Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus

The Shofar that Survived Nazi Extermination

A shofar has been recovered from one of Europe’s oldest synagogues in Worms, Germany that was desecrated by Nazi mobs on Kristallnacht, translated to the English as the “Night of Broken Glass.”

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Jerusalem's National Library Home to Jewish Amulets

An American physician, Dr. Max Leopold Brodny, visited Moscow, the cosmopolitian capital city of the former Soviet Union in 1959, and decided to tour many Jewish historical sites during his stay in…

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Should Jews Get Tattoos?

People get tattoos for various reasons. Tattoos are often considered to be the symbol of a rebel who isn’t afraid to do their own thing. Some get tattoos for deeply personal sentimental reasons. Some…

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Birthright: Adventure of a Lifetime - Based on an Interview with James

A nutritionally, socially, and sleep deprived, intense, adrenaline-caffeine fueled week camped out in the University of Maryland campus studying process engineering and the like while wrapping up…

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No, Just No

Many believers seem to have this notion that setting limits with others by turning down requests and/or distancing themselves from others to take some time for themselves is not a righteous thing.…

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Searching for Privacy in an Online World

Gabriel Weinberg didn't start off as a privacy warrior. The 33-year-old founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo just wanted to build a better search engine, something more useful than Google which, he…

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Mort Klein Full Testimony at House Hearing on Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism

President of the Zionists Organization of America Mort Klein recently issued statements at a House Judiciary committee meeting regarding several aspects of white nationalism and hate crimes, ranging…

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The Jewish Siri

What happens when Siri goes kosher?

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Netanyahu's Speech to Congress

NETANYAHU: Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you... (APPLAUSE)

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Germany’s Merkel Eases Jewish Concerns Over Circumcision Ruling

Angela Merkel sought to ease the concerns of Germany's Jews Sunday over a disputed ruling against circumcision as she became the first chancellor to address the Jewish community's annual council…

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A Few Thoughts on Prayer

Prayer is essentially a response to God's call for us, a kind of teshuvah (תְּשׁוּבָה), or turning (shuv) to God. God's love for us is the question, and our turning of the heart toward Him is the…

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Ukranian Elections

First a comedian, then later the mayor of the city of Vinnytsia, Volodymyr Zelensky won by a landslide in the polls to be elected the first-ever Jewish president of Ukraine, defeating a recumbent…

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Operation Solomon 1991

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Summertime in New York

With the days getting cooler and shorter now, we are more comfortable remembering the long, hot summers of years past. Summertime in the Bronx was somewhat different from the summertime in the slower…

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