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With Methodists Avoiding BDS, Presbyterians Likely To Follow Suit

Opponents of Israel divestment optimistic that a recent resolution’s defeat will influence another Protestant denomination’s vote.

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Low-Key Bar Mitzvah

In response to Rabbi Tuvia Teldon’s Letter (“Bar/Bat Mitzvah Hype,” May 4), I can add that I was personally touched by the Chabad method of bar mitzvah this past March. When my grandson, who had distanced himself from his father (his parents are divorced), turned 13, his father gave him tefillin. A couple of weeks […]

The Mame Loshen Has Legs

‘Yiddish is my mother language, and a mother is never really dead,” reflected Isaac Bashevis Singer in his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in 1978. Indeed, the mame loshen continues to play a vital role in the cultural life of the city, as one gathers from two overlapping productions running this month — one a translation […]

Christian Mistreatment

The Art Of The Steal

Dismayed Over Brotoklyn Shul

The ‘Middle’ Movement Affirms, Updates Its Middle Path

Use Of Title VI

Israel Attack On Iran `Not Imminent,’ Journalist Says

Protecting Kids

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