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This came from rabbinical interpretation, not the Bible: Moses never wore tefillin, nor did he place a mezuzah on his tent. King David and his son Solomon never wore yarmulkes, nor did any king of Israel. Even the kosher laws and how circumcision must be performed are not biblical”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Yom Kippur is not a Biblical Holiday Israel Drazin September 19, 2022 As with Rosh Hashanah, Orthodox Jews like me recognize that Yom Kippur is not mentioned in the Bible. It replaces another day known as Yom … Continue reading

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Lapid’s support for a Palestinian state compounds a disastrous error

JNS The real reason for the war against Israel and the West Melanie Phillips September 22, 2022 As soon as it emerged that Israel’s acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid would tell the United Nations General Assembly this week that he … Continue reading

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On 2nd anniversary of signing ceremony, US ambassador says Washington is working to deepen and broaden Israel’s normalization with Arab neighbors

TIMES OF ISRAEL Nides: Biden administration taking Abraham Accords ‘from start-up to real operation’ Jacob Magid September 15, 2022 In the early days of the Biden administration, there appeared to be some reluctance in Washington to embrace the Abraham Accords. … Continue reading

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In 2015, #USHMM US Holocaust Memorial Museum reached out to Burns with a request: Would he consider making a film about America during the #Holocaust?

JTA Ken Burns’ PBS documentary ‘The U.S. And The Holocaust’ asks hard questions about how Americans treated Jews and immigrants during wartime Andrew Lapin September 2, 2022 One of the first people introduced in Ken Burns’ new documentary series about … Continue reading

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Yeshiva University “would “likely win” if the case were to come again before the Supreme Court”

NEW YORK POST Supreme Court sides with LGBTQ group at Yeshiva University Cayla Bamberger September 14, 2022 The Supreme Court refused to block a state court order that requires New York’s Yeshiva University to officially recognize an LGBTQ student group. Chief … Continue reading

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ADL: “There is content among our curricular materials that is misaligned with ADL’s values and strategy”

NEWSWEEK The ADL’s Critical Race Theory Curricula Is No Accident Jonathan Tobin September 9, 2022 The last thing that you’d expect from a group whose historic mission is to monitor and fight anti-Semitism would be to discover that the group … Continue reading

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“While torture is generally condemned, it is allowed in Israel in the limited situation of a ticking bomb. So why was it used in this case to solve a crime?”

JPOST Green-lighting torture in Israel: A tragic, unifying court decision Ari Zivotofsky September 5, 2022 In this contentious election season, it might seem a reason to celebrate that something unites people from across the political spectrum, from the far Left … Continue reading

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“In Elul, our biggest concerns should be goiing back to school, menus and guest lists, not fear and hiding a Star of David necklace”

ARUTZ SHEVA I’m afraid to walk to shul in NYC Cindy Grosz September 5, 2022 I get some interesting requests. Several weeks ago, I received a phone call from a friend’s acquaintance who lives on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a … Continue reading

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“In the 14-minute film was a three-minute section of their visit to Kurtz’s grandfather’s home village of #Nasielsk, #Poland, a town whose Jewish community would be decimated by the #Holocaust not long after”

JTA How 3 minutes of a home movie from 1938 turned into an acclaimed Holocaust documentary Stephen Silver August 26, 2022 In 2009, writer Glenn Kurtz was working on a novel about “someone who discovers an old piece of home … Continue reading

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“For me and other young Jews, the future is no longer in America. What we experienced on campus has a lot to do with it”

COMMON SENSE My Post-Graduation Plan? I’m Immigrating to Israel. Blake Flayton August 29, 2022 I had always felt at home in America. It was my home and my parents’ home and my grandparents’, and it never seemed like it could … Continue reading

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