From the Editor: Needless Struggles

  Shlomo HaMelech said in Koheles, “There is nothing new under the sun.” The contemporary context of this oft-quoted adage is essentially, as explained by our commentaries, that what has...

A Great Night To Remember

We try to travel to Israel during the summer the way my parents did decades ago. But we do it a little differently these days. For most of the...

Heard in the Bagel Store: Not A Smart Move

Few will dispute the fact that it was not a pretty or helpful sight—the 15,000 people, mostly chassidim, gathered last Sunday at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, specifically...

Pursuing Justice

Brett Kavanaugh will in all likelihood be the next appointee to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, and that will be a watershed moment for this country. As Senator...

From the Editor: Support Israel Through Friends of the IDF

The missile attacks and retaliatory strikes intensified in Israel last weekend before another temporary ceasefire took effect. Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government prefer not to enter Gaza. Rather, they...

From the Editor: Who Is Racist Anyway?

By Larry Gordon It just might be that New Jersey senator and Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is a racist. It is also possible that Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is...

From the Editor: Social Distance Diary Part 2

BANNER Editor   On Thursday, March 19, this publication’s first “coronavirus issue” hit the stands and was distributed throughout the areas we cover. When the social-distancing recommendation came down, I was...

Bagel Store: Correct Path

Sometimes you say or write something only to realize later that what was stated was not completely accurate. That happened here in two instances over the last week, so...

From the Editor: Jonathan Pollard Is Free at Last

  Jonathan Pollard is finally free to go to Israel and live in the land for which he literally gave so much of his life. Over all these decades, the attitude...

Hi-Tech Sukkah

For all the years that we can remember, the sukkah has been four walls and a halachic ceiling or schach covering, and that was basically the beginning and end...
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A Pro-Israel President

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