יום שישי, י״ח תמוז תשפ״וFriday, July 3, 2026
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By Marc Gronich
I can tell you our price point is probably lower than our competitors at the New York State Fair. We want to make it where everyone can try the food….
Gorky openly, frequently, and vociferously criticized his government's malevolent oppression of the Jewish community.
In his later years he spoke out in favor of war crimes trials for the perpetrators of genocide in the former Yugoslavia, and he lent his name to the Holocaust study center and Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
Bonfils deliberately selected his subjects in order to preserve a vast range of information for geographical, ethnographic, biblical, archeological, architectural, and historical studies.
He mentions the threatening atmosphere of anti-Semitism in Mussolini's Italy and his concern for his wife and children.
By Yaffa Ganz
We in Israel are "used to" hatred and violence, but we are not immune.
Did you know the United States issued a 39-cent stamp featuring the Kotel back in 2007?
The discovery ultimately established the major defense mechanism in innate immunity, for which he won his Nobel Prize.
Newport had been financially devastated during the Revolution, when the British occupied the town and seized ships and other resources.
By Marc Gronich
“Investors should be able to trust that their hard-earned money is being is properly managed and is not being pocketed for personal use,” said Schneiderman in a prepared statement.
In Ani Maamin, Wiesel navigates the extremes between shallow religious fervor and glib atheism.
For me the question that I was about to ask had value and I was always taught by my parents that one must ask questions to gain knowledge.
By Rhona Lewis
Determined, he chose to make his life a success.
While it is not the purpose of this article to present a dissertation on the Torah’s views on evolution, suffice it to say this is a very controversial topic and that strong arguments exist on both sides.
By Yaffa Ganz
A list can contain not four, not fourteen, but even forty or more items all at one time (although, I’d suggest you try and limit yourself if you want to keep your sanity).
The defeat of the Japanese there provided an important foundation for our ultimate victory over Japan, and the battle became a symbol of the great sacrifices made by our fighting forces during the war.
By Marc Gronich
I was not interested at all in going more than a two- or three-hour drive from New York City because my family and my wife’s family both live in New York. The
Somehow, wishing another the blessing of Sabbath peace from on-high, while offering the very real human gifts of joy and friendship as reflected in a smile, combines the essence of Jerusalem, and what makes it so special.
While honoring his deceased relatives through his work, Sendak simultaneously mocked those survivors with whom he grew up.
By Marc Gronich
Goldfeder served five years in the Assembly. He told The Jewish Press, “This is not where I want to be at this time in my life.”
Salinger was raised as an Orthodox Jew, and his later turmoil regarding his Jewish identity is the key to understanding his life and work.
By Rhona Lewis
These many heroes and heroines gave Israel their hears.
By Yaffa Ganz
Like a radiant bride waiting for the arrival of her groom, she is surrounded by shusvinim in the form of vibrant new neighborhoods.
While a few Shutz-passes (letters of protection issued by Wallenberg to Hungarian Jews) signed by him do exist (though they are rarities), other autographed documents are virtually non-existent.
The students were eventually expelled from the school that they were attending, but the reactions of the parents were quite divergent.
According to Schwartzbard, "When the policeman told me Petlura was dead I could not hide my joy. I leaped forward and threw my arms about his neck," and when the gendarme, Roger Mercier, asked Schwartzbard if he was the shooter, he replied, "I have killed a great assassin."
By Yaffa Ganz
Students wearing blue shirts participate in a weekly project called “Students & Baskets.” They come to open air markets on Thursdays and help the elderly carry their bags home.
Friedman believed that while monopolies and oligarchies are injurious to everybody, these systems are particularly ruinous for Jews and for Israel.
There is a whole other transcendental level of delight, enchantment, and reverence that applies to collectors of Judaica documents.
By Marc Gronich
Felder May Return To Democratic Conference; EITC Defeated Once Again The failure to include the Education Investment Tax Credit (EITC) in the latest state budget has many factions roiled. It is seen as a victory for the teachers’ unions and another blow for groups such as the Catholic Conference, Agudath Israel of America, (AIA) and […]
During the nineteen years of Israeli statehood preceding the Six-Day War, popular songs were rarely written about yearning for Jerusalem until “Yerushalayim shel Zahav” broke the mold in 1967, when Shemer was asked to compose a song for the Israel Song Festival.
