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Senator Bernie Sanders, the son of a Polish immigrant father, grew up in Brooklyn and spent a summer working on... “Thus, said the L-rd of Hosts: There shall yet be old men and women in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age. And the streets of the city shall be crowded with boys and girls playing in the streets.” Now, years later, as olim chadashim, my wife and I could qualify as part of the “old men and women.” No, we don’t walk with canes, yet, but the streets and parks near our apartment in the German Colony are filled with boys and girls ri...

This essay originally appeared in HaMizrachi Magazine and is reprinted by permission of the author. I’ve read what the Talmud says, “10 measures of beauty descended on the world, nine were taken by Yerushalayim, one by the rest of the world” ( Kiddushin 49:2). A beautiful thought if ever there was one. But the realist in me takes over and I see recycling bins overflowing with plastic bottles and newspapers. I will say, however, that the trash from our building is picked up daily and the streets and sidewalks are cleaner than ever as they get a regular sweeping. But I still struggle with...

May 9, 2021 According to the Talmud, 10 measures of beauty descended on the world, nine were taken by Jerualem and one by the rest of the world. By Stephen M. Flatow I’ve read what the Talmud says: “Ten measures of beauty descended on the world, nine were taken by Yerushalayim [Jerusalem], one by the rest of the world” (Kiddushin 49:2). A beautiful thought if ever there was one. But the realist in me takes over and I see recycling bins overflowing with plastic bottles and newspapers. I will say, however, that the trash from our building is picked up daily and the streets and sidewalks a...

From Sheikh Jarrah to Damascus Gate to Al-Aqsa Compound, the police have initiated and intensified a campaign of suppression against Palestinians.

Israel criticized for silencing call to prayer from Al-Aqsa Mosque The move reportedly came after the agency that oversees Jerusalem’s holy sites refused to voluntarily turn off loudspeakers for a ceremony at the Western Wall. Muslim worshippers pray during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) April 16, 2021 (RNS) — Israeli police broke locks and cut the electric lines to the loudspeakers at four minarets in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque Tuesday (April 13), silen...