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Israeli President Isaac Herzog convened the first meeting on Tuesday evening meant to bridge the gaps and find a compromise on judicial reform. Herzog met with working teams representing the ruling …
Education Bill
OU, Agudah cheer as DeSantis opens cash spigot
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday to establish a statewide voucher program in which every child will be eligible to receive nearly $8,000 towards schooling, tutoring or other …
Whats Changed?
And now, Kanye likes Jews
In a sudden about-face, Ye — née Kanye West — claims to have rescinded his vitriolic antisemitic views after watching Jewish actor Jonah Hill in the 2012 action comedy “21 …
Discussion
Battling hate with a Holocaust survivor’s story
Two incidents of swastikas found in the Woodmere Middle School boys’ bathroom on March 14 and 16 prompted the school to bring a visitor to speak to the sixth- and seventh-graders last week in …
carwash scams
Passover panic again spurs carwash scams
State Attorney General Letitia James is alerting New Yorkers to be cautious of discriminatory pricing practices at car washes in advance of Passover. In previous years, car wash businesses in …
Kosher Kitchen
Lighten up your seders with veggie sides
I love the confluence of Pesach and spring. Warmer weather, longer days and lots of spring vegetable in the markets just in time for the sedorim and beyond. The food for Passover can be …
fighter for rights
‘Jewish mother’ of disability rights movement
Judith Heumann, the Jewish “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement,” died on March 4. She was 75 years old. The Jewish Federations of North America called Heumann a …
Diplomacy
Israel-Polish diplomacy Aided by Ukraine war
The war in Ukraine helped to resolve a bitter diplomatic crisis between Israel and Poland over the Holocaust, Warsaw’s acting ambassador to Israel said over the …
heartbreak
Murder of Elan Ganeles breaks Conn. hearts
By all accounts, Elan Ganeles was a stellar young man. Kind. Respectful. Devoted to family and friends. He loved macaroni-and-cheese and playing the saxophone, according to a profile on …
Preparing for Passover
Shoppers struggle as prices continue to soar
A woman pushed her shopping cart down an aisle filled with Passover foods in a supermarket in northern New Jersey. She lifted a box of kosher-for-Passover soup mandle off the shelf and started to …
Schools
Lev Chana at HALB cheers its 100th day
Students at HALB’s Lev Chana celebrated the 100th day of school with fun projects and number games. At the end of the day, Lev Chana staff got together for their own celebration making candles …
Schools
Tu B’Shevat cheer
Children in Morah Deena Schwartz’s first grade CAHAL class at TAG proudly display their apple creations.
fighter for rights
Remembering Heumann, whose life was a blessing
My friend Judy Heumann died March 4 in Washington DC, where she lived. Her name might not mean too much to many of you. But to thousands — and I do meant thousands — of people who …
Crime
Jewish Press editor arrested for Jan. 6 role
The editor-in-chief of the Jewish Press at the time of the Capitol riot was arrested last week and charged with interfering with law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, violence. Elliot Resnick, …
Fear
Eastern J’salem schools raise child terrorists
February saw three terror attacks by Palestinian youths, two of whom were 13 years old and one of whom was 14. All were from eastern Jerusalem. The attacks have refocused attention on anti-Israel …
Antisemitism
ADL audit: Jew-hate rises
The 3,697 US antisemitic incidents the Anti-Defamation League recorded in 2022 represent a 36% increase over the 2,717 it tracked in 2021 and “the highest number on record since ADL began …
Helping Ukrainian Jews
Baltimore teen aids Ukrainian Jews at Pesach
Every time 17-year-old Adrian Maydanich passed grocery-store shelves overflowing with kosher-for-Passover food in his Baltimore community, he stopped in his tracks. He could not stop thinking of …
Schools
Beginning to look a lot like Purim
Purim spirit is in the air at the Stella K. Abraham HS for Girls. With a hilarious costume contest on Tuesday and a “Dress Up Decades Day” on Wednesday, students displayed extraordinary …
Schools
SAR glimpses life on Wall St
Schools
HAFTR cupcakes
Schools
Chumash day at HAFTR
Schools
Mercaz tech plugs in
This week in Torah
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Bringing a sacrifice: What’s it all about?
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Question of the week: What is Shabbat HaGadol?
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Shabbat HaGadol: Our true Independence Day
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Shabbat HaGadol is a story that must be told
Recalling our history by reliving it every day
There are moments in time one needs to forget. Often, though, these are moments we really need to remember. Such a moment came into my life on Aug 9 (the 20th of Av) in 2001. A beautiful afternoon …
Jonathan Tobin
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Omar vote is a turning point for US Jews
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Ukraine war may undermine Israeli security
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Don’t believe Jimmy Carter revisionists
The stock of historical figures rises and falls with the changing times that follow them. That is especially true for presidents. Examples of these top leaders whose reputations have risen and fallen …
Ben Cohen
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Time for ‘Auf Wiedersehen,’ Roger Waters?
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Schlein’s sinister view of her ‘Etruscan nose’
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‘Gobblefunk:’ Roald Dahl’s antisemitic legacy
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System failed: French antisemitism thrives
Five years ago, an 85-year-old survivor of the Holocaust, Mireille Knoll, was brutally murdered in her apartment in Paris by two intruders, one of whom was a neighbor she had known since his …
Melanie Phillips
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EU’s subversion of Israel is the real story
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Diaspora Jews keep making the same mistake
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Read this book: ‘Can the Whole World be Wrong? Lethal Journalism, Antisemitism, Global Jihad’
One of the mysteries of the war against Israel is the extent to which a monstrously twisted narrative about Israel and the Palestinian Arabs — casting the former as evil and the latter as …
Food
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Playing the ‘time to use up the chametz’ tune
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Getting ready to send our mishloach manot
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Grains and veggies speak to Purim tradition
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Pesach kitchen wisdom: Get kids involved
Naomi Ross of Woodmere recently published the acclaimed kosher cookbook, “The Giving Table.” Folding chairs lined the hallway wall like dutiful soldiers in expectation of arriving …
Travel
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New wines from Samaria and Jordan Valley
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Bold, beautiful rewilding of Israel’s wetlands
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Tourism, trade rise among Abe Accords states
Ties among Abraham Accords nations are growing stronger despite the normalization agreements’ lack of popularity among many people in the Arab partner countries. This is according to the …
Health
Israel to Iowa’s rescue
In Iowa, sparsely populated rural areas exist with emergency medical services response times that are so long that they sometimes prove deadly. Now, the Hawkeye state is turning to the Jewish …
More Opinion Columns
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Driving with yellow in Nablus can get you killed
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Hollywood’s purging of the Jews of ‘Babylon’
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Paying the price for a tragic Israeli surrender
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Here’s how political extremism became norm
Old but vital news: Times’ blatant antisemitism
The New York Times has rarely been good for the Jews or the Jewish state, despite the paper’s nominally Jewish ownership since 1896. At best, the Times’ coverage of Jews and Israel …