On Oct. 11, four days after Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, the City University of New York’s portal for reporting discrimination and retaliation included both the International …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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3/13/24
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The following headline — an unsubstantiated lie — exemplifies how the media mislead millions of readers into believing that the Israel Defense Forces is a brutal, vengeful army that …
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By James Sinkinson
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3/13/24
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Unless you’re a film buff, you may not have heard of Jonathan Glazer before his viral moment at this year’s annual Academy Awards ceremony.
After “The Zone of Interest” …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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3/13/24
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Sefer Shemot is a grand journey that takes us from the depths of Egyptian servitude to the construction of the Mishkan wherein Hashem’s Schechinah was revealed to the entire Jewish people. …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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3/13/24
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Perhaps the two most popular literary works on the Jewish calendar are the Megillah and the Haggadah. Here are two unusual commentaries that pull together ancient pshat and drash in a modern lingo …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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3/13/24
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In a cattle car in Poland, in the summer of 1942, Reb Azriel Dovid Fastag, a composer for the Modzitzer Rebbe, was headed to his death in Treblinka. Over a hundred Jews, forced to stand for days on …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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3/13/24
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Pekudei has sometimes been called “The Accountant’s Parsha,” because that is how it begins, with the audited accounts of the money and materials donated to the Sanctuary. It is the …
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By Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks zt"l
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3/13/24
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Be strong, be strong, and we will be strong! — Chazak, chazak, v’nitchazek!
The week we read parshat Pekudei, which comprises the concluding chapters of sefer Shemot. As the …
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By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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3/13/24
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You can add a touch of whimsy to your misloach manot with 3D Queen Esther cookies, an edible art activity that’s a joy to design, in part because to create the cookies, we turn kitchen …
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By Deborah Bonelli
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3/13/24
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When Jacob Cytryn, executive director of Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, was asked to share a story of the camp’s strong connections to Israel with the hundreds of delegates at the Foundation for …
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By Howard Blas, JNS
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3/13/24
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