At a synagogue vigil in London on Monday evening for the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom, Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he stood in solidarity with Israel.
Hamas, he said, …
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By Melanie Phillips
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10/18/23
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When I was a child, my racing, impatient young mind could never focus during weekly visits to synagogue in London, my birthplace, as my father and the congregants who sat in our section might well …
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By Ben Cohen
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10/18/23
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Written on Erev Shabbat, last Friday.
It has been a week since the war started, and I feel a need to write.
I am not a writer. I don’t even know who I will send this to.
I am, …
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By Dov Yarden
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10/18/23
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We weren’t struck by a bolt of moral clarity when Hamas terrorists murdered and pillaged in Israeli communities near the Gaza border on Oct. 7, “because for the last 23 year …
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The Jewish Star
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10/18/23
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10/12/23
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10/12/23
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Considered by many the most influential secular Jewish poem of the twentieth century, “B’ir Haharegah (In the City of Slaughter).” was published in 1904 in the aftermath of the …
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The Jewish Star
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10/11/23
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Words matter. A number of media organisations have editorial guidelines directing them not to use the term 'terrorist' in their reporting of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. …
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By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (UK)
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10/11/23
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In the days since Hamas launched its barbaric assault on Israel, there has been a lot of discussion about possible analogies between the current struggle and past chapters …
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By Jonathan Tobin
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10/11/23
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The Hamas gunman aimed his rifle at the elderly couple in their home in southern Israel early Saturday morning. He held a grenade on Rachel Edri’s head, began screaming “Allah …
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By Etgar Lefkovitz, JNS
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10/11/23
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