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jewishjournal. com > print-issue > 388074 > print-issue-how-do-we-regain-our-mojo-april-10-2026

Print Issue: How Do We Regain Our Mojo? | April 10, 2026

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (567+ words) By some measures, 16 Jews have been to space. "The Jewish people are patient zero in a worldwide war on truth." This challah has a soft, fluffy, airy texture, with a wonderful chewy crumb, a hint of sweetness and an enticing…...

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jewishjournal. com > culture > arts > music > 388065 > netflix-doc-shows-hillel-slovak-sparking-the-rise-of-the-red-hot-chili-peppers

Netflix Doc Shows Hillel Slovak Sparking the Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1360+ words) In a chilling moment during the new Netflix documentary "The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel" we hear guitarist Hillel Slovak say: "F" drugs. Music is my destiny." The Haifa-born Slovak died of a heroin overdose at the age…...

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jewishjournal. com > community > 388062 > a-semester-to-remember-de-toledo-high-school-students-study-in-israel-under-fire

A Semester to Remember: de Toledo High School Students Study in Israel Under Fire

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1438+ words) De Toledo High School's 10th-grade students will never forget their semester in Israel this year. Shortly after arriving for the exchange program, the war with Iran began on Feb. 28. At 8: 30 a. m. , while staying at a hotel in Jerusalem, the students heard…...

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jewishjournal. com > commentary > opinion > 387944 > why-the-seder-is-the-oldest-classroom-in-human-history

Why the Seder Is the Oldest Classroom in Human History

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1186+ words) Every year, we come to the same moment in the Haggadah. We have eaten the matzah. We have drunk the wine. We have told the story. And then we read these words: In every generation, they rise up to destroy…...

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jewishjournal. com > commentary > opinion > 387863 > shame-on-berkeley-law-schools-dean-chemerinsky

Shame on Berkeley Law School's Dean Chemerinsky

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (750+ words) That should have ended the matter. Instead, Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky responded as though the real offense was not the discrimination, but the lack of subtlety. Almost immediately after the settlement was announced, Chemerinsky sent an email explaining…...

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jewishjournal. com > commentary > opinion > 387827 > harvards-new-jewish-problem

Harvard's New Jewish Problem

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1002+ words) There was a time when Harvard's "Jewish problem" was that many young Jews wanted to attend, but the university limited the number it would admit. But the tables have turned. A new report has revealed that Jewish undergraduate enrollment at…...

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jewishjournal. com > commentary > columnist > editors-note > 387821 > why-cornell-president-michael-kotlikoff-is-my-man-of-the-year

Why Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff is my Man of the Year

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1070+ words) In 2011, when Cornell partnered with the Technion Institute of Technology to create a global innovation hub on Roosevelt Island in New York City, it became of the great success stories of our time. The partnership is humanity at its best....

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jewishjournal. com > culture > arts > music > 387797 > yair-keydars-journey-from-synagogue-to-star-search

Yair Keydar's Journey from Synagogue to "Star Search'

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1180+ words) By the age of seven, he had begun formal voice lessons and continued singing alongside his mother at the synagogue and for hours at home with his karaoke machine. He was eventually discovered and invited to compete on the Netflix…...

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jewishjournal. com > commentary > opinion > 387762 > when-antisemitism-reinvents-itself-as-antizionism

When Antisemitism Reinvents Itself as Antizionism

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1097+ words) Today, it has found a new and disturbingly effective form: antizionism dressed up as intellectual rigor, even as "science." What was once crude hatred is now presented as analysis. What was once shouted in the streets is now taught in…...

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jewishjournal. com > community > 387693 > sjp-chapter-overturns-bds-resolution-veto-at-university-of-michigan

SJP Chapter Overturns BDS Resolution Veto at University of Michigan

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (631+ words) Last November, the University of Michigan Central Student Government (CSG) President vetoed a BDS resolution, Assembly Resolution 15-051, The Divest for Humanity Act, to investigate the institution's ties to Israel. It further stated that Israel was committing genocide. After the veto,…...