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“I’m seeing the recognition start to seep into the greater cultural awareness about how scared Jews are now and how insecure the community feels.”
The Journal spoke with the sole non-Jewish victim of the attack, a 36-year-old Los Angeles resident who is being touted as a hero for defending the Jewish diners.
It’s time to recognize what I’ve long perceived as the thankless world of liberal Jews, who sometimes feel like the sole voice defending Israel among progressive circles.
In the span of two short days, word of his bravery has spread across the world, from the United States to Israel.
Every few years, the Jewish world stops and watches in horror as videos show rockets flying over Tel Aviv skyscrapers.
For two decades after the revolution, the art collection, which was originally purchased for $100 million, was hidden in a concrete basement.
Sometimes I feel that Mother’s Day is to some children what Valentine’s Day is to some single people: another commercialized reminder of what they believe they lack.
I don’t believe there’s such a thing as a wasted prayer.
Is it tone-deaf to write a love letter to Beverly Hills at this time of unrest? Maybe. But that’s exactly why I was moved to do it.
I’m waiting for the day when the plight of the Rohingya appears on the front page of every major American newspaper and is championed by every leader in the Muslim word.
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