The difference between living in Israel verses outside of Israel is that in Israel, Judaism is the basis of the country’s daily operations.
Enchanted by his immigrant mother-in-law’s rituals, stories, and incredible blintzes, Guthrie learned everything he could about the Jewish people...
Among the more than 2,500 costume-clad attendees were members of New York's most prominent Jewish families, including one gentleman dressed as a dreidel...
“Isn’t there an obligation upon the Jewish community to accept a day school graduate because of the mere fact that he is a product of a Jewish Hebrew day school?”
Ironically, shortly before being assigned to his historic mission, he had requested a transfer to a combat unit to avenge his relatives in Europe.
The current “knife intifada” has, since September, resulted in the murder of 30 innocent Israelis as well as injury to another 352.
Though I felt extreme empathy for the child, I attempted to explain to the parent that the responsibility would be too great and in addition it would greatly deprive from the experience of the other children in the class.
In American society we are all caught up with the idea that youth is very important. We are always trying to perceive ourselves as younger.
The designated escape route was for the children to cross into the Netherlands, from where they were to embark via ferry to England.
By Marc Gronich
During her confirmation hearing, DiFiore acknowledged she has a pistol permit and carries a gun.
By Yaffa Ganz
This is not to say the Palestinians are blameless or justified in the ongoing conflict – far from it – but we are the ones with the power and our government has managed to destroy any hope on either side for a solution.
While advocating Jewish liberty, however, Jefferson simultaneously held Judaism itself in low regard.
By Yaffa Ganz
But it’s not just the siddur. All books in Israeli schools are to be revered…. and covered.
Seuss’s wartime cartoons denounced American discrimination against Jews and called attention to the early stages of the Holocaust.
By Yaffa Ganz
A Jew grows and lives differently here in Israel. Anyone who really wants to be here will do fine.
While he wrote only one piece of music directly for liturgical use, Hashkeveinu, which premiered at the Park Avenue Synagogue on May 11, 1945, Bernstein often named his works after Jewish themes and personalities.
Mrs. R. hurls the violin at the couch, screeching, “It’s horrible! I sound so horrible!” and again runs out of the room, sobbing.
There we often find children who lack proper derech eretz in their daily exchanges with people, as if they feel that they are entitled to act this way and to behave disrespectfully around their teachers or adults.
William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was the only American president to also sit on the Supreme Court. The Republican was an effective administrator but a poor politician; caught in the intense battles between progressives and conservatives, he received little credit for his administration's achievements, which included establishing a postal savings system, admitting Arizona and New Mexico […]
By Marc Gronich
Asked about the atmosphere in Albany, one former lawmaker would only speak on the condition of anonymity.
When Dreyfus was finally cleared and Zola returned to France, Monet sank into a deep depression over the sordid and disgraceful affair.
By Yaffa Ganz
Our own contemporary Chanukah battle has become one of saving Chanukah from American culture.
She needs to rescue her fleshless memories, lest they flicker out and die.
Kissinger was viewed by many as a self-hating Jew who turned on his father and his people by consistently acting in a manner inimical to Jewish interests.
What follows are several excerpts, translated into English, to give readers a flavor of the late president’s beautiful prose:
With the advent of the Internet, however, our generation has entered into a period of time of instant communication.
The remarkable Unger, a true mathematical Renaissance man, was a visionary in the field of mathematics education who also wrote numerous texts, many of which became pedagogical standards used by university systems across Europe, particularly in Russia
One has only to look at the amount of discoveries in science and medicine, the arts and in education to appreciate the vital role that the Jews have played.
At a time when many Jews changed their names and joined churches to deflect anti-Semitism and to facilitate assimilation into American society, Isidor did not deny his heritage; indeed, he embraced it.
