Jewish Voice and Opinion Is Now “The” Jewish Voice And Opinion.com : Same Point of View, Same Features, New Format...

Jun 24, 2015 by

After 28 years, The Jewish Voice and Opinion is moving into the 21st century. While it will still be devoted to speaking out forcefully and unashamedly for the unique concerns of what we call “Classical Judaism,” it will now do so online at TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com.

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What’s Going On in Teaneck?

Jun 24, 2015 by

What’s going on in Teaneck? It seems that Chuck Powers and his wife, Barbara “People worry that there’s a group that wants [Teaneck] to become an Orthodox community like some of the ones in Rockland County” Toffler, are now part of a group that says its purpose is “to make sure that the wider public knows what’s going on.”

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Hamas Is in Trouble: ISIS Wants Gaza; The PA-Hamas “Unity”…...

Jun 23, 2015 by

Operation Protective Edge ended last August, and while Hamas has made clear it still considers Israel its arch enemy, it now apparently sees an uneasy calm with the Jewish state as its only alternative to utter destruction.

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Israel Says Palestinian Casualty Figures from Operation Protective Edge Were 1 Terrorist for Every Civilian Killed, but There Is Evidence That Many of the Civilians were Part of “Hamas’s Civilian...

Jun 23, 2015 by

Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s 2015 response missiles fired at Israeli civilian targets by terrorist groups in Gaza, as well as the kidnapping of three teenagers by Hamas operatives in Judea are being can’t be labeled as ‘war crimes’

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The Current Crisis: “Even in Laughter, the Heart Can Ache”...

Jun 21, 2015 by

The Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fish was set on fire, and graffiti, consisting of a passage from the Siddur, asking that “the worshippers of idols be destroyed” was found scrawled on the walls, in Hebrew.

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 “Childless Mother” Dr. Amy Neustein: A Legacy of Standing Up for Women and Children...

Jun 21, 2015 by

2015 Battered Mothers Custody Conference (BMCC) keynote speaker, Dr. Amy Neustein shares her story, transforming her personal tragedy into political activism and scholarly writing.

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Ess Gezint: Jewish Soul Food for Summer...

Jun 20, 2015 by

ewish Soul Food: Traditional Fare and What It Means by Carol Ungar (Brandeis University Press) is not another “coffee-table” cookbook, almost too beautiful to risk staining in the kitchen. This is a slim paperback with a mission: To showcase the deep link between Jewish foods and Jewish beliefs…

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A Day of Unity to Remember Naftali, Gilad, and Eyal with a Promenade, a Torah, and a New Police Hotline...

Jun 19, 2015 by

June 12 was a Day of Unity, to memorialize the anniversary of the terrorist abduction and murder of Israeli teenagers, Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Sha’ar, and Eyal Yifrah.

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Kol Ami: What Can Obama Do Now?...

Jun 18, 2015 by

President Obama recently indicated that he is very “pained” by the “perception,” in the Jewish state and beyond, that he is anti-Israel and, perhaps, antisemitic. The question this month, asked through TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com was: What, if anything, could Mr. Obama do to show he is not anti-Israel and, thus, win back the confidence of Israelis and their supporters around the world?   It’s too late. He’s undermined all of our Middle Eastern allies in the last six years, including Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia (which is now 50 miles away from Iranian nukes), Libya, Syria, and Yemen (now an Iranian conquest). At some point, common sense says: He is an enemy. Friends don’t destroy your safety and security for their own egomania. Dr. Bernard J. Baars La Jolla, CA   Perhaps he could stop being a...

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