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A new book by Melanie Phillips challenges the conventional wisdom and offers innovative ideas and practical tools to fight the global surge of antisemitism.
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Hatchwell believes the most powerful response is not silence or retreat, but education.
Cantor Chayim Frenkel: Fulfilling the Promise of L’dor V’dor
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Forty years mark a full biblical generation — a measure of time often associated with transformation, endurance and renewal. Few people embody that idea more fully than Cantor Chayim Frenkel.
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Since its founding in 1951, Israel Bonds has focused on one mission: to generate financial support for the building and development of Israel’s economy.
The Boyle Heights Lessons Behind Villaraigosa’s Run for Governor
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Gatekeeping Our Future: How Sky-High Cost of Jewish Education Mirrors LA’s Housing Affordability Trap
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Fire Up the Grill for Memorial Day Weekend
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A Trio of Dairy Desserts from Pati Jinich for Shavuot
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Given the prominence of dairy in Mexican cuisines, Jinich loves embracing dairy for Shavuot, which is one of her favorite parts of the holiday.
Duck Arithmetic : Contradiction, Certainty, and the Jewish State
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The strangest thing is the instability of standards — the peculiar way arithmetic shifts, the speed with which contradictions become irrelevant, the confidence with which certainty arrives before inquiry.
Fighting Smart
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Rosner’s Domain | Analysis as Substitute for Panic
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A Ray of Zionist Hope on a College Campus
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Transformation — The Art of Spiritual Leadership
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The Ultimate Act of Antisemitism
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