up: Qatar didn't work out
Qatar’s foreign minister last week declared that his country will not normalize relations with Israel. And yet, not long ago …
analysis
Adding 1776, 1865, 1940, ’64 and ’80 to 1619, to consider the good years as well as the bad
The public conversation about American history has been deadlocked for more than two years. As America becomes impasse-ville, many influential voices have imposed a false all-or-nothing …
kosher kitchen
It’s fall. Let’s do apples, all kinds of apples.
I clearly remember the first time we took our daughter apple picking because it was my first time also. (I must have missed those school trips.) She was about 2-1/2 …
history
Celebrating Rachel Imeinu
The Rachel’s Children Reclamation Foundation commemorated the yarzheit of Rochel Imeinu on Sunday, 11 Cheshvan. The 27th Annual Yarzheit Dinner took place in two locations …
This week in Torah
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Analyzing the binding of Isaac: 4 problems
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The Akedah’s real challenge to Avraham avinu
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Binding our children to Israel’s eternal chain
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The trials and tribulations that form our lives
There was a coffee shop in the town in which I once lived. It was part of a national chain, so that all kinds of people gathered there for their morning coffee and doughnuts. This particular shop …
Kosher Bookworm
Why not celebrate Rosh Chodesh on Rosh Hashana?
The following is an excerpt from Rabbi Evan Hoffman’s “Parsha Themes in Historical Perspective,” published this summer by Gefen Publishing. This section is titled “The Missing …
Ben Cohen
Is France’s Eric Zemmour a new Bruno Kreisky?
Could a politician who positively identifies as Jewish and expresses pro-Israel sympathies ever be elected as head of state in a European country? The question is still a hypothetical one. In …
James Sinkinson
Speak up when you hear anti-Israel hate
Imagine: The vice president of the United States visits a college campus and fields questions from students. One student stands up and defiantly says, “I don’t understand why our …
Jonathan Tobin
The Holocaust happened. There’s nothing to debate.
Some Jewish liberals say that they saw this coming, that the movement to stop the teaching of critical race theory in the schools was bound to negatively impact teaching about the Holocaust. They …
Food
It’s fall. Let’s do apples, all kinds of apples.
I clearly remember the first time we took our daughter apple picking because it was my first time also. (I must have missed those school trips.) She was about 2-1/2 …
Travel
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11 things to know before hiking the Israel Trail
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Exhibit displays coffee culture through the ages
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Destruction of the Temples told in 49 cisterns
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Strolling down Tel Aviv’s famous Rothschild Blvd
From pastoral bike paths, cultural institutions and classic Bauhaus architecture to chic cafés, top-notch restaurants and charming kiosks — Rothschild Boulevard offers the perfect Tel …