Daily Archives: February 14, 2026
Inside Israel’s crisis of violence in Arab communities
I was on my way to pick up my daughters from school when it happened.
In the middle of the main street, in broad daylight, a young man on a motorcycle pulled out a gun...
On My Mother-in-law’s Yahrzeit – by Dennis A Gura
My side of our dialogue
Yes, I know,
You told me proudly,
With some regularity,
About telling the rabbi
That you were an atheist
And that all this ceremony
Was only to satisfy your parents.
But in your long white trail
And under...
‘Bunch of terrorists trying to get in, kill us,’ organizers of Haverford event say
“We tried to coordinate security, but we did not expect that what transpired was actually going to happen,” Barak Mendelsohn, a political science professor at the school and an organizer of the event, told...
Generational divides on Jewish life, Israel in Boston community, once-a-decade survey finds
“Boston’s Jewish community has become more diverse in background and experience yet remains deeply rooted in the values that have guided our people for millennia,” according to the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of...
It doesn’t matter whether Americans call themselves ‘Zionists’
This month, they got some data that they think backs up their claim from the “Survey of Jewish Life Since Oct. 7,” a study by the Jewish Federations of North America, conducted in March...
Yiddish Words of the Week: Verter fun der Vokh – Full
1. full (of) = פֿול (מיט)
זײַן בוך איז פֿול מיט אינטערעסאַנטע פֿאַקטן.
His book is full of interesting facts.
2. a … full of = אַ פֿולע … מיט
זי האָט מיר דערלאַנגט אַ פֿולע שיסל מיט זופּ.
She served me...