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Martin J. Raffel
Martin J. Raffel
Illustrative image: Israelis celebrate the 71st Independence Day on Tel Aviv beach. Getty Images
September 18, 2019, 12:14 pm
Asking for a healthy debate on Israel, without the slings and arrows
By Martin J. Raffel
Martin J. Raffel
September 4, 2019, 11:54 am
Open letter to Israeli voters
By Martin J. Raffel
Wheelchairs that can be taken into the water are available upon request (and with lifeguard supervision) at North Bath Avenue Beach in Long Branch. Photo by Martin J. Raffel
July 22, 2019, 11:06 am
Why is this beach different from all other beaches?
By Martin J. Raffel
Rabbi Andrew Ergas, president of the Council for Hebrew Language and Culture in North America, which hopes to increase Hebrew proficiency among American Jews, with Dr. Esther Serok, North American representative of the World Zionist Organization, in New York City on June 12. Photo by Yaakov Cohen
June 24, 2019, 10:47 am
Is our holy language wholly overlooked?
By Martin J. Raffel
Martin J. Raffel
June 11, 2019, 12:59 pm
Anti-Semitism expert offers best practices for combatting hate
Bard Center’s Kenneth Stern suggests retooling social media as a weapon for positive change (Part 2)
By Martin J. Raffel
Martin J. Raffel
May 29, 2019, 1:46 pm
Defining anti-Semitism
A conversation with Kenneth Stern on the greatest threats to the Jews
By Martin J. Raffel
Martin J. Raffel
April 29, 2019, 3:26 pm
The A-bomb: Does necessity equal morality?
Part 2 of 2
By Martin J. Raffel
The author in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Photo Courtesy Martin Raffel
April 17, 2019, 11:57 am
Up close, and sometimes personal, with U.S. decision to drop Bomb on Hiroshima
Part 1 of 2
By Martin J. Raffel
The author in front of the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Photo Courtesy Martin Raffel
April 15, 2019, 11:51 am
Up close, and sometimes personal, with U.S. decision to drop Bomb on Hiroshima
By Martin J. Raffel
The author and his wife, Maris Chavenson, with Takanobu Fuchikami, mayor of the Japanese city of Tsuruga, at left, and Vice Mayor Fujio Katayama. (Photos by Martin Raffel)
March 27, 2019, 11:38 am
Chiune Sugihara: Unsung (Jewish) hero of the Far East
Japanese language specialist saved thousands of Polish Jews during the Holocaust
By Martin J. Raffel
Facebook/New Jersey Citizen Action
January 7, 2019, 11:18 am
As part of tikkun olam, we must look beyond our own communities
By Martin J. Raffel
Martin J. Raffel
December 26, 2018, 12:00 pm
And God said it’s not good for a person to be alone
By Martin J. Raffel
November 19, 2018, 4:33 pm
Martin Raffel responds to ZOA
By Martin J. Raffel
Lt. Col. Maurice (Maish) Raffel, at right. Photo courtesy Martin Raffel
November 12, 2018, 11:19 am
In conversation with my father, posthumously
By Martin J. Raffel
Rutgers University. Wikimedia Commons
October 29, 2018, 11:57 am
Rutgers case demonstrates anti-Semitism is in the eye of the beholder
By Martin J. Raffel
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