Monthly Archives: October 2018
Ivanka Trump shakes lulav and etrog in the White House
Ivanka Trump. first daughter and advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, shook the lulav and etrog in the White House.
She was assisted by Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), who brought the special four...
Celebrating an international love fe(a)st
A whopping 7,00 faces and hundreds of flags of every color painted Israel’s capital on Thursday, parading through the streets in the 2018 Jerusalem March.
The diverse participants, decked out on Sept. 27 in costumes...
Report highlights anti-Semitic tactics used by SJP members amid BDS debate at GW
Pro-Israel students at George Washington University have faced a number of challenges from both the BDS movement and anti-Israel groups in recent years. In 2017, the school successfully defeated a BDS resolution; however, last...
Historian chronicles Hitler’s friends and fellow travelers
Former California Gov. Gray Davis, a liberal Democrat, and the Koch Brothers, billionaire businessmen and Libertarians often associated with conservative causes, would seem to have little in common. However, that is why digging into...
Atoning When You Don’t Really Feel It
On Yom Kippur, Jews all over the world go through a process of atoning for their hurtful actions and sins. Just before Yom Kippur, I went to a talk on the holiday by Rabbi...