African-American Jew moves to Israel to fight in IDF

Jewish Division: Omar

The Jewish community seems divided over how to respond to US congress person Ilhan Omar and her open anti-Semitism.

Sar-El: Volunteers From Around the World Give Back to the IDF

Sar-El, the National Jewish Project for Volunteers for Israel, brings approximately 4,000 Jews and non-Jews from 30 countries to Israel to volunteer in the IDF for several weeks.

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Florida Recognizes Jerusalem as the "Eternal and Undivided" Capital of Israel

While President Donald Trump last year made the bold step of recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the U.S. State of Florida domiciling a Jewish population of around 630,000 took an even more…

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A Jewish Grave

There are various Jewish traditions regarding how to deal with death.

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In our last survey we told a story of two people. David was raised Jewish and became a rabbi. Barry was raised as a Catholic and became a priest. They find out that there was a mix up in the hospital…

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The Shofar that Survived Nazi Extermination

A shofar has been recovered from one of Europe’s oldest synagogues in Worms, Germany that was desecrated by Nazi mobs on Kristallnacht, translated to the English as the “Night of Broken Glass.”

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Truman and Jacobson

Before there was AIPAC, before there was Israel, one man’s friendship with President Truman helped change history.

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Twas the Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, and we, being JewsMy girlfriend and me -- we had nothing to do.... The Gentiles were home, hanging stockings with care, Secure in their knowledge St. Nick would be…

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The Immortal Jews

If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one per cent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to…

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Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Rep. Ilhan Omar has a history of anti-Semitic statements including one this past week.

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Is Halloween Harmless Fun?

In the month of October, the neighborhood where I used to live, in some places looked like an alien planet.

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A Strange Anti-Semitic Story

In the city of Miskolc located in hungry there was a teenager named Csanad Szegedi who became attracted to neo-Nazism.

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Abundant

“For the Lord hath chosen Zion... I will bless her with abundant provision.” Ps. 132: 13, 15. God’s idea of abundance must be different than our typical ideas of abundance. Normally, when I think of…

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Israel's Minister for Foreign Affairs Addresses General Debate - 74th session

Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz, son of Holocaust survivors, addressed the general debate of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN.

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Jews vs Israelites vs Hebrews

The words "Jews," "Israelites" and "Hebrews" have similarities but they are not synonyms. Using words correctly leads to healthier communication and avoids confusing and sometimes controversial…

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