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Sunday evening, the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center hosted its “Hanukkah and All That Jazz” event, featuring a live duet, a sing-along, and classic Hanukkah foods for the holiday’s fourth night. Attendees were encouraged to bring their own menorahs, to be lit together along with the hanukkiah at the Hebrew Center. More than 50 attendees on […]

This holiday of feasts begins as people starve amid genocide in Gaza. Activists are fasting weekly for a ceasefire.

Controversy rages on our Island and around the world over the Israel-Gaza war. Some Island residents, myself included, have publicly expressed outrage over the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza, which we, along with millions of others, characterize as genocidal. Our group of like-minded Islanders has coalesced into an informal organization called Ceasefire MV, also known […]

On Friday, MV Hebrew Center hosted about 200 people from different faiths for a special Shabbat service, focusing on the conflict in Israel and Palestine. Speakers gave speeches, led songs and poems, and invited attendees to follow along—reading right to left—in the siddur prayer book. “Welcome in Hebrew is ‘bruchim haba’im’, which means ‘blessed are […]

The list of signers of an Israeli scholars’ letter attacking Jewish support for “apartheid” reveals “the absolute fear” inside the Jewish community — many are afraid to sign the letter lest it damage their careers.

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Federal conservative MPs held an open forum on Friday to hear from farmers in the region

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Jonathan Pollard Urges “Dual Loyalty” And Spying For Israel Jonathan Pollard, who as a civilian intelligence analyst for the U.S. Navy in the 1980s was found guilty of spying for Israel and served 30 years in prison, not only has no regrets for his action but urges other American Jews to follow in his footsteps. Now a resident of Israel, which he considers his real “home,” Pollard was interviewed by the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom (March 25, 2021).  He said, “The bottom line on th...

family townhome clearly communicates they dont want to comment. zack chesser appeared in court today. court documents say he tried to leave the u.s. for somalia twice, and once trying to use his infant son as cover for protection. >> the kid is boas -- boseo. he was way over his head and didnt know what he was getting into. >> reporter: a woman covered in a burqa left the courtroom in tears. according to court documents he married a muslim woman last year. it was his online behavior of...