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Israelis believe themselves less divided than in 2023

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Although Israeli society is divided in many ways, Israelis see themselves as more unified in 2024 than they were in the prior year in several areas, according to data from the Pew Research Center. Many...
Then-President Donald Trump speaks on a video screen during the opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Must Jews ‘repent’ for voting for Trump?

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In the weeks before the observance of Rosh Hashanah, religious Jews give a lot of lip service to the idea of repentance. That is the main point of our observance in the Hebrew month...
Gen. John R. Allen speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention om July 28, 2016. Credit: Jef Parker via Wikimedia Commons.

Orthodox Jews go Republican

Contrary to Joe Biden’s claim, you can be black and vote Republican. You can also be Jewish, Hispanic or Asian. In anticipation of the 2024 presidential election, it’s important to keep this in mind regarding...
Sergeant Major Avishag Shiran Malka of the Israel Border Police. Source: Screenshot.

Meet Israel’s only female ultra-Orthodox Border Police officer

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Sgt. Maj. Avishag Shiran Malka, 38, is the only female ultra-Orthodox member of the Israel Border Police. The stringent religious practice of the ultra-Orthodox combined with the intense nature of her work can be...
The Memorial Sloan Kettering Josie Robertson Surgery Center in New York. Credit: Google Street View screenshot.

‘Pioneer’ anesthesiologist Rebecca Twersky dies at 67

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Dr. Rebecca Twersky, former chief of anesthesia at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Josie Robertson Surgery Center, died in mid-May at 67. “In addition to her many professional accomplishments, Dr. Twersky was well known...
Zabar's on Broadway in Manhattan. Credit: Wikipedia.

‘New York Times’: Orthodox Jews not ‘archetypical’

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If there is a quintessential New York Times reporter, that writer might complain that Orthodox New York Jews have too much influence and are not the “archetypical Jewish New Yorker.” That’s just what Dana Rubinstein did in...
Brandeis University, August 2018. Credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel via Wikimedia Commons.

Brandeis under fire for ‘anything but orthodox’ ad

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A page on the Brandeis University website's about section refers to "Our Jewish roots." Founded in 1948, the school "is animated by a set of values that are rooted in Jewish history and experience,"...
An Agudath Israel of America delegation meets with New York Attorney General Letitia James in her New York City office on June 5, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Agudath Israel: ‘Invaluable’ to talk antisemitic attacks, zoning with New York AG

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The American Jewish Committee’s 2022 State of Antisemitism in America Report found that 89% of U.S. Jews think that antisemitism is a problem stateside, and 41% felt less safe than in the prior year. According to...
Rabbi Moshe Haliwa's cut tefillin boxes. Courtesy.

‘I was Jewish, and that was it’

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A rabbi on his way to board a connecting flight at Jordan’s main airport had the straps of his tefillin (phylacteries) cut by security guards who called them a security threat, he said Thursday. It was the...

Religious-Zionist leader Rabbi Haim Drukman in ‘very serious condition’

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Religious-Zionist leader Rabbi Haim Drukman remained in “very serious condition” on Wednesday after requiring life-saving CPR. Drukman has been treated in the intensive care unit at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center since last week...