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Notes From A Jewish Mother: A Hanukkah gift: 8 nights of random musings
The holiday season is about to kick into high gear. This year we’ve got Hanukkah and Christmas on the same day, followed a week later by New Year’s Eve. That’s a lot of celebrating, eating and...
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Calls to ‘end the war in Gaza’ before Hamas is defeated risk us repeating our...
The question of whether American Jews should criticize Israel goes beyond free speech or peace in the Middle East. It centers on the real-life consequences Israelis face, especially during conflicts...
View ArticleReader responds to Moshe Phillips Op-Ed
The Jewish Light does a grave disservice to its readers by publishing editorials like that of Moshe Phillips on January 3. The editorial claims that “The war in Gaza resembles a police operation . . ....
View ArticleLetters To The Editor – Jan 8th Issue
Readers respond to recent d’var Torah Rabbi James Bennett’s recent commentary (“Can we change history by thinking before we speak or act,” Dec. 18 edition) is an important conversation-starter about...
View ArticleHaving character, advocating for change lift the world
Shmot is a portion of opposites. It begins with the names of Jacob’s sons who traveled to Egypt. The 11 brothers are listed by name. Furthermore, we read that the number of souls who made this journey...
View Article‘I live in a Muslim country. Speaking out against antisemitism has left me...
A Bintel Brief, Yiddish for a bundle of letters, has been solving reader dilemmas since 1906. Send yours via email, social media or this form. Dear Bintel, Greetings from Turkey. I’ve been reading the...
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What can we learn from Jewish law about ceasefire deal’s hostage-prisoner...
A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas. The accord’s first stage calls for the phased release of 33 hostages — alive or dead — over a period of 42 days. Three young Israeli...
View ArticleLetters To The Editor – Jan. 22 Issue
Embrace our Judaism In response to the question asked by the article “Can science finally stop antisemitism?” (online, Jan. 6), the answer is of course, No. Trying to educate people out of their...
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Washington Post faces major departures: Is Miss Manners next?”
Dear Miss Manners, I saw recently that columnist Jen Rubin was next in the long line of brilliant journalists who have left the Washington Post and then on Tuesday, Jan. 22, she was followed by Philip...
View ArticleAmerica should declare UNRWA a terrorist organization
The opinions and facts presented in this article are those of the author, and neither JNS nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. The last few weeks have not been good for the U.N. Relief...
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