Current
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Let Hamas continue to control Gaza. That’s the message much of the world is sending Israel these days as they oppose Israel’s commonsense plans to require charities to disassociate from Hamas and other brutal terrorist groups. Most nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) providing aid to Gazans have complied with Israel’s new transparency rules. Yet governments and groups around […]
History
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In the year 66 CE, one of the greatest uprisings against the Roman Empire began in the kingdom of Judea in modern-day Israel. The “Jewish Revolt,” as it became known, pitted groups of Jewish subjects against their brutal Roman overlords. Judea, the ancient Jewish homeland, became part of the Roman Empire in the year 6 […]
Dear Ms. Owens, I am the grandchild of Holocaust survivors. I didn’t learn about hatred from a textbook, I watched it unfold in real life with my grandmother who lived in our home. I watched her suffer every single day from PTSD and depression. I saw her distrust in everyone around her. Her fear didn’t […]
One of the most refreshing films that celebrates Jewish heritage is the hit “Marty Supreme.” Judaism is deftly sewn into the ambitious world of Marty Mauser, a fast-talking, confident dreamer played by Timothée Chalamet (who previously starred as Jewish musician Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown”). Already nominated for numerous Hollywood awards, the movie is […]
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