Ilhan Omar, Anti-Semitism, & The Political Left
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Has the Left turned on Israel?
Continue readingFebruary 13, 2019
February 11, 2019
Dems, Local Jewish Community Condemn Omar’s Anti-Semitic Tweet
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Rep. Ilhan Omar has apologized for her latest anti-Semitic tweet after politicians nationwide and Jewish groups spoke out on her equating money to Jewish political control. Listening and learning, but standing strong 💪🏽 pic.twitter.com/7TSroSf8h1 — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 11, 2019 The latest issue started on Sunday night when Omar, who represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional […]
Continue readingFebruary 1, 2019
Hear Why Ilana Shemesh Is Helping Save Ugandan Mothers, Babies
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Event featuring this Israeli Midwife is Feb. 5
Continue readingJanuary 31, 2019
An Invitation Home
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My first Shabbat service in more than 20 years was in Jerusalem. An atheist Jew, sitting on a hard, limestone terrace with my wife, a secular agnostic, under a hazy, thick night sky with 19 other couples who, outside of similar demographics, we barely knew. Our Rabbi invited us to join him in prayer if […]
Continue readingJanuary 29, 2019
December 13, 2018
November 21, 2018
Watching Israel From Inside The Yeshiva
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I am watching the world through a glass wall. That’s how it feels to be in yeshiva, happy to be studying Judaism, but growing increasingly angry at the fact that I have no time for anything else. A year ago I left home to travel, and not tied to anything or anyplace, in particular, I […]
Continue readingNovember 19, 2018
Herzl Camp Partners For Israeli Internships
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In a booming economy, our college-age staff have many exciting opportunities that compete with a summer at camp. While we know the value of the hands-on management and leadership skills that a camp counselor job provides, it is hard to compare with glamorous and often well-paid corporate experiences that are frequently now designed as recruiting tools […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2018
With Election Now Over, Ilhan Omar Voices BDS Support
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In August, now Rep.-Elect Ilhan Omar told a crowd of more than 1,000 people that the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement was “counteractive” because it wasn’t “helpful in getting a two-state solution.” Now, less than a week after Omar’s election to Congress representing Minnesota’s Fifth District, Omar is explicitly stating her position as a BDS […]
Continue readingNovember 12, 2018
An Open Letter To Rep.-Elect Ilhan Omar
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Dear Ilhan Omar, Hi. My name is Sarah. I’m an American-Israeli raised on Yiddish lullabies, because my Mom was the last scion of our shtetl and she would tell me stories of a world eaten alive first by pogroms, then by Nazis. I’m an American Israeli raised by Grandparents who were told on their honeymoon […]
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