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Six Years After Newtown, We’re Making Important Progress To End Gun Violence
Jaime BedrinDecember 14, 2018If we are going to solve our gun violence epidemic, we were going to need a small army of fighters, and America is finally starting to realize this.
Breaking News
Netanyahu Vows To ‘Legalize’ Illegal Settlements In Response To West Bank Terror
Cnaan Liphshiz
Breaking News
Netanyahu Vows To ‘Legalize’ Illegal Settlements In Response To West Bank Terror
Cnaan LiphshizDecember 14, 2018“They think they can uproot us from our country. They won’t succeed,” he said.
Fast Forward
Arab Bus Driver Assaulted In West Bank Settlement In Likely Revenge Attack
Cnaan Liphshiz
Fast Forward
Arab Bus Driver Assaulted In West Bank Settlement In Likely Revenge Attack
Cnaan LiphshizDecember 14, 2018Two men blocked the man’s bus in Modiin Ilit, boarded it and hit his face.
Fast Forward
‘I Want Jexit!’ Written On American Federations Of Teachers Building
Ron KampeasDecember 14, 2018‘Jexit’ appears to be an anti-Semitic play on “Brexit,” Britain’s planned pullout from the European Union.
Culture
For Israelis and Palestinians, A Solution Is Nowhere In Sight
Glenn C. AltschulerDec 14, 2018Two new provocative books, by Micah Goodman and Anziska, examine the historical and ideological underpinnings of the never-ending conflict.
Fast Forward
Jared Kushner Eyed As Trump’s Chief Of Staff — Others Shun Thankless Post
Dave GoldinerDecember 13, 2018Jared Kushner is already known as the ultimate Trump whisperer, with an office next to the president and a ring on the orange haired guy’s daughter.
Breaking News
Brooklyn Yeshiva Demands Apology From New York Times For ‘Subpar’ Photo
Alyssa FisherDecember 13, 2018“Our school is requesting of the New York Times to remove the picture of our institution from the web-based article and publish an apology.”
Food
If Natalie Portman Ruled The World, Everyone Would Eat ‘Jewshi’
Shira FederDecember 13, 2018Natalie Portman’s got an idea for gefilte fish.
Fast Forward
Protesters Decry Stephen Miller’s Border Policy By Twerking Outside His Home
Alyssa Fisher
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Protesters Decry Stephen Miller’s Border Policy By Twerking Outside His Home
Alyssa FisherDecember 13, 2018Protesters played drums and threw biodegradable confetti while chanting “Stephen Miller, what a villain, locking up immigrant children.”
Life
How Does A Rabbi Comfort His Congregants After California’s Wildfires?
Erez ShermanDecember 13, 2018There are two ways of looking at the world — either you see nothing as a miracle or you see everything as a miracle.
Fast Forward
Michael Cohen Is Going To Prison — But At Least It’s Very Jewy
Alyssa FisherDecember 13, 2018It sounds like it’ll probably be better than the “personal and mental incarceration” he was living in under Trump.
The Schmooze
Natalie Portman Is Perfectly Qualified To Talk About ‘Racist’ Israeli Law
Jenny SingerDecember 13, 2018Natalie Portman, an actress who dares to have opinions, is exactly in her lane.
Fast Forward
Anti-Semitic Video Mocking Nazi Salute Prom Photo Found In Same Wisconsin City
Marcy Oster
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Anti-Semitic Video Mocking Nazi Salute Prom Photo Found In Same Wisconsin City
Marcy OsterDecember 13, 2018Fliers were posted, as well as a seven-minute video using anti-Semitic references and satirizing the controversial photo.
The Schmooze
Lin Manuel Miranda On ‘Billy On The Street’ Is Pure, Unadulterated Joy
Jenny SingerDecember 13, 2018Best line: “Speaking of Vietnam, he’s in ‘Marry Poppins Returns.’”
Culture
Why Online Etiquette is an International Conundrum
Aviya KushnerDecember 13, 2018“Texts — which always come through WhatsApp, the app beloved by most of Israel — can also seem warm, at least in comparison with America.”
Fast Forward
Israel Supreme Court: Both Same-Sex Partners Named On Adoption Certificate
Marcy OsterDecember 13, 2018In a recent lawsuit, a three-judge panel ordered the Interior Ministry to issue the baby a birth certificate bearing the name of both fathers.
Culture
After WWII, Her Stories Gave New Life To A Shattered Jewish World
Mikhail KrutikovDecember 13, 2018Yenta Mash’s writing poignantly reflects the lives of Jews forced to move to Siberia during World War II.
Culture
The Jewish Films You Might Have Missed In 2018
Daniel WitkinDecember 13, 2018Though given short shrift in too much mainstream conversation, imaginative filmmaking continues to thrive, even in this unusually benighted year.
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