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The Three Weeks & the Nine Days

By: Rabbi Shraga Simmons The “Three Weeks” between the 17th of Tammuz and the Tisha B’Av have historically been days of misfortune and calamity for...

Milton Glaser, Co-Founder of NY Magazine & “I (Heart) NY Logo Dies at 91

By AP Milton Glaser, the groundbreaking graphic designer who adorned Bob Dylan’s silhouette with psychedelic hair and summed up the feelings for his native New...

Jewish Actress Emmy Rossum Condemns Hollywood Anti-Semitism

By: Lauren Marcus Jewish actress Emmy Rossum weighed in about the anti-Semitism she’s faced in Hollywood earlier this week. Rossum’s comments came on the heels of...

Mel Gibson Repeatedly Called Jews ‘Oven Dodgers’; Hollywood Screenwriter Backs Up Winona Ryder

By: Josh Plank(World Israel News)  Mel Gibson continually referred to Jews as “oven dodgers,” famed Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas said in a July 18, 2019,...

SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY MOBILIZES TO COLLECT NEARLY 120,000 DIAPERS AND OTHER BABY ESSENTIALS FOR FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS

Heeding a pressing need of families with young children for baby essentials since the coronavirus outbreak,  of New York’s Young Sephardic Women committee organized...

The Nazi in Harvard’s Midst

By: Dr. Yvette Alt Miller Ernst Hanfstaengl was a larger than life figure. Tall and regal, he had an aristocratic manner and was a talented...

Zoomchas: How to Have a Simcha on Zoom

By: David Kilimnick The word “simcha” which is used to describe celebrations, actually means happiness. But happiness is hard when you show up to your...

Faiga Korenblit, 96, Holocaust Survivor & Quintessential Rebbetzin

Served families in Chabad synagogue adjacent to Brooklyn yeshivah By: Menachem Posner Although the numbers tattooed on to her arm silently spoke of the horrors she...

A Black Jew’s Advice on Combating Racism

Dr. Yvette Alt Miller Lev Baruch Perlow is a 1st Sergeant in the Israeli army and with his slightly Ethiopian-tinged Hebrew and English, he might...

No Jewish Camp this Summer, Now What?

By: Tzivi Nochenson I was a camp kid. I counted down the days until the school year ended. Freedom from school, early wake ups, endless...

Sanz-Klausenburg Rebbetzin Chaya Nechama Halberstam, 96

She survived the Holocaust to become the matriarch of a Chassidic dynasty By: Mendel Super The revered Rebbetzin Chaya Nechama Halberstam, a Nazi death-camp survivor and...

“Singing in the Rain” Telethon Raises Millions for the Special Children’s Center

By: Fern Sidman On Monday evening a very unique telethon event was hosted by The Special Children’s Center in Lakewood in honor of the inner...

Left-wing US Jewish Groups try to silence ZOA’s criticism of BLM, Morton Klein Appears on Mark Levin Program

by Josh Plank, World Israel News Numerous left-wing American Jewish organizations have united to strongly denounce Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) President Morton Klein for...

New York state allows opening of some synagogues, though not in five boroughs

FAYGIE HOLT (JNS) New York Gov. Mario Cuomo announced that congregations can return to their houses of worship this week in most of New York...

The God of Israel’s Hand in Nature and History

By:  Ariel Natan Pasko Just recently, the Jewish people experienced the Revelation of God at Mount Sinai, AGAIN! The holiday of Shavuot just occurred. Jewish holidays...

How Covid-19 Brought Me and My Hasidic Neighbors Together

By: Joseph Rosen I live on a Montreal block in Mile End, once the neighborhood of Mordecai Richler, which is now 50-per-cent Hasidic Jews –...

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