Rachel Delia Benaim
By Rachel Delia Benaim
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News The Hebrew School on Wheels
Cantor Debbi Ballard wasn’t reaching as many students as she had hoped to back when she started her own Hebrew school based out of public spaces, like Dunkin’ Donuts, last fall. So this year, Ballard went one step further in her attempt to innovate: She bought a 38-foot recreational vehicle and converted it into a…
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Fast Forward Yale Dormitory Hit by Swastika Graffiti
Three swastikas were scrawled on a Yale University dormitory, the Yale Daily News reported. The university immediately responded after the anti-Semitic vandalism was uncovered outside Dufree Hall in the Ivy League school’s Old Campus on Sunday, Truth Revolt reports. By Monday the college’s dean, Jonathan Holloway, sent a university-wide email informing students, faculty, and alumni…
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The Schmooze Adolf Hitler Joins Tinder — Girls Say ‘Heil!’
Adolf Hitler is on Tinder. I repeat, Adolf Hitler is on Tinder. Well, not really because, you know, Hitler took his own life in 1945 to avoid being caught by the Allied forces. There is, however, someone impersonating a 22-year-old ‘Adolf’ on the popular dating app, and some screen grabs from Reddit suggest he’s done…
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Opinion Why Columbus Day Should Be A Jewish Holiday
John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” asked a really simple yet poignant question: How is Columbus Day still a thing? At this point, the American education system has modified textbooks to indicate that no, in fact, Christopher Columbus didn’t discover America. In fact, as Slate points out, the Italian explorer who set sail to bring wealth…
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Life Why Netanyahu and Abbas Might Ask For Forgiveness
Peace Agreement: Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat with U.S. president Jimmy Carter at Camp David, 1978. // Copyright Wikimedia Commons Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ addresses at this year’s United Nations General Assembly were, well, not the friendliest. Netanyahu accused Abbas of war crimes. Abbas…
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News Protest Against Mahmoud Abbas Fizzles at New York Speech
A planned Jewish “empty seats” protest against Mahmoud Abbas fizzled at the Palestinian President’s New York speech Monday night. There were no pro-Israel protesters in sight and dozens of Jewish students turned up to hear Abbas offer a plea for peace in the Middle East at the Cooper Union in Manhattan. Ariel Stern, the president…
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News Protesters Take Aim at Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Death of Klinghoffer’
With the Metropolitan Opera’s new season set to open Monday night, protesters are calling for one show to be cancelled. The opera in question, “The Death of Klinghoffer,” composed by the contemporary American musician John Adams, tells the story of the 1985 Palestinian terrorist hijacking of the Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro, and the subsequent…
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News Pro-Israel Students Hope To Shame Mahmoud Abbas With Empty Seats
Jewish student groups are planning protests against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a speech in New York City this Monday night — including a push to create swaths of empty seats at the event. The students, who say that Abbas often sugarcoats his anti-Israel rhetoric when addressing English-speaking audiences, hope to reserve seats for the…
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