There is a tragic account of the last moments of Grigori Zinoviev, the Russian Bolshevik leader of Jewish descent who was executed by Stalin in 1936. According to the historian Donald Rayfield, on …
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By Ben Cohen
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4/18/18
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Within hours of the attack, a consensus of talking heads and internet commentators concluded that it was Israel that bombed a Syrian military base. That consensus is probably correct, but if it was …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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4/18/18
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When Hamas organized a “March of Return” on March 30, like the producers of a theatrical production, leaders of the terrorist group and their foreign enablers waited to see the returns …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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4/18/18
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Sometimes you hear about someone only after he or she has left this world, and you so badly wish you had had the opportunity to meet them face to face in their lifetime. So it was for me this past …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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4/18/18
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At its Yom Ha’atzma’ut event this Wednesday evening, the Young Israel of Woodmere will hear former Senator and vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman discuss “Reflections on …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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4/18/18
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Recently the issue of high quality secular education in New York state’s non-public schools came to the fore when Boro Park state Senator Simcha Felder forced through legislation that may lower …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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4/18/18
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Here we are, on the cusp of the holiday of Pesach that in every manner of theme and observance surely defines us as a people. With that in mind, I bring to your attention two books that deserve your …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/29/18
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I'm thankful for the March 21–22 nor’easter that blew across Long Island and dropped a foot of snow in Nassau County. No, really, I am.
Early last Thursday, I was shoveling snow at …
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By Scott Brinton
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3/29/18
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I feel like I never eat so well, or at least so creatively, as the weeks leading to Pesach. Between cleaning out the pantry, the fridge and the freezer, there are many permutations of meals to …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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3/28/18
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The narrative of the Four Sons is one of the highlights of the Maggid (Telling) section of the Haggadah. Contemporary versions of this work formulate the first two questions in this …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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3/28/18
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