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From “House of Faith” to Building the Negev: Yedidya Harush

Yedidya Harush’s seventeenth birthday was not a happy one. It was the day the people of the Gush Katif settlement…

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The Significance of Gaza in Jewish History

Gaza is located within the boundaries of Shevet Yehuda. Avraham and Yitzchak lived in Gerar, located near Gaza. In the…

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Our Next 100 Years: The Future of American Orthodoxy

Confronted by the phalanx of questions included in this symposium, I find myself responding instinctively with two reservations. The first…

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On and Off the Beaten Track in . . . the Biblical Museum of Natural History

Who doesn’t love animals? Which child doesn’t look forward to visiting the zoo? A new museum in Beit Shemesh brings…

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Israeli Civility

By Irv Cantor Inconsiderate behavior, illogical rules and regulations, bureaucracy. How often do you hear American olim complaining about these…

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Do Jews Have a Future in Europe?

European Jews are beginning to question the viability of a life and future in the countries they call home The…

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Hate on Campus

By Ari Ziegler  In February of 2013, when I was a graduate student at Brooklyn College, my campus hosted Omar…

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A Conversation with Natan Sharansky

on the situation of the Jews in Europe By Elli Wohlgelernter A former refusenik who previously served in the Knesset…

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On Guard in Jerusalem

If, like me, you are a man of a certain age who never served in Vietnam or the Israeli army,…

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What We Can Do

1. Identify the Islamic threat A great deal of the jihadi agitation is fundamentally linked to hatred of Jews and…

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Is Your Synagogue Safe?

By Michael Orbach After the Har Nof synagogue massacre in Israel this past November that left four synagogue members and…

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