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Jan 11, 2019, 2:59 PM

Loudmouth kicks his own community in attacking Israel

Golders Green Hippodrome building, which is now a mosque and Islamic centre (Jewish News)

If there’s one thing British Muslims and Jews can live without it’s a guide to interfaith relations from employees of that bastion of inclusivity and harmony, Press TV. But that didn’t stop Roshan Salih, a contributor to the UK arm of...

Allen S. Maller

Jan 10, 2019, 3:25 AM

A commandment against religious EXTREMISM

I am sure most religious people shudder when they hear terrorists who are religious fanatics using Scripture to support their violent actions. For several years I have sought texts that condemn extremism and the arrogant assertion of personal judgment....

Jan 6, 2019, 1:20 PM

Golders Green mosque relentlessly persecuted by fanatics on both sides

Golders Green Hippodrome building, which is now a mosque and Islamic centre (Jewish News)

When I moved from south London, where I’d been the only Jewish person in my school, to Golders Green – land of the 24-hour bagel – to begin my rabbinic training, I was able to look out of my...

Dec 31, 2018, 3:27 PM

My pen pal, Amos Oz

Amos Oz, in his Ramat Aviv apartment, March 31, 2014. (Debbie Hill)

Heroes often disappoint in real life, but this favorite author was more: more intelligent, more charismatic, more articulate, more regal

Dec 13, 2018, 1:08 PM

Ice-Scream for Co-Existence

After learning how to make artisanal ice-cream during a year off in Europe, Adam Ziv of Kibbutz Sassa came back to Israel. He was determined to bring some new flavours to the Israeli food scene. As a first step...

Dec 9, 2018, 12:27 PM

Cleaning trash for peace in Israel's heartland

David Ha'ivri with Inon Dan Kehati and Ziad Sabateen at Husan. (Laura Ben-David)

In a unique initiative, Jewish settlers and Palestinians work together to tend the land they love

Allen S. Maller

Dec 8, 2018, 7:38 PM

A 21st century Kuzari defends Judaism and Jews

Long before Daesh (Islamic State) began murdering tens of thousands of men, woman and children in order to establish God’s right order in the world, Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) got the massacre ball rolling. Upon assuming the papacy in...

Nov 20, 2018, 2:39 PM

Jewish penicillin was a Mitzvah Day tonic for us all

Jehangir Malik (right) getting stuck in to making some chicken soup for Mitzvah Day! Credit: Yakir Zur

It was a very moving way for me to spend a Sunday morning. The atmosphere was buzzing and it was wonderful to see young people talking to each other, working together, engaging with each other, all from different walks of...

Michael S. Diamond

Nov 11, 2018, 7:28 AM

Brothers from another mother: Chaya Sarah

I was sipping a mojito at the bar at the back of ‘The High Road’ in Midtown. Technically it was called ‘Bar: The High Road’, but it kind of breaks your teeth to say it all out. My mom...

Nov 7, 2018, 12:05 AM

Has the golden age of American Jewry come to an end?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman on October 26, 2018 (Courtesy)

Four reasons why there has never been a greater time in history to be a Jew, starting with Israel-Gulf ties

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