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 […]
Passover
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Imagine. The Egyptians are chasing after you and the sea is in front of you. There is nowhere to run. At the moment when all seems lost, the sea suddenly splits before your eyes. What kind of reaction would you have? Now imagine an alien coming down to earth, and he sees both the splitting […]
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 […]
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Everything you need to know about the Jewish holiday of freedom.