In Twin Books Corp v. Walt Disney (1966), a patent infringement case involving the rights to Bambi, the California court wasted no time in properly crediting authorship of the beloved children's classic: It is a very common misconception that Bambi was the brainchild of the world's foremost entertainer of children, Walt Disney. To the […]
By Marc Gronich
In a move viewed as an insult to Massry and the Jewish community, the Independence Party backed Ryba during a meeting on Yom Kippur.
Compelled to show his friendship for the Jews in a more concrete form, Califano decided to print, at his own expense, a million color postcards reproducing The Ignominy of the Twentieth Century and to sell them nationally for the benefit of Jewish refugees from the Nazis.
Levine offered the Columbia to Lindbergh for $15,000, but insisted that, as a non-negotiable condition of the sale, he retain the right to designate the crew for what would surely be a historic flight.
When he came to the hospital he saw his fiancée still in her wheelchair, but expected her to surprise him by jumping up and embracing him.
Another intriguing “Wyatt Earp Jewish connection” involves the long-standing mystery of the legendary fallout between Wyatt and Doc Holliday.
As he shut his piercing grey eyes and began chanting a portion of the service from memory, we could all sense he was actually transported back there through time and space – and the best part was that he was taking us with him.
By Yaffa Ganz
We gazed at the Old City walls and wondered when and if we'd ever be privileged to enter its gates.
As the First Zionist Congress was indisputably one of the seminal events in modern Jewish history, it is not surprising that it became the subject of some of the most beloved, beautiful, and rare Rosh Hashanah cards ever created.
On November 22, 1963, Abraham Zapruder created one of the most famous, and valuable, pieces of film and became forever linked with one of the greatest American national tragedies when he stood with his camera on an elevated concrete abutment as President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Exhibited here is […]
It’s ironic that when we hear about Arab extremists attacking and killing Jewish settlers, there is quiet from these same left wingers.
By Marc Gronich
For several years I have been trying to get the leadership of The Great New York State Fair to obtain a deal with a kosher food vendor during the 12-day agricultural extravaganza.
The concept for Curious George began with a story about Raffy, a lonesome giraffe who befriends nine monkeys, the youngest of whom is named Fifi.
By Yaffa Ganz
If I can't save the world at large, the least I can do is to try to save or improve my own small world.
We studied his seforim together, we listened to famous cantorial masters and we spoke of his illustrious yichus, his pedigree, dating back to the famous commentator, Rashi.
Jews who were considered, but not ultimately selected, include Woody Allen, Saul Bellow, David Ben-Gurion, Marc Chagall, Anne Frank, and Barbra Streisand.
There are a variety of sources that, comics historians claim, served as sources of inspiration for the Superman character.
Not as well known is that long before Anderson was denied permission to sing at Constitution Hall, she was refused lodging at Nassau Inn in Princeton during her April 16, 1937 concert at the McCarter Theatre there, and Albert Einstein invited her into his home as a guest.
By Yaffa Ganz
I do not suggest abandoning civilization for a pristine desert island or a hilltop in Judea or Samaria.
Marceau suggested a dark reason for his wordless art: "The people who came back from the [concentration] camps were never able to talk about it…. My name is Mangel. I am Jewish. Perhaps that, unconsciously, contributed towards my choice of silence."
We tend to justify and idealize this division with pride attributing these tendencies as demonstrating a higher level of kedushah.
Any number of false narratives regarding the reason the Beatles did not perform at Ramat Gan continue to circulate, ranging from a dispute between Ori and another music promoter, Giora Godik, to the recalcitrance of Golda Meir.
By Marc Gronich
After spending a day lobbying lawmakers in Albany, at least one person came away from several meetings less than enthusiastic about the prospects of this bill passing.
How is it possible that some of our people cannot see what I see, the miracle of the existence of the state of Israel?
By Marc Gronich
“I think things were going very well under Senator Skelos, so I don’t think Senator Flanagan’s ascension to the leadership was a referendum on Senator Skelos,” Felder told The Jewish Press after the vote.
A leader that has lost faith in his people cannot lead his people and conquer the land of Israel.
By Marc Gronich
“If we put money in health, we can’t put money in education,” Flanagan recalls hearing from the opponents.
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