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Sep 18, 2024, 12:53 AM

The Interfaith Community Takes a Stand, Whether They Act or Not

The enormity of the antisemitism being experienced in Jewish communities throughout the world is immense. We don’t need people to tell us they enjoyed the hummus and wine we brought to the interfaith meeting! In today's complicated world many...

Avigdor Haselkorn

Sep 17, 2024, 11:53 PM

Biden is Incentivizing Iran’s Political Blackmail

Many analysts in the Middle East and elsewhere are wondering why the promises of “punishment” issued by Iran and the Lebanese terrorist army Hezbollah in the wake of the killings of the latter’s “chief of staff” Fuad Shukr, and...

Esti Rosen Snukal

Sep 17, 2024, 11:12 PM

Rose-Patterned China

It's hard to live in the space between good and ugly And sometimes I drown in that dark in-between Losing bits of myself as I go about my day The parts of myself that I really loved Bits of me left behind In the laundry...

Geoffrey Clarfield

Sep 17, 2024, 11:09 PM

A Viennese Perspective on American Ethnomusicology

Byzantine Mosaic, King David and His Harp, Israel-photo by Geoffrey ClarfieldThe academic field called ethnomusicology aspires to encompass the comparative study of the world’s music, both present and past, defined in a variety of ways by those who call...

Sep 17, 2024, 11:07 PM

Honoring through Hakafot: A Simchat Torah of Remembrance

With Israel and the Jewish world still reeling from the Simchat Torah pogrom of October 7th, it is unimaginable to celebrate this year’s Simchat Torah as we normally would—perhaps not for many years to come. Unlike other Jewish holidays,...

Audrey N. Glickman

Sep 17, 2024, 11:04 PM

Brainwashed: Part 2

Brainwashed - Part 2 - artwork by Audrey Glickman, used with permission.

Part 2 - Etiquette and Peer Pressure Etiquette We left you, gentle readers, in Part 1, pondering the extent to which we control our children’s minds, from infancy through school. During those same years we might also attune our children to our...

Carol Silver Elliott

Sep 17, 2024, 10:52 PM

JHF Elders and Staff visit Coney Island, New York.

Last week, we filled a bus with elders and staff and headed off to Coney Island. Granted, our location in Northern New Jersey makes a trip to Coney Island less daunting than if we were in, say, Florida, but...

Yoseph Janowski

Sep 17, 2024, 10:51 PM

Exploding pagers

The amazing occurrence of Israel’s enemies being severely wounded by simultaneously exploding pagers, while avoiding collateral damage to the rest of the population, is an outstanding achievement of technology and victory against murderous enemies. It’s not the ideal. Ideally, we...

Sep 17, 2024, 8:56 PM

Americans Overseas, Time to Vote!

The Federal Voting Assistance Program
#Voting while living #overseas during an election can be confusing. The Federal Voting Assistance Program, or #FVAP, is here to change that. Be sure you vote is counted during this election season!
Posted by AFN Benelux on Monday, August 8, 2016

~~49 Days until the November 05 General Election~~ Overseas voters could swing US election result in battleground states. “Americans abroad were instrumental in winning key races in 2016 for Warnock,” former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi The US state...

Kenneth Brander

Sep 17, 2024, 8:38 PM

Parshat Ki Tavo: From Wandering to Unified – the Timeless Message of Bikkurim

As we get closer to October 7th, the eternal wisdom of the Torah on unity and national resilience resonates with renewed urgency and offers timely guidance for navigating our present challenges. This timeless wisdom on the importance of unity is...

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