NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of measles cases in the United States has reached a 25-year peak, propelled by the spread of misinformation about the vaccine that can prevent the disease, federal health officials said on Monday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 704 cases as of April 26, a 1.3…
Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule By Gordon Thomas and Greg Lewis Dutton, 542 pages, $30 The most famous episode of German resistance to the Nazis is Operation Valkyrie, the unsuccessful July 20, 1944 plot to kill Hitler and install a constitutional government to negotiate the end of the war. That joint civilian-military…
Historian Ron Chernow took the podium on Saturday, April 27, to deliver the keynote of the 2019 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a post traditionally occupied by a professional comedian. The Alexander Hamilton biographer didn’t strike as contentious a tone as his predecessor, Michelle Wolf, but he did deliver some political zingers throughout his remarks on…
When I was in high school, my brother hung an Israeli flag in his bedroom window. Our father’s reaction was instantaneous: The flag had to come down. We scoffed. We said things like “This isn’t the USSR” and “Come on, it’s the ‘90s” in our most wizened, know-it-all teenage voices. The flag came down but…
Another shooting in America. Another attack at a synagogue. Another day of mourning for the Jewish people and our allies. On Twitter, thinkers, celebrities, and other public figures reflected on the loss of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the suffering and trauma of the injured and the rest of the survivors, and the question — Where does America…
This is not how I expected to be a rabbi. Yes, I expected that I would confront anti-Semitic graffiti — graffiti like the kind one of my students found spray-painted on a high school ball field, around the corner from our synagogue. But I didn’t expect to hold three healing services for synagogue murder victims…
On Saturday, a man walked into Chabad of Poway, in California, with a rifle. He murdered one worshipper and injured three others. It was Shabbat. He waited until Jews were gathered to pray on their holiest day, a sabbath that Muslims share. Using their faith as a tool of containment, he began shooting. It was…
Remember the old commercials where peanut butter and chocolate collided into a spectacular combo that made both parts seem even tastier? A New York chef has done that. With bread. And kasha varnishkes. And schmaltz and onions. And if there’s a more decadent way to break Passover this year, we dare you to find it….
(JTA) — MoveOn, the progressive advocacy movement, in its first official endorsements for the 2020 election cycle, said it will back Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib for reelection. The organization said in a statement that it has over 16,000 members in Minnesota’s 5th district, and that Omar was backed for reelection with…
(JTA) — The alleged gunman in the attack on the Chabad of Poway synagogue near San Diego was charged with murder. The gunman, 19, was charged on Sunday afternoon with one count of Murder in the First Degree, and three counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, according to jail records posted on the…
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