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Five Towns marks Yom HaShoah
As is customary at Yom HaShoah commemorarions, six candles were lit in the Five Towns on Sunday night, one for each million of the six million Jews who were slain by the Nazis. Four of the candles …
Shoah
Riverdale ‘seder’ marks Shoah
Riverdale remembered the Ho locaust the way Jews commemorate so much: through ritual. The device created for this by Rabbi Avi Weiss at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale was a Yom HaShoah Seder. …
Shoah
Yizkor. Remember. Yet again.
It is more than 80 years since the Holocaust. The child survivors are today elderly men and women. Please G-d, may they be with us for many more years to come. When we think of Israel, we …
Shoah History
We should have learned more from history
Looking back at history, we often see what appear to have been clearly defined periods, eras or growths of movements. Some good or entertaining, like the Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age. Some …
Shoah
Post-Oct. 7 Yom HaShoah: Shoah education failure
For decades, American Jewry has marked Yom Hashoah with the same rituals and rhetoric. They heard from survivors, whose numbers continue to dwindle and who bore witness about their horrific …
Gaza War + Antisemitism
Universities in America were always extreme
The Nazi cheers of “Sieg Heil” didn’t start out in Munich, but in Massachusetts. The Nazi chant was borrowed from Harvard football cheers and imported to Germany by Ernst …
Gaza War
SJP doc means war, and it’s America’s war
Over the weekend, I read one of the most disturbing pieces of journalism I have ever encountered. Via her Substack, the intrepid Eve Barlow — one of the best pro-Israel journalists working …
Kosher Kitchen
Loving springtime in my timeless kitchen
As Pesach holiday drew to a close, I wondered why I didn’t get to try out the 23 or 24 new Passover recipes I collected this year. Maybe next year. And once again I found myself thinking …
On Campus
Death of light and truth on the American campus
The students currently protesting against Israel on college campuses across the US have no interest in learning, let alone challenging their own assumptions. They are making a mockery of education …
Elections
Jewish vote, up for grabs, may decide election
A few weeks ago, Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, senior rabbi at the Steven Wise Free Synagogue in New York, delivered a shocking sermon. Standing at his pulpit, Hirsch voiced a stern warning to …
Global Focus
Colombia to Columbia: Unceasing war on Israel
In times of adversity, Jews respond in many ways, perhaps the most precious of which is humor. When the Soviet Union …
gaza war
Torres: Israel guarded Islamic sites
Progressive Democratic Rep. Rep. Ritchie Torres responded to video footage showing intercepted Iranian munitions over the Temple Mount. “Israel protected Al-Aqsa Mosque from destruction at …
Gaza War + Antisemitism
Nazis old and new at the George Washington U
The image of a pro-Hamas student at George Washington University brandishing a poster calling for a “Final Solution” was horrifying. But it was also deeply ironic. Because on the very …
Gaza War
ICJ never called the genocide libel ‘plausible’
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Media and Reporting When the International Court of Justice issued an order on Jan. 26 in the genocide case brought against Israel by South Africa, it soon …
Shoah
Post-Oct. 7 Yom HaShoah: Shoah education failure
For decades, American Jewry has marked Yom Hashoah with the same rituals and rhetoric. They heard from survivors, whose numbers continue to dwindle and who bore witness about their horrific …
Shoah
Biden talks of Yom HaShoah
President Joe Biden delivered an address on Tuesday marking Yom HaShoah. He denounced the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world.” Biden spoke seven months …
Books
‘Canada’s Rabbi’: His story’s in daughter’s book
Rikki Ash (pictured) has always known her beloved grandfather was a special person. She knew that he had lived a life of purpose and made every day count. In her new …
Gaza War
The prognosis for American Jewry is not good
The steep rise in antisemitism in the United States has reawakened the debate about whether the so-called “Golden Age” of American Jewry has run its historical course. It’s a …
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This week in Torah
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There are certain things we must never forget
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If we’re holy, we’ll treat elderly with respect
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Judaism’s 3 voices and Kedoshim’s commands
The nineteenth chapter of Vayikra, with which our parsha begins, is one of the supreme statements of the ethics of the Torah. It’s about the right, the good and the holy, and it contains some …
Jonathan Tobin
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We must not let Biden grant victory to Hamas
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Pogrom photogs deserve censure, not awards
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Post-Oct. 7 Yom HaShoah: Shoah education failure
For decades, American Jewry has marked Yom Hashoah with the same rituals and rhetoric. They heard from survivors, whose numbers continue to dwindle and who bore witness about their horrific …
Ben Cohen
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Nicaraguan tyrant’s unconscionable ICJ charade
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Israel-bashing reviews are leaving a bad taste
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Colombia to Columbia: Unceasing war on Israel
In times of adversity, Jews respond in many ways, perhaps the most precious of which is humor. When the Soviet Union …
Kosher Bookworm
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As Pesach nears, discovering our tradition anew
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Answering questions from children of tomorrow
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Readings selected for a meaningful Pesach
The Pesach Seder may be the most observed family ritual on the Jewish calendar. Accordingly, many books deal with Pesach observances, and I’ve referenced several in recent columns. This …
On Campus
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Universities in America were always extreme
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Death of light and truth on the American campus
The students currently protesting against Israel on college campuses across the US have no interest in learning, let alone challenging their own assumptions. They are making a mockery of education …
More Opinion Columns
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Israel backers drown out NJ ‘intifada revolution’
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Reminder: Beware the Ides of March (redux)
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Jew-hate skyrockets, rising 140% in 2023
Antisemitism in the United States spiked by a record 140%, according to figures released by the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday. Nearly 9,000 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism …
Food: Dining In
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Ancient matzah’s tasty beyond-seder twist
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Loving springtime in my timeless kitchen
As Pesach holiday drew to a close, I wondered why I didn’t get to try out the 23 or 24 new Passover recipes I collected this year. Maybe next year. And once again I found myself thinking …
Travel
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Caymans cuisine: Caribbean ‘culinary capital’
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Moroccan Jews on future: ‘Not country we knew’
“This is not the Morocco we knew,” said Kobi Ifrah, co-founder of Kulna, an organization that aims to preserve and promote Jewish Moroccan heritage. Since moving from Dimona in …
Health
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Parker: Creating dementia-friendly communities
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Israel’s role in international health diplomacy
Israel and Morocco are promoting a declaration on “Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response” which is an excellent example of “health diplomacy.” Health diplomacy …