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Campus Watch March 12, 2025
Aaron Bandler
Confusing Haman and Mordechai
Matthew Schultz
The Forgotten Victims: Hamas’ Brutal Treatment of Women Hostages
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A Bisl Torah~Purim People, Passover People
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Culture
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A Joyous Purim Feast
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Norman Rockwell and the Half-Shekel
March 12, 2025
The lesson of the half-shekel is that everyone contributes to a mission in which everyone shares.
When Haman Came to the New World
March 12, 2025
Though more Hamans would continue to arise, the Jewish people would survive and celebrate countless Purims in a new Promised Land.
A Case for Multigenerational Living in Los Angeles
March 12, 2025
As people live longer, the need for the “sandwich generation” to both raise their children while caring for older family members becomes more acute especially in urban centers like Los Angeles with an aging population that is far outpacing inbound migration.
Fall In Love with the Problem
March 12, 2025
150 Jews gathered in Haifa for the Voice of the People’s Council, an initiative and vision of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog.
Pico-Robertson Pizza Shop Ransacked, Reopens Hours Later: “I Cannot Afford to Be Closed”
March 12, 2025
A few hours after his kosher pizza shop was ransacked at 1708 S. Robertson in Pico-Robertson, Mark Douek reopened it as if nothing had happened.
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