Trying to Be Free – Thought for Passover 2023
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
April 5, 2023
Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free.
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April 5, 2023
Trying to Be Free
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
April 5, 2023
“Trying to be free from what?” I ask myself, in my yearly meditation on freedom.
Dept. of Education to Investigate Antisemitism Complaint Against GWU
Aaron Bandler
April 5, 2023
The complaint, filed in January, alleged that the university failed to take proper action against Assistant Professor of Psychology Lara Sheehi, who is accused in the complaint of targeting and invalidating the identities of Jewish Israeli students in her class and then retaliating against them when they complained to university administrators
This Just In: Architect of Judicial Overhaul Admits It Undermined Democracy
David Suissa
April 5, 2023
Levin describes exactly what critics complained about from the start– the overhaul was an undemocratic power grab that took complete control of the High Court and hence all three branches of the government.
The Benjamins
David Mamet
April 5, 2023
Here the Jew-hater reveals himself through his inconsistency.
Jumpstart Your Day With 12 Powerful Words
Judy Gruen
April 5, 2023
Making this affirmation each morning sets a positive tone to my day.
China Comes to the Middle East
Dan Schnur
April 5, 2023
The Chinese era of Middle Eastern geopolitics has begun.
For a Deaf Woman From Iran, Freedom Never Sounded So Good
Tabby Refael
April 5, 2023
“The Lip Reader” tells the story of Zhila Shirazi, an Iranian Jew who, at the age of three, loses hearing in both of her ears as a result of meningitis.
Judicial Reform Is Dead. Long Live Judicial Reform
Matthew Schultz
April 5, 2023
Lest this victory be a pyrrhic one, the opposition should immediately reach out to the government and start working on a version of judicial reform that both sides can count as a win.
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