Sara Yoheved Rigler
Current
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In the anti-Israel campus protests, I am most distressed by the participation of Jewish students and professors who are calling for the elimination of Israel. What is the future for these deeply misguided Jews who are taking such a proactive stance against Israel and the Jewish People? In Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust1, Yaffa Eliach […]
Human Interest
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We’ve recently seen how a posse of violent demonstrators spewing antisemitic vitriol can imperil airports, bridges and universities while the world remains inert. For Jews these mob scenes are particularly chilling – they are reminiscent of the hatred preceding the mass killings of Jews in Europe for hundreds of years. But would one ever expect […]
On October 6th, Alon Mesika and his family enjoyed a beautiful outdoor Friday night dinner. Alon and his wife Sheerie enjoyed having all of their children together for Shabbat dinner. They said Kiddush over wine, laughed, and ate a delicious festive meal as they watched the sun cast its last rays over the horizon. They […]
In the past two weeks, university campuses all over the U.S. have seen the rise of anti-Israel protests and “encampments” by students. Unfortunately, many of these protests have involved antisemitic chants, flags, outspoken support of Hamas, Hezbollah and other radical terrorist groups, and sometimes even violence against Jewish students. I graduated from New York University […]
How could humanity allow the Holocaust to happen?