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Garden State of Mind
Neta Riskin. Courtesy of Adi Orni
Editor's Column
‘Shtisel’ star dishes on Israeli women’s role in TV, film
By Gabe Kahn
Neta Riskin. Courtesy of Adi Orni
September 16, 2019, 11:23 am
‘Shtisel’ star dishes on Israeli women’s role in TV, film
By Gabe Kahn
Mourners attend a memorial service to remember the victims of a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, in which nine people were killed and another 26 injured. Getty Images
August 14, 2019, 11:03 am
What we need to survive, together alive
Uncovering a ray of sunshine in the wake of the saddest day of the year
By Gabe Kahn
A young girl looks on as she attends a vigil for the victims of the recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
August 7, 2019, 11:02 am
Tragedy strikes near, and far
The scourge of gun violence, once again
By Gabe Kahn
From left, Jen Moore Conrow, Solange Azor, and “Daily Show” co-founder Lizz Winstead, discuss breaking down barriers to protect reproductive rights at the NCJW/Essex Lunch and Learn on Jan. 24. Photo courtesy NJCW/Essex
January 30, 2019, 11:14 am
Abortion, not by any other name
Comedians turned activists remove the stigma of reproductive rights
By Gabe Kahn
Illustrative image of packing boxes. Flickr CC/fantastic-removals.co.uk
December 19, 2018, 11:42 am
Unpacking office supplies… and spare thoughts
Some leftovers as we gear up for 2019
By Gabe Kahn
President George H.W. Bush speaking in 1993. Jewish Chronicle/Heritage Images/ Getty Images
December 5, 2018, 11:25 am
Foibles and all, Bush was a friend to Israel, Jewish community
Ups and downs of late president complicate his legacy while enhancing his humanity
By Gabe Kahn
August 1, 2018, 10:45 am
How the Jewish Left was lost
Knee-jerk reactions, lack of context damaging Democrats’ relationship with Israel
By Gabe Kahn
July 16, 2018, 11:56 am
Why can’t our leaders be more truthful in their lies?
Imagine if honesty took a seat in the political arena
By Gabe Kahn
Say what you will, but Alan Dershowitz mopped the floor with fellow Harvard professor Cornel West in their debate over BDS. SCREENSHOT FROM C-SPAN
February 14, 2018, 12:00 am
How to discredit BDS: The Video
Alan Dershowitz takedown of Cornel West should be required viewing
By Gabe Kahn
Anat Hoffman raises a Torah scroll in the women’s section of the Western Wall during a November 2016 protest. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images
January 8, 2018, 12:00 am
Spending the night with a mosquito
Women of the Wall founder Anat Hoffman on the buzz of persistence and goal of obsolescence
By Gabe Kahn
In a shot across the bow to Israel, Rabbi Rick Jacobs said, “Today, there is more than one center of Jewish life.” Courtesy of URJ
December 13, 2017, 12:00 am
In flexing muscle, URJ broadens Israel critique
Rejects ‘diaspora’ label at packed biennial; Israel-centrism is ‘broken paradigm,’ Jacobs charges
By Gabe Kahn
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