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Community Sukkot in Dubai, thanks to the Abraham Accords
Shortly after Israel announced the peace accords with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), I spent the recent holidays with my family in Dubai. I have visited Dubai twice before, and on both occasions, I hid that I am Israeli. I traveled on my U.S. passport and I tried not to look too Jewish. Both times,…
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Community Saeb Erekat: the friend, the negotiator and the politician
Saeb Erekat leaves behind a complex legacy which I would divide into four parts. I knew him for about 27 years. The first legacy was Saeb, the person. I had so many conversations with him. I was convinced on a human level, he definitely wanted peace with Israel. He believed, even if the US was…
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Community Coronavirus has trapped children with their abusers; let’s get them out
Wendi Sklaver and her husband, Sam, considered becoming foster parents for more than 10 years. But with four biological children and busy lives, it seemed impossible. Until Sklaver discovered last year that her synagogue, Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, was forming a cohort of foster families. That community effort, Sklaver said, made the daunting…
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Fast Forward Ezekiel Emanuel, tapped for Biden’s coronavirus task force, has controversial views on aging
Joe Biden’s consideration of former White House chief of staff and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel for a cabinet position has triggered complaints, and so has the appointment of Rahm’s brother Ezekiel as a member of the coronavirus advisory board. An renowned oncologist and bioethicist, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel chairs the medical ethics department at the University…
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News In Brooklyn virus ‘red zone,’ why do some posters only tell healthy people to get tested?
When Borough Park, the hub of Orthodox Jewish life in South Brooklyn, was included in a designated coronavirus “red zone” in South Brooklyn earlier this month, its rate of positive tests for coronavirus was 10.6% — more than five times New York City’s overall rate. For the past three weeks, Borough Park’s leaders — rabbis,…
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News Nursing homes cut staff and programs as elderly, terrified of COVID-19, stay away
Founded in 1951, the William Breman Jewish Home in Atlanta can serve seniors with a range of needs, from those who have lost their memory to those who just require a little help to live on their own. In normal times, about 130 people live there — and there’s a waiting list. Today, 15% of…
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Fast Forward Cuomo eases COVID-19 restrictions in upstate Hasidic hub despite concerns that some refuse to test
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo eased restrictions Wednesday on the coronavirus “red zone” centered on the Hasidic hub of Kiryas Joel, N.Y., while leaving other red zones in Brooklyn and Rockland County — also surrounding large Orthodox Jewish areas — intact. Kiryas Joel’s red zone, in Orange County, which limited religious gatherings of any kind…
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Fast Forward Muslim Public Affairs Council: Cuomo’s COVID-19 ‘red zones’ are ‘scapegoating’ Jews
The Muslim Public Affairs Council filed an amicus brief Tuesday morning in support of Agudath Israel of America’s lawsuit challenging policies of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo which have imposed harsh restrictions on several predominantly Orthodox neighborhoods in response to spiking coronavirus cases. On Friday, Agudath Israel of America, brought a case to the U.S….
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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