Bagel Store: Judging Impeachment Hearings By the Gemara
The positions, arguments, and suppositions are tenuous. Essentially, did President Trump expect Ukrainian President Zelensky to launch an investigation of former vice president Biden and his son, Hunter, for...
Bagel Store: Family Matters
In a few days we will be marking the first yahrzeit of our son-in-law, Moshe, a’h. It is not just difficult to tap those words onto my keypad; there...
From the Editor: Israeli, U.S. Jews Divided on Trump
By Larry Gordon
The Jewish community should be grateful to President Trump for many reasons. But when we look at the numbers from a recent American Jewish Committee poll, the...
Reb Hershel, z’l
When I first met the young lady who was going to be my wife back in 1978, I asked her, “By the way, what does your father do?” Not...
Remembering Jackie
The truth is, he was unforgettable. I suppose that’s one of the reasons it’s easy to remember Jackie Mason as we approach his second yahrzeit just three weeks from...
Going South
Yom tov was enjoyable, filling, and fulfilling. But those days are behind us now and it’s time to look ahead. For us, that means trekking down south, not to...
From the Editor: Redefining Israel
By Larry Gordon
It might be a circular issue from the file marked “here we go again.” But that is what Israel doing: trying, after all these years, to define...
Unbreakable, Unconditional
United States officials, from the president on down, like to use those two words—unbreakable, unconditional—to describe the unique nature of the relationship between the U.S. and Israel.
Even Democrat leaders...
At War With G-d
When you use euphemisms for life’s priorities and essential issues, you are indulging in a type of doublespeak that, at its core, is about denying the centrality of G-d...
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Thousands March to Threatened Biblical Site in Samaria
Israeli politicians, local leaders, prominent rabbis and others marched on Monday as part of a Sukkot event to a threatened site in northern Samaria...
Guilty Pleas: Joseph Borgen Attackers Face Years Behind Bars
(October 2, 2023 / JNS)
On Wednesday in New York City, Mahmoud Musa and Mohammed Othman pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime for their...
Shemini Atzeret In the Wake of the Yom Kippur War
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“HOW CAN WE BE HAPPY ON THIS SIMCHAT TORAH?”
Earlier this week, a number of people called me to express their very deeply held...