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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.
Memorial to be Held for Victims of Paris Terror Attack, Sunday 11AM at Riverdale Monument Bronx, NY
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.
Attend the rally on Thursday. Bring Israeli & American flags. Demand an end to the terror in Israel!
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.
There was no question that when Mrs. Cohen entered the room to meet the teacher she was hostile from the outset.
He always impressed me with his brilliance and erudition. But it was his warm remarks and his sincere concern that made me want to please him.
By Marc Gronich
Most senators, the governor, and religious groups are in favor of the tax credit citing it equals the playing field for tuition-paying parents who also incur public education school tax bills.
By Yaffa Ganz
Despite a sea of enemies determined to erase it from the face of the earth, the State of Israel continues to exist.
In the midst of all this name calling by these so called leaders stands a man who is steadfast in his beliefs and is prepared to deal with any outside pressure to get his point across.
By Marc Gronich
You have to give Silver credit. He is standing up to the prosecution where others immediately folded like a house of cards.
“Well, you are also part of this class! If someone drills a hole in the boat, the boat will ultimately sink, and even the innocent ones will perish as well. The whole class must be punished!”
Teachers, as well as administrators, must be actively involved in the daily prayers that transpire at a school and must set the bar as dugmaot ishiot, role models, on how one must daven.
By Yaffa Ganz
Most of the time we don’t even notice the magnificent canvas above our heads.
If the Maccabees found enough oil to last for one day, then why was the first day considered a miracle?
In our times, most of us when we pray, our minds are on something else-it is hard to focus all the time.
By Yaffa Ganz
Sixty years may have gone by since World War II, but nothing much has changed.
Two of these attacks occurred close to Allon Shvut, and somehow I feel responsible.
By Marc Gronich
After this most recent election, there are four fewer Jewish members of the Assembly.
August 21, 2026 
