There was a Jewish twist to the running of the Belmont Stakes last Shabbos in Elmont. American Pharoah jockey Victor Espinoza (above), who is not Jewish, visted the ohel of Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem …
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6/11/15
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Ah, yes, you speak of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the then-Democrat-controlled Congress passed on a party-line vote back in 2009. It’s been the subject of lots of …
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By Tom Purcell
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6/11/15
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Alan Dershowitz is fond of pointing out that, were a Martian to land in the middle of the United Nations, he would think that Israel was the worst place on the earth, which is oth-erwise …
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By Amelia Katzen, JNS.org
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6/11/15
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One commentator suggested that booing Jack Lew at last Sunday’s Jerusalem Post conference would “piss off Obama.” Instead, the boos were the pro-Israel community’s way of …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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6/11/15
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What is the greatest problem the Jewish people face today? Some would say assimilation: Of the estimated 13 million Jews worldwide, how many are committed to Jewish tradition and Jewish continuity? …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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6/11/15
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Last weekend earned some off-the-track Jewish attention. On Thursday, Mexican jockey Victor Espinoza made his way to the Chabad Ohel and the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The spiritual man was …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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6/11/15
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The French, to the casual observer, are a real enigma when it comes to foreign policy. Sometimes it seems like they can be truly helpful, whereas other times they are truly awful.
Take Iran. On …
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By Ben Cohen
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6/11/15
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It is a fantastic commentary on the inhumanity of our times,” journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote at the height of the 1930s European Jewish refugee crisis, “that for thousands and …
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By Rafael Medoff
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6/11/15
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Imagine if President Obama gave an award to James Holmes, the shooter who slaughtered 12 people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, in 2012. Well, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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6/11/15
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In commemoration of the first yahrzeit of the three Israeli teens captured and murdered last year by the Palestinians, HAFTR students joined in what was proclaimed International Unity Day.
After …
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