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US synagogues face a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 12 Feb 2026
Synagogues must decide whether to comply with ICE's terms tied to DHS security grants or uphold their values by refusing to cooperate with enforcement actions ....
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‘Very disturbing’: Rabbi reacts after antisemitic graffiti found at Olney synagogue

Wtop 11 Feb 2026
Rabbi Jonah Layman of the Shaare Tefila Congregation said he learned about the graffiti after a Maryland state senator’s son saw the markings from the school bus and called his father ... Tuesday for a report of antisemitic activity ... Related stories ... 7.
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Being a Rabbi is a Team Sport (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion)

Public Technologies 11 Feb 2026
the deep desire to become a rabbi ... Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Initiatives Rabbi Karen Reiss Medwed, Ph.D ... The program is specifically geared towards second-career rabbis and requires a lot from its students.
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American synagogues are being forced into a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our ...

Jewish Telegraph Agency 11 Feb 2026
As rabbis, one question has become urgent and immediate ... To my fellow rabbis, synagogue executive directors and board presidents, I truly understand the impossible calculations you have to make and why the money seems irresistible ... -- ... ....
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The Torah Was Given to Humans, Not Malachim

Yated Ne'eman 11 Feb 2026
This is a true story. Really. I can’t say that every single word transpired with one person, but certainly these things happened with a few people I know, and I am simply combining the points into one story ... So, here is the story. ... It was one week later.
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Tasting History

Yated Ne'eman 11 Feb 2026
This week’s parsha opens with the words, “Ve’aileh hamishpotim asher tosim lifneihem – These are the laws that you shall place before them.” ... Torah is not meant to be delivered as raw data, but as nourishment. accessible, enticing, and alive ... .
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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef calls those who say Hallel on Independence Day 'idiots'

Israel National News 10 Feb 2026
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef harshly criticized those who say Hallel on Independence Day, calling them "idiots." He also attacked the police, the government, and religious Zionism ....
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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef calls those who say Hallel on Independence Day ‘idiots’

Virtual Jerusalem 10 Feb 2026
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef harshly criticized those who say Hallel on Independence Day, calling them “idiots.” He also attacked the police, the government, and religious Zionism.� | Read More�News from Israel ....
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Madrid's Ibn Gabirol School Selected as Academic Excellence Winner of Yael Award - the Global Jewish Education Awards; Rabbi Meir Enzani of Argentina Wins Yael Award as Teacher of the Year

PR Newswire 10 Feb 2026
Ten countries represented among winners of annual awards program recognizing excellence for educational impact. VIENNA, Feb ... Continue Reading ... Receiving the award, Ms ... (PRNewsfoto/Yael Foundation) ... Every detail of this gathering reflected a simple truth ... .
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The JFNA survey proves it: ‘Zionism’ today only impedes the conversations that Jews, Israelis and ...

Image Cleveland Jewish News 10 Feb 2026
One Sunday last year, as I stood at the weekly Israelis for Peace gathering in Union Square Park, a young couple stopped for a moment. The man caught my eye and pointed at his partner’s shirt, which read “Zionist” in ... .
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Zionism's narrow definition hurts American Jews' connection to Israel - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 10 Feb 2026
Most Jews have little trouble simultaneously affirming care and concern for Israel and Israelis and opposing Israeli policies, including the extended war in Gaza ....
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CUNY Law to host lecture framing Hamas tunnels as anti-colonial resistance

Israel Hayom 10 Feb 2026
Rabbi Poupko (@RabbiPoupko) February 9, 2026. The criticism received sharp expression in the words of Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, an Orthodox rabbi and American educator and prominent public figure in the ...
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‘Zionism’ today only impedes the conversations that Jews, Israelis and Palestinians need | Commentary

Image Sun Sentinel 10 Feb 2026
Synagogue leaders announced that they would not hire rabbis who had signed the letter, or pushed for interns to be fired. To this day, every spring I get phone calls from rabbinical students and rabbis ...
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Why the booing of athletes should trouble us all | Commentary

Image Sun Sentinel 10 Feb 2026
Rabbi Bruce D ... As both a rabbi and a psychologist, I heard those boos less as political statements and more as a signal of something deeper and more troubling ... It represents the animal side of the soul and we can think of it, as does Rabbi Y.Y.
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