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Despite promising protection to New York City’s Jewish community, there are clear indications that your stalwart anti-Zionist views and pro-Palestinian advocacy may provide your Jewish constituents with their greatest safety risk. According to recent data released by the New York City Police Department, antisemitic hate crimes represent the majority of the 58 hate crimes since you […]
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There is a Hebrew word, emunah, commonly translated as faith or belief. Yet the word carries another equally powerful meaning: loyalty. Judaism does not demand belief alone, nor loyalty alone, but a fusion of both. Thus, Abraham is described as a man of faith,1 while Moses is praised as God’s most loyal servant.2 This raises […]
Sophomore year of college, I walk into Anthropology class and I see… her. I see her and she glows. She really glows, even better than the movies. My heart knows there is something about her, something kind, warm, and good. It also didn't hurt that she was a beautiful blond. We fell in love. The […]
When Selma Meir arrived in Jerusalem in the early twentieth century, she entered a world utterly unlike the one she had left behind. Trained in Germany, steeped in discipline and order, she now found herself in a dusty, underdeveloped city under Ottoman rule, where hospitals lacked even the most basic infrastructure. There were no paved […]
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From prodigy to sobriety, Ariella Zeitlin carries her violin, her faith, and a hard-won light forward.
