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Pols act after 2 attacks on Shoah tolerance center
As the number of reported anti-Semitic incidents on Long Island continues to increase, Nassau and Suffolk officials joined on Monday to mount a counterattack. At the Holocaust Memorial and …
hate on LI
Arrest follows confrontation at Lawrence Costco
A Jamaica, Queens man has been charged with aggravated harassment second-degree and menacing third-degree for an anti-Semitic encounter inside Costco on Rockaway Turnpike in North Lawrence on …
on the road
LI rabbis join JNF in viewing Zionism’s future
Israel — the Holy Land, Eretz Zion, the Land of Milk and Honey. It’s a frequent topic of conversation around the Shabbat table, in shuls and on college campuses. Its politics may be polarizing at …
2020
Nikki on a roll: Rips the UN, Venezuela (and Canada too)
In a scathing speech about corruption in the United Nations, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused Canada of making a “deal with the devil” and called again for the …
politics to go
President Trump’s our pal. Liberal Jews should get a sense of humor.
President Donald Trump delivered a 45-minute speech to the Israeli American Council (IAC) in Hollywood, Florida on Saturday night. Trump spoke about his administration’s decisions to pull …
keeping the faith
Shabbat trumps Olympics: Frum mom keeps priorities straight
A haredi Orthodox mother of five may have to give up her dream of running in the marathon at the 2020 Olympics after the race was scheduled for a Saturday. “I felt like I …
communal leadership
5 men break glass ceiling at AMIT, join charity's all-female board
For the first time in its 95-year history, AMIT has included men on its formerly all-female board of directors, a move that dovetails with a trend in America’s corporate boards …
first person
She’s finally embraced who she is: Jewish and Sephardic. Latino too.
A friend of mine, who’s the daughter of Chinese immigrants and married to another immigrant, recently decided that she would no longer buy her daughter a Barbie doll if it didn’t …
food
Generations-old recipe: Bukharian chicken and rice
Why use several different pots and pans when you can fit a full meal into one? Bachsh is a traditional Bukharian rice and meat dish loaded with aromatic onions and fresh herbs …
food
At 76, Joan Nathan lists her top 15 Jewish foods
If you’re part of a Jewish family in the U.S., there’s a decent chance you grew up in the vicinity of a Joan Nathan cookbook. Her many books, including “Jewish Cooking in America,” have been …
opinion
The West’s lethal triple lock of Jewish hatred
In France, which is experiencing another surge of anti-Jewish attacks, the lower house of parliament has approved a draft resolution that calls hatred of Israel a form of anti-Semitism. In …
racists on the right
‘Groyper army’ touts racist, anti-Semitic agenda
The young man in the smiley face baseball hat and the Teddy Spaghetti t-shirt had a question for Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, a pro-Trump youth movement that’s …
opinion
Getting tough to keep peace with Jordan
Israel’s Channel 13 reported that President Donald Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates held a meeting at the White House last week with the …
politics to go
End politically correct hodgepodge: Chanukah is not Jewish Christmas=
It happens every year at this time, the politically correct holiday season. When a community puts up a Christmas tree, one of three things happens. Either there is a battle to take it down …
food
Bake latkes this Chanukah. You won’t regret it.
Everyone loves potato latkes, but no one likes the mess of frying them or the guilt associated with eating them. These latkes are baked in the oven and easily won over my kids. You do need to …
food
A shakshuka that’s even better: Green, with feta
If I’m hosting brunch, it’s a pretty sure bet that I’ll make shakshuka. Saucy, spicy and runny with egg, it’s a universally beloved dish that, to its credit (and my eternal disappointment), …
opinion
ZOA legal victory is good news for Jewish students everywhere
Those who care about Jewish college students should be celebrating a landmark legal victory in the fight against campus anti-Semitism. The victory stems from a civil rights complaint filed against …
schools
HAFTR beit haMikdash fair
This week in Torah
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A promise of ‘If G-d will be with me’
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2 considerations: Physical fear, moral distress
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The difficult trials of Yaakov avinu
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Encountering the ‘Eisavs’ that we face today
The ‘nameless’ who should not be forgotten
There is something special about meeting up with an old friend one hasn’t seen in years. I recently had just such a special experience, when I spent a weekend in a community where a friend …
Kosher Bookworm
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Roots of our religious rituals and seforim
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The art of writing sefarim
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Rabbi Cardozo series considers weekly parsha
The focus of this week’s essay is “Cardozo on the Parashah: Genesis,” the latest work by the distinguished scholar, Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo. The founder and dean of …
Who's in the Kitchen
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Talking about ‘illegals’: Jerry’s Shoah survivors
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After 8 years, it’s another delightful Sukkot
This is the eighth year that I’m writing a Sukkot column for The Jewish Star and, frankly, I’m not sure what I can say that I haven’t already said. I’ve spoken about …
Kosher Kitchen
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Many variations to old-fashioned cholent recipes
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The special blessing of Thanksgiving leftovers
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Chanukah brisket with roots in the old country
It is never too early to think about Chanukah but, I have been wondering … who decided we should eat brisket with our latkes? It seems that the sale of briskets is higher right before Chanukah than …
View from Central Park
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Small donation, large meditation
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New Yorker breaks subway etiquette over Jew-hating rapper
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A murderer from a good family
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The power of one breath
Israel fixed its refugee problem
Danny Danon, Israeli’s ambassador to the UN, wants to introduce a General Assembly resolution on behalf of 850,000 forgotten Jews who were forced to flee such Muslim-ruled countries as …
Viewpoint
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Anti-Semitism is part of Europe’s cultural fabric
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The truth is not selective: Poland vs. Netflix
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Macron’s woe: ‘Until our dead can sleep in peace’
One of the criticisms leveled at the numerous Holocaust memorials dotted around Europe is their alleged tendency to, as an American Jewish leader memorably put it to me, “encourage …
Politics to Go
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End politically correct hodgepodge: Chanukah is not Jewish Christmas=
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President Trump’s our pal. Liberal Jews should get a sense of humor.
President Donald Trump delivered a 45-minute speech to the Israeli American Council (IAC) in Hollywood, Florida on Saturday night. Trump spoke about his administration’s decisions to pull …
torah
Life and death are in the power of speech
What is the Jewish stance on cursing and curse words? Researchers have found that about 0.7 percent of a typical American’s speech is made up of swear words. …
israel
Beyond final encore: What culture brings to Jerusalem
Established in 1961 as a classical music festival in Caesarea, the Israel Festival, now in its 58th year and which runs this year from May 30 to June 15, was “relocated” to Jerusalem in …