Current
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Nearly a century ago, Columbia students staged mass protests against the university’s friendly relations with Nazi Germany. Today, Columbia students are protesting in support of Hamas terrorists who mimic the Nazis. How did this strange role reversal come about? In December 1933, Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler invited the Nazi German ambassador to the United […]
Human Interest
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With our daughter at Columbia University and a son at Harvard, our family is in the thick of the current wave of anti-Israel protests roiling campuses. The hate began immediately after Hamas’ murderous rampage on October 7, 2023 in which Hamas terrorists broke a ceasefire and raped, tortured and murdered 1,200 Israelis and took approximately […]
Our Sages assert that the Israelites in Egypt were on the lowest level of spiritual impurity. They worshipped idols. They were debauched and dissolute. So how did they merit the grand and miraculous redemption? They had only three things going for them: They kept their Hebrew names, their Hebrew language, and their distinctive Hebrew dress. […]
Many unsung heroes contributed to the Allies’ victory in World War II. Some of those heroes’ work was strictly classified. Among them were Jewish codebreakers who managed to decipher enemy communication, which was crucial to winning the war. They provided crucial information to the Allies and saved countless lives. With the passage of time, we […]
Everything you need to know about the Jewish holiday of freedom.