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IJN Staff Prayers for 5787

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From the micro to the macro: I pray for my heightened focus on each and every word in our prayers and for health for our whole family — and for the excision of the hatred that besets our people and the end to weapons that threaten our people.
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Mr. Misconstrued: Speak to John Galliano

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When is an apology an apology? When it’s made by fashion designer John Galliano. When is an apology not an apology? When it’s made by US Senate Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed. He offers a non-apology apology.
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Mr. Misconstrued, you weren’t misconstrued

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“Hurt people hurt people.” This was the considered reaction of Abdul El-Sayed to the attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield last March 14. A car rammed the temple. That it killed no one was a miracle, doubly so because it rammed past the preschool.
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What a life! Cantor Zachary Kutner, 1925-2026

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At age 99, Holocaust survivor Cantor Zachary Kutner led yizkor with the zest of his youth. He had survived seven selections at Auschwitz yet emerged with a contagious joie d’vivre.
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What comes first? The perpetrator of a genocide, or the victim?

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For those who allege Israel is committing genocide, a Jewish state and Jews living in the Middle East is the original poison.
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Let Mamdani follow his own logic. If Israel is colonialist, what is Mamdani?

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The colonialist claim against Israel would lead to the absurdity of Zohran Mamdani and his family needing to go back to Uganda and South Africa.
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The Hamas disarmament charade

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For Hamas, disarmament is a euphemism. If Hamas were interested in the welfare of Gaza, and the welfare of Gazans, it would have disarmed, by itself, long ago.
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Economic wisdom from the New York Mets

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And you thought politics was expensive. Next time you read how much money it took for a political candidate to win a local race, keep in mind: It was only one race. No matter how expensive, the win doesn’t hold a candle to the New York Mets, circa 2026.
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What if the Red Cross, the UN, rescued Gilad Shalit?

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A little over two decades ago, an event took place whose repercussions are felt today — in Israel, in the Middle East, and globally. At 6:40 a.m. on June 25, 2006 (Israel time), the Israel Defense Forces was informed that one of its soldiers, Gilad Shalit, had been kidnapped by Hamas and other terror groups into the Gaza Strip.
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Jim Crow comes to New York City

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In New York City, 2026, the mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary excludes Jews, even though Jews are approximately 10% of the population. New York City welcomes Jim Crow.
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AdventureEXP creates work programs across four continents

Adam Salzman, a Coloradan for the last nine years, previously had a great career working in corporate finance for Nissan in Nashville, Tenn.A nice job, but for Salzman, not fulfilling enough. An Akron, Ohio native who majored in international business and finance at Ohio University, Salzman had studied abroad in China and taught English as a 19-year-old.