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Jun 12, 2018, 8:13 AM

No place like home

When I was growing up, at some point my parents were able to buy a house. We had a yard, a driveway, enough bedrooms, and even an attic where we could hide in the dark and tell ghost stories....

May 4, 2018, 3:04 PM

Tomorrow, many Americans will eat tacos and enchiladas and drink margaritas in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Typically, most Americans have no idea of the significance of the holiday. They may assume that it is some religious festival or...

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Apr 20, 2018, 2:47 PM

Going on 71: Israel, when the glitter's gone

Education Minister Naftali Bennett (R) with Israel Prize winner Miriam Peretz during the ceremony at the International Conference Center (ICC) in Jerusalem on April 19, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

With a hug, Israel Prize winners Miriam Peretz and David Grossman embody the visceral truths all Israelis know

Lori Prashker-Thomas

Mar 22, 2018, 5:15 AM

Bullying… When will it Stop?

The news of students being shot and killed by other students has become far too rampant. This is not a post about guns or gun control. This is about the mentality of some people, both young and old. There...

Elchanan Poupko

Dec 30, 2017, 12:22 AM

A Special Place in Heaven for Israeli TV Producers

The new Israeli TV series Shababnikim has captured the hearts and minds of millions in Israel and around the world. The series follows the lives of three Yeshiva students and their struggles with the modern world. This is huge...

Dec 13, 2017, 11:48 PM

Regarding The Baker and the Empire

Re: The Baker and the Empire (New York Times Column, December 10, 2017), by Ross Douthat. We agree with Ross Douthat that we all need a way to live together and that the goal requires some compromise and magnanimity; however,...

Anoushka Chandra

Dec 9, 2017, 7:45 AM

Aftermath of India’s Two State Solution

At the hour of midnight on 14-15th August 1947, India attained Independence from its colonial rulers. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of free India, addressed a special session of the Constituent Assembly that night. This was the famous...

Adela Cojab Moadeb

Sep 28, 2017, 11:41 PM

Beyond Israel: Moving Conversation on American Campuses

Jewish students are ready to talk about more than Israel. How do I know? I asked a room full of Jewish student leaders. Last Thursday, Jewish activists from eight tri-state campuses gathered at NYU for the American Union of Jewish...

Sep 24, 2017, 10:09 AM

Let’s Pray, Let’s Unify

Recently, the non-religious world began to recognize my name, Menashe Lustig, because of a film that is now in theaters around the world called Menashe, based on my life in the last decade. From the film, viewers learn that I have experienced...

Aug 24, 2017, 7:42 AM

Israeli/Jewish Mode Amid Turbulence

I wasn’t sure if this would even be worth telling, but my mind is wandering back to the last time I was coming back home from Israel, and I now feel the need to share this. This is about my...

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