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Does Trump Have A New Israel Whisperer?
Many who know President Trump have noted what Trump’s biographer Marc Fisher called “the last guy in the room phenomenon.” “People used to literally hang out in his office for hours deep into the night if they knew that there was a position that had to be taken,” Fisher told Slate. “They wanted to be…
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Opinion In Which The Jewish Community Gives Cover To A Child Molester – Again
Almost exactly two years ago, I basically left my local Jewish community. I removed myself from every Facebook group and stopped attending local events, playgroups and more. The reason? A local rabbi, Aryeh Goodman, had been released from prison, after he served time for inappropriately touching a minor while working at a summer camp in…
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Opinion Is Polish Nationalism Inherently Anti-Semitic?
The Polish government’s new law criminalizing certain types of Holocaust speech may give comfort to nationalists in Poland, but it is having serious negative repercussions for the local Jewish community and for national memory. The Polish Jewish community released an open letter, saying “Polish Jews do not feel safe in Poland” due to “the current…
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Opinion Bari Weiss And The Solidarity Of The Punditry Class
The right says the media has a liberal bias. The left says the media has a conservative bias. But the truth is that high profile pundits aren’t necessarily actuated by political ideology at all. They’re actuated by what I refer to as chattering class solidarity—the desire to preserve their status as high profile pundits. The…
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Opinion Why Is No One Talking About The Neo Nazi March In Bulgaria?
For the sixteenth year in a row, the far-right Bulgarian National Union is organizing the Lukov March through the streets of central Sofia. And they insist there’s nothing anti-Semitic or Nazi-like about it. The march, which will take place this Saturday, is in honour of Hristo Lukov, a Bulgarian general who led the pro-Nazi Union…
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Opinion You Know Who Isn’t Abandoning Israel? The Orthodox.
Some recent studies have yielded a disturbing picture: young American Jews are becoming more and more alienated from their elders’ full-hearted embrace of Israel. It has led to some hand-wringing. “When young Jews stop identifying with Israel or caring about it, this reinforces a lack of engagement with their Jewish identity overall,” wrote Batya Ungar-Sargon…
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Opinion For Desperate Palestinians In Gaza, Rage Has Turned Into Suicidal Despair
Ever since President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, there have been warnings of a mass intifada, including recent speculations that a larger crisis is brewing. Israel’s military chief warned that Gaza is on the brink of collapse. And Sami Obeid, an analyst for Gaza’s Al-Manar radio station, told the L.A….
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Opinion Young American Jews Who Abandon Israel Should Check Their Privilege
Dear Editor, In her article, Batya Ungar-Sargon argues that young American Jews are abandoning Israel because of its occupation. I beg to differ. I became a strong supporter of Israel when I served as a volunteer after the Six Day War. It was then that I realized that most young American Jews are motivated by…
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Letters Young Jews Are Leaving Judaism Because Their Rabbis Won’t Denounce Israel’s Occupation
Dear Editor, The point about the decline of religious / spiritual connection between many younger Jews and the Jewish community is that almost all the “religious” institutions refuse to apply the prophetic vision to the government of Israel even when they apply it to the US government (and even that is weak). Many younger Jews…
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Opinion Leave Bari Weiss Alone
The latest Twitter mobbing by progressive outrage brigades has been sparked by a tweet that celebrated immigrants the wrong way. On Monday, New York Times opinion writer and staff editor Bari Weiss tweeted a video of U.S. skater Mirai Nagasu landing a triple axel in the Olympic figure skating competition—the first American woman to accomplish…
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Opinion Why I Hate Valentine’s Day Celebrations And So Should All Of You
Let me start by saying that I am pro-love. I believe we should show love. I believe I should show love to my parents and to my daughters. I believe I should love my wife and love my neighbor — even if I’m careful to show those last two in different ways (for which I…
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Yiddish רבנישע כּתבֿים ווײַזן אומגעריכטע פֿאַרבינדונגען צווישן ייִדיש און לאַדינאָRabbinical texts reveal surprising links between Yiddish and Ladino
לויט אַ נײַ בוך פֿאָרשונגען האָבן טראַדיציאָנאַליסטן אין ביידע עדות געהאַלטן, אַז ייִדן מוזן אָפּהיטן זייער גערעדט לשון
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Yiddish אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיק קינד דאַרף אַ „שטעטל“׃ ווי עלטערן קומען זיי אַנטקעגןIt takes a village to raise a child in Yiddish: How parents are doing it
מחוץ די חסידישע קרײַזן האָבן געוויסע עלטערן געשאַפֿן זייערע אייגענע ייִדיש־סבֿיבֿות
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