The words that come to me as I absorb with great sadness the sudden passing of Joseph Lieberman, of blessed memory, are from the verses describing his namesake, Joseph in ancient Egypt: How all who …
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By Rabbi Warren Goldstein
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4/3/24
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What do you call a Jewish house of prayer? When was the State of Israel founded? Which cities in our country have the largest Jewish communities?
These are just three of the 20 questions about …
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By Ben Cohen
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4/3/24
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B eware the Ides of March. Not that Ides! This past Ides of March — give or take a few days.
The infamy of that earlier Ides lives on, 2,068 years later, with a similar drama of betrayal, …
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By Thane Rosenbaum
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4/3/24
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When Al Gore chose Joe Lieberman as his Democratic vice presidential running mate in 2000, it was a gamechanger for Jews in America as, for the first time, a Jewish candidate was on a major party …
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By Michael Hinman, Riverdale Press
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4/3/24
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It’s no surprise that one of Israel’s harshest critics in Washington doesn’t understand Judaism, even as he uses it to obscure his antisemitism.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the …
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Commentary by Nachama Soloveichik
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4/3/24
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Amit and Tomer Ades decorated their home in the beginning of October to celebrate their son’s fifth birthday. What they didn’t prepare for was celebrating his birthday in a safe room …
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By Ben Fiebert, LI Herald
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4/3/24
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Approximately 100 pro-Hamas protesters were bused on Monday to the largest synagogue in Teaneck to protest an 8 pm event featuring firsthand accounts of the Oct. 7 atrocities that took place in …
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By Elizabeth Kratz, The Jewish Link
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4/3/24
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A group determined to save local news in New York rallied in Albany in an effort to bring more lawmakers to their cause.
The Empire State Local News Coalition — a statewide advocacy group …
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By LI Herald
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4/3/24
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What is the obligation of a reporter or news photographer covering an act of terrorism or warfare? Is it merely to document what has happened? Or are there some limits on what a journalist should do …
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By Jonathan Tobin
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4/3/24
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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.
To help us prepare to respond to our children who may questions the …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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4/3/24
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