Chutzpadik Chuck’s not our ‘shomer’
Alan Dershowitz may have written a book titled “Chutzpah,” but if anyone’s picture deserves to be in the dictionary alongside that idiomatic Yiddish word, it’s that of Sen. …
Five Towns
Woodmere Young Israel marks Rabbi Schachter’s decade
At a fundraising dinner marking its 64th year, the Young Israel of Woodmere celebrated the leadership of Rabbi Shay and Rina Schachter as they marked ten years of service to the shul. More than …
Birthright
Long Islander is 10,000th Birthright volunteer
Long Islander Madison Stock is the 10,000th participant in the Birthright Israel volunteer program. The 22-year-old from Woodbury has extended her visit to Israel after completing work on …
Long Beach
In Long Beach, it’s a community Purim at the BACH Jewish Center
The Long Beach Fire Department helped ignite the ruach at BACH Jewish Center’s Purim celebrations by participating in the shul’s annual Megillah reading and community Purim party. …
gaza war
The nuts and bolts of the Mahmoud Khalil case
American diplomats are supposed to serve at least one tour on the visa line overseas, interviewing would-be visitors. It’s important work that has the side benefit of supplying some good …
Kosher Kitchen
Seder’s smells and tastes: Imprinted memories
Studies have shown that we are hard-wired to form memories around food. Often, indelible memories connected to food may be the strongest memories we have. It is why recipes are handed down through …
Health
Jew-hatred’s long-term psychological impact
A clinical psychologist says that Israeli expat children are suffering psychological distress at schools in Massachusetts amid a documented effort by anti-Israel elements of the Massachusetts …
global focus
Time to quash UN’s pro-Hamas bureaucracy
We are currently experiencing the worst surge of antisemitism in living memory. But that realization shouldn’t lull us into thinking that the world prior to October 2023 was a relative bed of …
gaza war
HS students show resiliency in post–Oct. 7 world
Vicious antisemitism that was once relegated exclusively to the halls of higher education is now tragically found in high schools nationwide. Jewish students are facing an increasingly hostile …
Aliyah
Moving on up: Aliyah hopefuls flock to fairs
With two powerful events dedicated to advancing aliyah , Nefesh B’Nefesh and its partners drew hundreds of participants to Teaneck on Sunday and Monday. About 600 people attended …
Workplace Antisemitism
Bringing the fight to workplace antisemitism
Last month, as we discussed whether she had a valid claim for a hostile work environment due to antisemitis, a Jewish woman told me that her supervisor called her “Anne Frank” multiple …
Birthright
Birthright impacts children of its participants
A new study from the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., highlights the impact of Birthright Israel across the generations, revealing how the …
Food
Amid Abraham Accords, Dubai chocolate entices
For $29.99, Oh! Nuts sells a kosher, pareve “Dubai chocolate bar,” a “luxurious confection that blends rich tradition with modern indulgence.” Two North Miami Beach sellers, …
Secure Community Network
Secure network debuts video-based student training
The Secure Community Network, the 21-year-old nonprofit that serves as the North American Jewish community’s official safety organization, wants Jewish students to prepare to keep themselves …
gaza war
Consequences for hate conduct, not speech
Many in the media have spent the last few days debating the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and activist who led tension-filled campus protests in the past year that …
gaza war
Law, not rhetoric, applies to green-card holders
Here’s what happened: An actual enforcement of immigration law. Mahmoud Khalil, a native of Syria who has spearheaded the anti-Israel movement at Columbia University, is arrested by Immigration …
spiritual
Brooklyn woman donates 200 pairs of tefillin
On a bitter-cold day in early January, Mary Jarada, a Syrian Jewish woman from Brooklyn, stood beaming at Machon Stam, a small scribal workshop in Crown Heights that specializes in writing tefillin , …
travel
El Al’s King David: Modern bar, top coffee, quiet
A significantly upgraded King David Lounge opened last week at Ben Gurion International Airport, expanding EL AL’s luxury passenger experience. “We believe that the customer’s …
gaza war
We shall not be moved
This week in Torah
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At Vayakhel, working to build our community
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Sacred moments for ‘the Congregation of Israel’
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Mirrors of love that were precious to Hashem
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Are we viewing the ‘Greatest Show on Earth’?
For this week’s parsha, Rashi doesn’t comment
Open a chumash with Rashi on this week’s parsha, Vayakhel, and the first thing you notice is … there is no Rashi. You can count on your hand the number of comments Rashi provides on …
Jonathan Tobin
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Trump anti-woke war key to Jew-hate fight
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Anti-Trump resistance defends antisemites
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Chutzpadik Chuck’s not our ‘shomer’
Alan Dershowitz may have written a book titled “Chutzpah,” but if anyone’s picture deserves to be in the dictionary alongside that idiomatic Yiddish word, it’s that of Sen. …
Ben Cohen
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Targeting agents of influence in service of Iran
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How Germany’s new leader can make history
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Time to quash UN’s pro-Hamas bureaucracy
We are currently experiencing the worst surge of antisemitism in living memory. But that realization shouldn’t lull us into thinking that the world prior to October 2023 was a relative bed of …
Kosher Bookworm
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Her spark was ignited and a Jewish soul found
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Celebrating Thanksgiving is a Jewish tradition
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This is a season for real miracles — and learning
A unique liturgical feature of this holiday is the recitation within the Amidah and Birkat Hamazon of Al Hanissim acknowledging the miracles of that long ago era, of history’s first open …
On Campus
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Department of Education opens 5 probes
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Radical ideology of ‘diversity’ fuels Jew-hate
As I sat in my hotel bed at the Revere Hotel in Boston, my stay covered by Emerson College because they “couldn’t guarantee my safety” as a Jewish student during the pro-Palestinian …
More Opinion Columns
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For all of us, mixed emotions as war continues
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Not all barbarians wear swastikas or keffiyehs
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Jews and Zionism: Ancient, unbreakable bond
How old is the concept of Zionism? •It did not emerge in 1947 from the UN General Assembly Resolution 181 Partition Plan, as those who try to weaponize Zionism would have you believe. …
Food: Dining In
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Bountiful baskets: Last-minute Purim spreads
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Seder’s smells and tastes: Imprinted memories
Studies have shown that we are hard-wired to form memories around food. Often, indelible memories connected to food may be the strongest memories we have. It is why recipes are handed down through …
Travel
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New JFK-TLV flights
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El Al’s King David: Modern bar, top coffee, quiet
A significantly upgraded King David Lounge opened last week at Ben Gurion International Airport, expanding EL AL’s luxury passenger experience. “We believe that the customer’s …
Health
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Does health care for terrorists betray Israelis?
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Devastating health impact of captivity revealed
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Jew-hatred’s long-term psychological impact
A clinical psychologist says that Israeli expat children are suffering psychological distress at schools in Massachusetts amid a documented effort by anti-Israel elements of the Massachusetts …