Hey Harvard, Don’t hide behind some lofty Ivory Tower!
By Debra Rich Gettleman “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.” This statement was signed by over 30 Harvard student groups this past week. Well, it’s about time someone took action against...
Day of Rage scheduled for tomorrow in your community and around the world.
Former Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal has called for a "Day of Rage" this Friday, October 13. He is calling for all of their followers around the world to "mobilize for Jihad." In a joint statement, the National Security Council and the Foreign Ministry advised...
Standing tall with Israel: What you can do to help
By Cindy Saltzman As Israel and America stand strong against Hamas, Hezbollah, and anyone who supports the massacre of innocent civilians, the desire to help is palpable. But how do you know where and how to give? How do you determine a charity is credible and...
Real talk about the war
by Debra Rich Gettleman Ariel Shapiro is a modern orthodox Jew from Kiryat Gat in Israel. He, his wife, and three children, ages 8, 5, and 2, are taking safe haven in London. I spoke with Ariel about the war, his children, and what we in America need to know....
#hiptheatre
By Debra Rich Gettleman You know that hilarious story about the two interns at a Jewish publication struggling with their latest assignment: how to rebrand Zionism as progressive, #girlboss, and Gen Z via Instagram? No? Well, I guess you don’t know about Jewish...
Dianne Feinstein, long-serving Jewish senator from California, dies at 90
This story was originally published in the Forward. By Ron KampeasSeptember 29, 2023 (JTA) — Dianne Feinstein, the long-serving Jewish senator from California who rose to national prominence when she appeared before cameras with her hands stained with the blood of a...
Traversing the city of Jerusalem
by Masada Siegel “Would you like to go to the ‘Ninja Park’?” former Arizona resident and Jerusalem based Rabbi Ian Pear of Shir Hadash asked my son Jacob on his first trip to Jerusalem. Jacob enthusiastically responded, “Yes.” Moments later, after spending time at...
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TURNING THE TABLES
By Debra Rich Gettleman When someone says “fashionista,” your first thought probably isn’t “prostitute.” But thanks to an innovative Israeli NGO, Turning the Tables, a small cadre of Israeli prostitutes in Tel Aviv and Haifa, are finding a way out of the oldest...
Use your words instead of your fists. Unless…
by Debra Rich Gettleman …you’re a big time Israeli MMA fighter standing up to antisemitism. If you haven't been living under a rock, you’ve heard of Nick Fuentes, a white supremacist and Holocaust denier who hosts the online show “America First.” Fuentes, 24, boasts a...
Holocaust Loners: The First to Die
by Debra Rich Gettleman If you haven’t broken out of your pandemic isolation mode, you might want to rethink your penchant for privacy. A recent study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of...
“Swatting” More Than Annoying Flies
When asked for the location of the bomb, the caller leaves the address of a synagogue that is livestreaming its services. Then, callers watch in real time as police interrupt frightened worshipers. They later post clips of the incidents online.
Only the Nose Knows
Another poster lashed out about having seen Cooper play the elephant man on Broadway without the use of any prosthetics. “But then he plays a Jew and decides he needs a huge nose?
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