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A Few Clouds Celebrating Sukkot, our unique, dual festival
Among the festivals that give rhythm and structure to the Jewish year, Sukkot is unusual, unique. A detail which had a significant influence on Jewish liturgy appears in the book of Deuteronomy: …
Sukkot
For Iraqi Jews, sukkah sitting was different
By Orit Arfa, JNS For most Jews, a sukkah conjures a booth with canvas or wooden walls, and bamboo or some sort of foliage on top as schach . Sarah Sassoon, 42, had a very different experience. …
Israel
Herzog: 50 years later, at war with each other
In his testimony before the Agranat Commission that investigated the Yom Kippur War, Col. Gabi Amir described the fateful and difficult hours of the fighting in the Sinai Peninsula as follows: …
Opinion
50 years after Yom Kippur: Rethinking Golda
There is an axiom in journalism that you never know when you’re going to do the one thing for which you will be remembered above all others. Few lives exemplify that lesson better than that of …
Keeping it together
After Abbas: Will Israel hold its shaky handle on the PA?
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is 87 years old. When he leaves the political scene, will Israel be able to continue supporting the Palestinian Authority, or even influence who stands at …
Food
Sukkot: A Jewish Thanksgiving and a lot more
Sukkot is akin to a Jewish Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving in America, no matter religion or background, families and friends come together to celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass., …
United Nations
Netanyahu’s address at the United Nations
Over three millennia ago, our great leader Moses addressed the people of Israel as they were about to enter the Promised Land. He said they would find there two mountains facing one another: Mount …
editorial
Jewish Star editor’s letter to The Riverdale Press
The Riverdale Press, the community newspaper in the heavily-Jewish Riverdale area of the Bronx, continues to prominently feature anti-Israel columns by a writer whose overriding long-term theme …
Opinion
The Bibi-MBS partnership comes into full view
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)’s interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier was an inflection point in global affairs. There were world affairs before the interview and world …
On Campus
Penn and Princeton maim academic freedom
Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber focused on the virtues of freedom of expression and diversity in his commencement speech earlier this year, denouncing the national proliferation …
Health
Parker: Creating dementia-friendly communities
Dementia is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by a decline in cognitive abilities, memory loss, and changes in behavior. The cognitive decline and memory loss experienced by …
Schools
SAR at a basketball camp in Senegal
After an intense junior year at SAR High School in Riverdale, Joseph Arenson traveled to Senegal this sumer to work for a not-for-profit basketball organization called MALAWRISE. The organization, …
Kosher Kitchen
Cornucopia of childhood harvest memories…
If you have ever had a backyard garden, then you know the joy of the late-summer, early-fall harvests. If all has gone well, your garden is now bursting with a ton of tomatoes, enough green beans to …
History
Want peace? De-Nazify the Palestinian leadership
The Oslo Accords, now 30 years old, began with great hopes but swiftly descended into a bloody stalemate of Palestinian terror, Israeli overtures for peace and more Palestinian terror. If one …
what you need to know
Antisemitism and anti-Zionism
What is antisemitism? Antisemitism is the marginalization and oppression of people who are Jewish, based on the belief in stereotypes, myths and disinformation about Jewish people, …
Viewpoint
‘Antisemitism month’ hypes Shoah and floods
In the Middle East, antisemitism emanates from the corridors of power, walking hand in hand with corruption, political repression, torture, racism and other reprehensible features of authoritarian …
History
History, lies and the Islamic Republic’s origin
A 1953 “coup put an end to the best hope for democratic secular politics in Iran during the 20th century,” stated Nader Hashemi during a recent podcast titled “Iran: The Struggle …
Health
Will Rx’s follow as Touro team tracks cell-invasion?
A study led by a team at Touro University Nevada has identified a new pathway that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter the nucleus of a healthy cell, where it can then replicate and go …
Schools
SAR renews mission: Let's be really nice!
The principal of the Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School wants his school to vibrate with a feeling of “nice.” Working to raise the profile of mitzvot ben adam l’chavero …
This week in Torah
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Celebrating Sukkot, our unique, dual festival
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Thought for Sukkot: The glory of Jewish women
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Emerging on Sukkot from darkness into light
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Making G-d’s world better is up to each of us
Seconds, then minutes. The boat overturned in the murky waters of the Yarkon River, trapping the woman who had been energetically rowing moments before. Even the air bubbles had ceased. A small …
Jonathan Tobin
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Academic freedom is no excuse for antisemitism
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Oslo debacle’s cruel lessons remain unlearned
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50 years after Yom Kippur: Rethinking Golda
There is an axiom in journalism that you never know when you’re going to do the one thing for which you will be remembered above all others. Few lives exemplify that lesson better than that of …
Ben Cohen
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Floods, earthquakes: ‘Israelis Without Borders’
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‘Antisemitism month’ hypes Shoah and floods
In the Middle East, antisemitism emanates from the corridors of power, walking hand in hand with corruption, political repression, torture, racism and other reprehensible features of authoritarian …
Kosher Bookworm
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Here’s a whale of a tale on behalf of repentance
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As the new year turns, always waiting for rain
Yom Kippur has passed and the hints of a winter chill envelop us with every step. The weather now garners increased attention as we are about to eat our meals in the sukkah. Any forecast of rain …
On Campus
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Academic freedom is no excuse for antisemitism
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Penn and Princeton maim academic freedom
Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber focused on the virtues of freedom of expression and diversity in his commencement speech earlier this year, denouncing the national proliferation …
Food: Dining In
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Simply put, our choice of deserts is daunting
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Cornucopia of childhood harvest memories…
If you have ever had a backyard garden, then you know the joy of the late-summer, early-fall harvests. If all has gone well, your garden is now bursting with a ton of tomatoes, enough green beans to …
Travel
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Voluntourism: When giving becomes part of the fun
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DC museum connects area’s past and present
What is Jewish Washington? It’s a good question with a lot of different answers. And one is likely to find many of them at the brand-new Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum. …
Health
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Will Rx’s follow as Touro team tracks cell-invasion?
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Parker: Creating dementia-friendly communities
Dementia is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by a decline in cognitive abilities, memory loss, and changes in behavior. The cognitive decline and memory loss experienced by …
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Israel critics slander history’s most humane army
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The Bibi-MBS partnership comes into full view
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)’s interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier was an inflection point in global affairs. There were world affairs before the interview and world …