Category: Opinion
Chabad women celebrate courage at annual Spa for the Body and Soul
Capital Region shluchus, leaders of area Jewish Women Circles at local Chabads, from left, Chana...
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Reviewing Trump’s schizophrenic Middle East policy after 100 days
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office, April 24, 2025. Photo...
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From our Chabad friends in Fla: Rabbi Dovid Vigler Finding G-d in the Miracles We Overlook So what will happen with Iran? Will President Trump allow them to maintain a nuclear project for “peaceful purposes,” or none at all? Can...
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Rabbi Riskin’s new book portrays Judaism as a love story
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. Photo by Meir Elipur. by STEVE LINDE JNS What keeps the Jewish people going?...
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‘Good reason not to compete’: Israeli team forfeits Shabbat round at robotics event
The Trigon robotics team at the first championship in Houston on April 18, 2025. Photo courtesy of...
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Yom HaShoah: Reminding humanity of its lowest moments
Hillel Kofsky, right, on tour at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp grounds as part of a...
Read MoreA Holocaust child survivor united two families for three generations
By MARSHA HALPERT As we near Yom HaShoahm, Marsha Halpert of Albany and a 2nd generation survivor shared with us some thoughts about one child during the Shoah and how people can help each other. Yom HaShoah, Holocaust...
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Driving Mr. Larry
“The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Source unknown The day of reckoning was finally...
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Who knows one? The arrival of the Moss Haggadah at the National Library of Israel
Moss Haggadah—In Every Generation ©2024 David Moss. Graphic courtesy of Bet Alpha Editions. By...
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The red heifer: Catalyst for war or harbinger of global peace?
A red heifer in its new home at the Ancient Shiloh heritage site. Photo courtesy of the Binyamin...
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Veterans, others to note the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp
Dachau Concentration Camp entrance on July 30, 2015. Photo courtesy of pxhidalgo. The region’s...
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How did Israel place eighth in the 2025 World Happiness Report?
Photo courtesy of Deposit Photos [email protected] By RACHEL O’DONOGHUE JNS Israelis shouldn’t...
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