The issue is not was there a quid pro quo between President Trump and Mr. Zelensky, but rather who was the beneficiary of the request. The obvious answer: American taxpayers who were being asked to give a great deal of money to Ukraine, a country riddled with charges of corruption and meddling in the 2016 US Presidential election.
read moreWhile one could argue that anyone, using the term “lynching” when the victim is not being murdered is engaging in objectionable hyperbole, it is very unfair to say it is objectionable because it is about race. While in the US, most lynching victims were African-Americans, a significant proportion were not. Leo Frank was an example of a Jewish victim of a lynching.
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“Variations” clever twist with at least two ways to serve the same ingredients in each recipe
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Parents—and children—who remember with nostalgic fondness the award-winning animated film, “The Swan Princess” are in for a treat.
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David Serero is a whirlwind, a force of nature whose good humor, generosity of spirit, Jewish sensibility, and inborn affinity for theatrical presentations combine to make all of his productions delightful recreations infused with new insights and charm. He should be declared a national Jewish treasure.
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The only way for Mr. Trump to avoid impeachment is for Republicans to regain control of the House and retain control of the Senate. If the Republicans regain the House, Ilhan Omar would no longer be on its Foreign Relations Committee.
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Actress Natalie Portman, believes herself competent to compare Anne’s experience during the Holocaust to that of an undocumented migrant hiding in the US fearing deportation. The analogy is specious.
read moreSimply call the Speaker’s office at 202-225-0100 and either tell a staffer or just leave a message informing her that you support bringing House Resolution 246 to a vote on the floor.
read moreThe story of the Jews of Kippenheim, an obscure village of 1,800 residents, located in the Baden region of southwest Germany.
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French-born Jewish baritone, actor, producer, and philanthropist David Serero has a knack for finding the Jewish angle in classic works for the theater.
read morePerplexing to some that the Sunday, May 19, 2019 fundraising breakfast for Magen David Adom (MDA) has prompted an “Anti-Breakfast for Israel” protest by “Deir Yassin Remembered”.
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The Ridgewood Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company is proud to lead off its 82nd season with “H.M.S. Pinafore,” one of the most popular collaborations of the Victorian-era British theatrical partnership of the dramatist W.S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan.
read moreThe only way the past can be known is through a convergence of evidence.
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