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After the Washington Post reported last month that the U.S. Coast Guard was reclassifying swastikas and nooses to no longer be considered hate symbols, Jewish leaders voiced their objections.

The Coast Guard’s acting…

Four progressive House Democrats have introduced a bill aimed at combatting antisemitism in the wake of the attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney.

The Antisemitism Response and Prevention Act would demand a host of…

This week, the Israeli government voted to cut NIS 220.7 million ($68.5 million) from a five-year development plan for Arab communities and to divert the funds to the Israel Police, and for the first time, also to the Shin Bet (Israel…

This week I found myself thinking about a man many of you may know from his “Kindness 101” series on CBS—Steve Hartman. I heard him speak recently at NYSSBA, the New York State School Board Association conference, and I walked away…

A dear friend of mine was in Israel last week for a family wedding. We visited the Kotel (Western Wall) and the Kotel Tunnels and had lunch at Café Rimon in Mamilla. We packed as much conversation and updates on our families as we could into…

After the terror attack near Bondi Beach, governments around the world were quick to express their condemnation, offer condolences to the families of those who had been murdered, and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. Next to the standard…

In the past few years, both Islamist and Western activist groups have said over and over again that Jesus of Nazareth was “Palestinian.” This claim is not based on new historical evidence, but on current political needs. It projects a…

Last night, when I got home, a motorcade was frozen, blocking the narrow street where I live. An armored procession caught in a space never meant for it. Black sedans sat bumper to bumper, their engines humming impatiently, exhaust curling up…

In Living in Both Worlds: Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States, 1945–2025, Dr. Lawrence Grossman has written a fantastic book that looks at the development of modern orthodoxy in the USA. He writes that many practices in the modern…

Day 4 – Chanukah 2025

Kislev 28, 5786

December 17, 2025. 18:00

“Kissing Yemenite Lips in TLV: Jewish lips” 

A tired distinction is often drawn between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. You know the stereotypes. I won’t rehearse them….