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Clockwise from upper left: Benjamin Disraeli, Al Rosen, Yigal Allon, Howard Nemerov and Dinah Shore. (Wikipedia)

Is there anything Jewish about Leap Day?

Consideringus Jews have a whole leap month (that we’re currently in), it’s not surprising that Leap Day, Feb. 29, doesn’t have much significance in the Jewish...

Shai Graucher with the brother and father of Agam Berger, who was taken hostage on Oct. 7. Graucher organized a Bar Mitzvah celebration for Agam’s brother at the Kotel. (Courtesy)

Hearts feel hearts — Standing Together

Shai Graucher is an indefatigable chesed machine who, in the wake of Oct. 7, founded Standing Together, an organization that has provided support at a level surpassed...

Cancelling ‘Zionists’ an echo of Jewish boycotts

1933: ‘Do not patronize Jewish businesses’ 2024: ‘Do not invite Jewish artists’ Face the music: Then, fight back, like the Maccabees? Escape? Find allies?...

Right here, right now

“Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b’Simcha, with the onset of Adar comes in, joy surges” — such is the usual motif for the Jewish month of Adar, in which the often...

Rep. Epps, if you want to be heard, you should hear others

Rep. Epps, if a large group of people is sharing a message with you, isn’t it incumbent upon you to listen? You claim to care about people. You hold a job title that...

Nosh by Micah Siva

Time travel

One probably wouldn’t expect a book called Nosh to be a compilation of “Plant-Forward Recipes,” as the subhead begins. But there’s no false advertising here. The...

Seeing the light

The trip was one-part anniversary present, one-part dream travel destination come true, but most of all, it was a long, longed-for spiritual re-connection with my father...

Dangerous: The other Israel v. terrorism war

On the criterion of the survival of Israel, it makes no difference whether a full scale war between Israel and Hezbollah erupts, or not. Even if not, Israel cannot...

When problems don’t have solutions

A Palestinian state, made up of people who are either terrorists or who, in the main, support the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, is a prescription for the end of Israel.

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Rape earns no condemnation from Rep. Rashida Tlaib.