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The "Disinfo Dictionary" provides brief descriptions of various terms related to disinformation, censorship, and government control over media and informatio...

Rabbi Yosef Chaim Kantor, Thailand's chief rabbi and head Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, organizes supersized Seders in Thailand to accommodate the large number ...

Published in 1904, Mrs. Philip Cowen's "The Seder Service for Passover Eve in the Home" quickly became a popular and bestselling Haggadah in America, selling...

The article discusses the concept of gender and its ideological implications. It explores how gender has become a prominent aspect of identity and how it is ...

In this article, the author discusses a novel called "Crazy Sorrow" that they believe is one of the most beautifully written and American novels of the last ...

The article discusses the sound and atmosphere of the Passover Seder, comparing it to the Christmas season. It highlights a comedy sketch from the 1970s that...

The author recounts his experience of observing Shabbat while on vacation in Florida. Despite the long walk to the local synagogue, he finds joy and contentm...

The article discusses the changing perspective among historians on the role of ordinary Poles in the Holocaust. Previously seen as bystanders or victims, rec...

The early 2000s saw a shift in the music industry, with the emergence of iTunes and smartphones. During this time, ring-tone rap, also known as snap rap, bec...

Passover is a holiday that celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. It is observed through the retelling of the Exodus story dur...

Garlic has a long history in Jewish cuisine and culture. In the Talmud, it was recommended as an aphrodisiac and as a way to create a romantic atmosphere dur...

The article criticizes the novel "The World and All That It Holds" by Aleksandar Hemon, calling it disappointing and lacking in substance. The author suggest...

This text recounts the author's personal experience with her husband, who was required to register as an immigrant from a Muslim-majority country in the afte...

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, led to a massacre of Jews in the city of Mariupol. Elvira Borts, a 6-year-old Jewish g...

Artist and illustrator Maira Kalman's exhibition at the Mary Ryan Gallery features gouache paintings, including a detailed image of E.F. Benson's garden room...

Since President Biden took office, there has been a resurgence of manufacturing in the United States. Multinational corporations have pledged billions of dol...

The author expresses their love for Israel, citing its miraculous creation and history. However, they express concern and anger towards certain political and...

A recent Pew study revealed that a significant portion of Jewish adults in America identify as atheist, agnostic, or having no religion. However, this does n...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's brokering of a reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia has shaken the United States' role as the dominant power in the Middl...

In the weeks leading up to the Sobibor revolt of 1943, Alexander Pechersky, the leader of the revolt, formed a friendship with a young Dutch woman named Luka...

This text describes the experience of participating in a protest in Israel against proposed judicial reforms. The author, who comes from a family with strong...

Regina Spektor recently performed a concert at the Walt Disney Auditorium in Los Angeles, where she used her dark humor to explore the Russian-speaking Jewis...

The author reflects on the recently discovered hidden treasures of Jews who died in the Holocaust, contrasting them with her own grandmother's embroidered ta...

This text discusses a trial that took place in 1895, where Nicolae Iorga, a Romanian politician and scholar, was denied naturalization. The trial was influen...

Esther Levy Chehebar, a Sephardic Jew from Brooklyn, wrote a children's book called "I Share My Name" to explain the tradition of naming children after livin...

The article discusses the role of the High Tech Workers Resistance, known as Mechaat HaHitechistim, in opposition to the Israeli government's proposed judici...

The article discusses the war in Ukraine as the first proxy war in the current Cold War between the US and post-Soviet Russia. It analyzes the conflict on th...

Non-Orthodox rabbinical schools in America are experiencing a decline in enrollment, leading to a shortage of rabbis to fill available positions. This declin...

GLAAD has criticized The New York Times' coverage of transgender issues, particularly regarding medical sex changes or gender affirmation for minors. GLAAD a...

Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Chikli, criticized the Biden administration for intervening in Israeli politics and undermining Israel's sovere...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the mental health and addiction crisis among men in the United States. Deaths of despair, including drug overdoses, sui...

The article discusses the significance of chickens in Jewish life. Chickens were a common and affordable source of food in Eastern Europe, often used in ever...

The author reflects on their past article expressing fear and loathing towards the president-elect in 2016, realizing that it lacked useful analysis and was ...

Rosie Hertz, known as the Lower East Side Madam, was a Jewish immigrant who ran a successful brothel operation in New York City from the late 1880s to around...

The current political crisis in Israel presents an opportunity to dismantle the flawed structure of the Knesset's grand coalitions that have connected the ce...

The article discusses how the flow of information during the COVID-19 pandemic was compromised, with senior public health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fa...

The article discusses a plan by the Biden administration to create a 5,000-strong Palestinian force in the West Bank that would supposedly fight terrorism. T...

Netivot, a city in southern Israel, is known for its North African culinary heritage. Originally established as an immigrant absorption camp, Netivot grew in...

The narrator, a young boy prone to lying, befriends Mark Borgman, the top student in their class. Mark invites the narrator to his wealthy home, where his fa...

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides is facing criticism for his involvement in domestic Israeli politics. Nides has been urging Prime Minister Benjamin Ne...

The article discusses the events surrounding the ousting of Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh in August 1953. The author argues that the commonly hel...

The collapse of the COVID truth regime refers to the diminishing credibility and effectiveness of the mainstream narrative and censorship surrounding COVID-1...

The article discusses the complex place Purim occupied during the Holocaust. Despite the destruction and imminent danger faced by Jews, Purim was still celeb...

This article discusses the changing dynamics of Jews and Asians in the American elite. It argues that Jews are slowly fading from the elite status they once ...

Two cases have been filed by Rastafarians seeking damages for the forcible shaving of their dreadlocks while in prison, arguing that it violated their religi...

The article argues that the Biden administration is actively working to bring down Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government in Israel....

"The Joy of Purim—Alcohol Not Included" explores the author's personal struggle with the tradition of drinking on Purim and the deeper meaning behind the joy...

The article discusses the state of the Western alliance and the prospects for Ukrainian freedom in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. It highlig...

American Jews and Asian Americans find themselves facing similar challenges of being overlooked and underserved by activist organizations like the Anti-Defam...

This text discusses the decline of Jewish influence and representation in various sectors of American society, including academia, the arts, politics, and th...