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Boro Park Assemblyman Dov Hikind repeatedly mocked New York’s Jewish Senator at an anti-Iran-nuke forum in North Woodmere on Sunday night, calling on the self-professed Shomer Yisroel (guardian …
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politics to go: jeff dunetz
Sometime between now and Sept. 17, Congress will have a chance to vote thumbs down on the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran. Per legislation, it will have 60 days to act, counting from July 19, when the …
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commentary by stephen m. flatow
One of the major issues in the debate over the Iran deal revolves around the question of what will happen if international inspectors want to visit a particular nuclear site, and the Iranians say …
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commentary by mk danny dannon
Likud Member of Knesset Danny Danon is Israel’s Minister of Technology, Science and Space.
Despite years of our warnings, the United States and the P5+1 powers reached a nuclear agreement …
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view from central park: tehilla r. goldberg
Last Tuesday, we woke up to a different world, to the moment to which history will most likely point an accusing finger.
This deal with Iran? It’s a great deal — for Iran, not for the …
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He’s a Jew from Brooklyn. He’s running for president. But is Israel on his radar?
Once considered a long shot for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) …
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It has not been a good month for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Not only is Bernie Sanders coming up on her in the clubhouse turn, but Hillary’s recently ex-posed …
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kosher bookworm: alan jay gerber
In the Jewish faith the observance of sad historical events also includes an essential human ingredient of optimism that serves to give us something to look forward to — in the case of Tisha …
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from the heart of jerusalem: rabbi binny freedman
How did it come to this? The headline went viral across the western world and the Middle East: Our former Israeli chief rabbi has been indicted for taking millions in bribes and faces trial for …
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parsha of the week: rabbi avi billet
When the Levush records the halakha from Shulchan Arukh 428 about when certain Torah portions are read during the year, he explains the rule that Tisha B’Av precedes parsha Va’Etchanan: …
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When hackers from a group called Moroccan Islamic Union-Mail defaced the website of Congregation Beth Am Israel in Penn Valley, Pa., in July 2014, the synagogue chose to look forward rather than …
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who's in the kitchen" Judy Joszef
I did it. I finally did it. I ended this relationship. It had lasted 18 years, through good times and bad. My family, friends and even acquaintances tried to reason with me, to let it go, it was …
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photo prose: Gary Rabenko
He loved my photography twice before, but chose a friend to shoot this Bar Mitzvah’s video.
Each moment’s ideal angle will tell the story best and render subjects pleasingly.
Here I …
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