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Giddy up! The harness racing world put a Jewish spin on their April 5 races with the Monticello Raceway 12th Annual Passover Pace. The “run for the matzohs†(a pun on horse racing’s most famous contest, the Kentucky Derby, also known as the “Run for the Rosesâ€) featured Jewish jockeys and top-notch horses. The sport…
Sam Green has done it again. His opinion piece about the dangers of Jewish student anti-Zionism, “Don’t Hate the Jewish State,” has prompted a flurry of opposition from defenders of ideological pluralism when it comes to Zionism. Jewschool‘s Ben Murane has weighed in, as well as Harpo Jaeger and a range of other Twitterers and…
This is a response to Evan Krasner’s Why is Yom HaShoah not recognized by my high school?, which was posted yesterday on this blog. Evan asks an important question: How could a school that is mostly comprised of Jewish students not commemorate Yom HaShoah? This certainly seems odd, if for no other reason than the…
One of the most famous poems expressing the devastation of the Holocaust comes from Pastor Martin Niemoller: THEY CAME FIRST for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. THEN THEY CAME for the Jews, 
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. THEN THEY CAME for the trade unionists,
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I cannot remember a time when my high school, the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Riverdale, NY, commemorated Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Even though the school has a large percentage of minority students, the majority of the students are white and Jewish. Many of these students have grandparents or family members that were either…
In South Africa, there’s a conspiracy theory that has spread among the white population since the fall of Apartheid. It goes by many names: Uhuru, Operation Vula, Operation White Clean-up, and – in a nod to Nazi Germany – Night of the Long Knives (in Afrikaans, Die Nag van die Lang Messe). Â What it says…
Farm Aid, Band-Aid….now, Passover Aid? There may not be an upcoming concert for Passover help (partially because the holiday has passed), but stories of individuals helping others during Pesach never cease. One recent story involves the “last living Jew in Afghanistan†celebrating Passover with the help of an American. Holliswood, Queens, resident Jack Abraham loaded…
I’ve been given a unique experience in Israel: to partake in a conference, organized through the Jewish Agency for Israel, that is training Shlichim to go to American camps. Shlichim are Israelis ages 18-40 (most are in their early 20’s but there is a speckle of older Israelis) who are being trained to understand American…
Forgive me for my late post. You see, like my ancestors before me, I too had an arduous exodus from Egypt. Â And although mine involved less wandering through the desert and more riding in buses through the desert–not to mention waiting in security lines, enduring a ‘random’ bag search, and withstanding a heart-stopping bomb scare–I…
“Never again†is the constant phrase we utter about the Holocaust. “Not again†are my words about the latest anti-Semitic scandal to hit. Today, on Good Friday, papal preacher Reverend Raniero Cantalamessa compared recent criticism of the pope to anti-Semitic abuse the Jews have suffered over millennia. There are many things wrong with the preacher’s statement,…
Barack Obama: Arrogant. Barack Obama: Despicable. Barack Obama: Muslim? The other day, as I do every day, I rode to work on Jerusalem’s bus #28. Â The commute is usually long and tedious, and only made palatable by the sounds of my iPod. Â On this specific morning, I found myself sitting behind two elderly women. Â Normally…
There has been much tension lately between the United States and Israel.  While the tension between the right leaning-Bibi and the left-seeming Obama seems to center around the peace process and controversial building in Israel, I’ve found there to be a certain attitude present in Israel that is very anti-Obama.  Throughout the years the United States has…
“Let my people go!†is the cry of Moses that has resounded through the ages. As Passover approaches, we remember our ancestors who were oppressed by Pharaoh and freed through the grace of God and the courage of Moses. Why, then, did some South Carolinian Jews participate in the propagation of the Confederate states in…
Obviously, technology has changed ancient traditions as it has evolved over the years. Jews who are accustomed to observing the Sabbath by giving up the use of electronics now face greater challenges. Last Saturday (March 20) Reboot held the first annual National Day of Unplugging. On this day, Reboot encouraged thousands of younger Jews to…