Rochelle Swartz
By Rochelle Swartz
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Culture Why Mulan is a perfect heroine for Jewish girls
Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan is not without its problems. Thank you’s to communist propagandists roll at the end of the movie; scenes were filmed in a region of China rife with human rights abuses; and star Liu Yifei has expressed public support for Hong Kong police despite a global outcry over the force’s brutality…
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Life I Stood Up Against LGBT-Hate In My High School Yeshiva. All Straight People Should.
I can’t remember what chapter of the Chumash [Torah] we were meant to be studying that day. I also can’t remember what prompted my teacher to raise the issue of homosexuality. But I can recall, in vivid detail, the words she used. “Being gay is like having a bad temper,” she brazenly declared to a…
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Opinion Epstein’s Death Should Come As No Surprise. America’s Prison System Is Broken.
On Friday, The New York Times reported that Jeffrey Epstein autopsy results confirm that the disgraced financier, who was accused by multiple girls of molestation and rape, had died by suicide. No person in the custody of the state should ever, under any circumstances, be enabled to take their own life. No matter what crime…
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Opinion The Absolute Hypocrisy Of Republicans Using Jews To Attack The Squad
Senator Lindsey Graham went on television and proclaimed that Congressional House Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar are a “bunch of communists.” He called them Anti-Semites, and said they “hate Israel.” Graham is now the latest addition to a lineup of would-be “Jewish Defenders” who have lobbed attacks at these women…
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