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Too Many Guns: A Surreal Memory

Listening to the NRA’s chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, advocate arming civilians and placing them in every school in the country as a means of reducing violence, I was reminded of one of the more surreal scenes I’ve ever experienced, during which I was sure I would not survive. It was in the spring of 1985, […]

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More Queasy Over Bibi ‘As Time Goes By’

“Well,” I imagine Bibi Netanyahu telling his worried supporters this week, “we’ll always have Palau.” It may well be true, but I’d rather have Paris. Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate that in the UN vote that gave the Palestinian Authority (now “Palestine”) observer status last Thursday, the government of Palau cast one of nine […]

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With three ingredients and one hour, learn how to make homemade peanut butter truffles.

Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath To Be Observed At 150 Shuls And Churches

For MLK Day, Israeli Gospel Jazz Choir Hits N.Y.

For MLK Day, Israeli Gospel Choir Hits N.Y.

L.A., San Antonio To Get Hebrew Charter Schools

HUC-JIRs Rabbi David Ellenson To Retire

History Of New York Jews Tops Jewish Book Awards

Latest Jewish Population Data Show Gains In Manhattan, Loss In Suffolk

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