After arriving at Mt. Sinai at the beginning of the third month, we are told in 19:3 that in going up the mountain, “Moshe went up to the Elokim,” which is followed by “and …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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2/4/15
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It was her eyes that really captured me; there was an intense sadness there mixed with pain, and yet every now and then a flash of fire that seemed to suggest … defiance?
As the …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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2/4/15
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You have to hand it to the United Nations. It’s hard to think of another body that would organize a special meeting on the subject of rising anti-Semitism with anti-Semites not just in …
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By Ben Cohen
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2/4/15
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Did you know that the United States Senate has been underwriting a series of events publicly glorifying a Palestinian terrorist who murdered an American citizen—in fact, a senator’s …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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2/4/15
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What a difference a few days make! Last week, I was sitting on a beach in St. Kitts, the days before that in Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico.
Before you start …
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By Judy Joszef
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2/4/15
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President Obama’s latest “punishment” of Benjamin Netanyahu for agreeing to speak to a joint session of Congress in March was a hit piece in the progressive’s favorite …
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By Jeff Dunetz
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2/4/15
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Rabbi Shlomo Lorincz, of blessed memory, was among the most unheralded founders of the State of Israel. Elected nine times to a seat in the Knesset, he saw met and spoke to just about every …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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2/4/15
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Judy is on vacation this week — she’ll be back next week with a fresh menu of tales from her cruise. Meanwhile, we’re rerunning last year’s Super Bowl column, in which her …
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By Judy Joszef
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1/30/15
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The next time you visit the American consulate in Jerusalem, the heavily armed men whom you think are there to protect you may actually be Palestinian terrorists.
The consulate’s chief …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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1/29/15
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As regular readers of my column will know, I am not an admirer of the analogy between the situation that Jews faced in Europe in the 1930s, and the trials and challenges we face now.
I …
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By Ben Cohen
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1/29/15
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