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At a time when antisemitism is being normalized around the world in a way that we haven’t seen for decades, it is a blessing to commemorate this week a historic event 60 years ago that played an important role in the diminution of…

The idea of Pakistani troops participating in a Gaza peacekeeping force appears, at first glance, to be a symbol of reconciliation and a step toward stabilizing one of the world’s most volatile regions. Yet beneath this diplomatic gloss…

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The Anti-Defamation League has removed entirely from the “What We Do” page of its website a section called “Protect Civil Rights.”

The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with…

He never explained why he did what he did for the Jews. He saved them just the same. He never asked for anything in return. He was an enigma to the Jews of Piotrykow. During the Holocaust, he saved over 700 of them, including…

This past Shabbat, Rabbi Aryeh Perlstein, Assistant Rabbi of our shul, Young Israel of North Beverly Hills, gave a speech that concluded with a remarkable story.
Its title: “If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem.”
A familiar line, yet the story…

Frederick Crist Trump Jr. (Fred Trump Jr.) was born on October 14, 1938. The eldest son of real estate developer, Fred Trump Sr. and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump in Queens, New York City, and the older brother of Donald John Trump (born June 14,…

Exactly twenty years ago this Shabbos, my sister and I stood before the bimah of our conservative shul for our B’nai Mitzvah. Before the congregation, we gave our own interpretation of this week’s Parsha, Lech Lecha, in a way that made…

I began writing this in Jerusalem, where I just finished attending the once-every-two-years Connections Conference of the World Union for Progressive Judaism.

We were over 170 delegates who debated, prayed, sang, and of course, ate together…

It’s the season of pumpkins and, for many with children, the rituals of Halloween.  Children in costume, and sometimes adults in costume as well, will be taking part in holiday parades and perhaps some “trick or treat” events. In my…