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Among the more than 2,500 costume-clad attendees were members of New York's most prominent Jewish families, including one gentleman dressed as a dreidel...

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“Isn’t there an obligation upon the Jewish community to accept a day school graduate because of the mere fact that he is a product of a Jewish Hebrew day school?”

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Ironically, shortly before being assigned to his historic mission, he had requested a transfer to a combat unit to avenge his relatives in Europe.

The current “knife intifada” has, since September, resulted in the murder of 30 innocent Israelis as well as injury to another 352.

I remember names and I remember people but never the train shall meet.

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Though I felt extreme empathy for the child, I attempted to explain to the parent that the responsibility would be too great and in addition it would greatly deprive from the experience of the other children in the class.

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In American society we are all caught up with the idea that youth is very important. We are always trying to perceive ourselves as younger.

The designated escape route was for the children to cross into the Netherlands, from where they were to embark via ferry to England.

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During her confirmation hearing, DiFiore acknowledged she has a pistol permit and carries a gun.

This is not to say the Palestinians are blameless or justified in the ongoing conflict – far from it – but we are the ones with the power and our government has managed to destroy any hope on either side for a solution.

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While advocating Jewish liberty, however, Jefferson simultaneously held Judaism itself in low regard.

But it’s not just the siddur. All books in Israeli schools are to be revered…. and covered.

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Seuss’s wartime cartoons denounced American discrimination against Jews and called attention to the early stages of the Holocaust.

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A Jew grows and lives differently here in Israel. Anyone who really wants to be here will do fine.

While he wrote only one piece of music directly for liturgical use, Hashkeveinu, which premiered at the Park Avenue Synagogue on May 11, 1945, Bernstein often named his works after Jewish themes and personalities.

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