Tag: college
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The Corona Virus Seems to Be Crossing Our Continent Like Jaws
It seems like the soundtrack to Jaws is playing in the background of all our lives. Do you remember that scary incessant quickening sound, da duh, da duh, da duh, da duh … Do you also wonder, will it get me? I was writing an article about Israel and the Corona Virus interrupted. They tell…
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2020 Happy New Year and Decade!
Happy New Year! Shabbat Shalom! This is the first shabbat of the new year and decade. What big plans do you have? What is it that you have always wanted to do or work on, that hasn’t been on your To-Do list until now? Why not begin the decade making those choices? Are the wishes…
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Protecting Israel Through the Lense of CAMERA
Andrea Levin who is President and Executive Director of CAMERA, spoke recently and I was eager to hear what she had to say. CAMERA is the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. There are often such distortions in the news against Israel with only partial truths being reported (only the Palestinian version),…
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Israel: The Complex Story is Never Thoroughly Told Merely by Looking at the Surface
I had so much fun attending USC’s Hillel JAA Speaker’s Series: “Israel Today: A Geopolitical Update” and listening to the speaker, Charlotte Korchak, Director of International Student Programs for StandWithUs and alumna of USC. I immediately felt like she was part of my mispachah (family). She did what I do (speak about Israel in a…
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The Jewish National Fund: A Protective Womb for Israel & Jews, Defying the Horror of Pittsburgh’s Synagogue Killings
I recently returned from attending my first Jewish National Fund Annual (JNF) Conference. On the one hand, it was a lovefest for Israel and Jews. Am Yisrael Chai (the Jewish Nation lives). On the other, what happened during the conference exposed the underbelly of hatemongers in the United States. I had newly become part of…
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How Many Deaths Will Our Failed U.S. College System be Responsible for This Year?
I’ll tell you what I mean, but first as a mom with a graduating senior, let me brag a bit, after all it’s been years in the making… My boy will graduate as a Valedictorian, received a “Torch of Excellence” award for Wisdom, Strength and Honor as he has every year, was awarded the French…
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Jewish Students Harassed on U.S. College Campuses in 2018
I’ve written about the growing confrontational climate and anti-Semitism on college campuses before and unfortunately, there’s no good news, it’s still ugly, but having to attend a meeting recently by “Knowledge for College,” preparing our Jewish teens for the anti-Semitism and the intimidation they will face on college campuses rankled my nerves. Where is the…