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Elchanan Poupko

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Yale SJP Threatening Public Health

11.04.2024 10

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The Amalek Blood Libel 

16.01.2024 30

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The Faces on Our Screens

29.12.2023 20

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Marching In Washington, Jews Found Each Other

17.11.2023 10

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Thank You President Biden

Dear President Biden, When a retired President Truman visited my grandfather’s synagogue in Pittsburgh, my grandfather, Rabbi Baruch Poupko, asked...

06.11.2023 40

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The Unforgivable Search For Foreign Citizenships

This week, New York will welcome a most tragic coming together of Jews from two sides of the Atlantic–American Jews and Israeli relatives of victims...

24.10.2023 10

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Kaddish for October 7th

Kaddish for October 7th is the Kaddish we will never say.  It is the Kaddish of mothers who will no longer see their children.  It is a Kaddish...

22.10.2023 20

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Gaza’s Eichmanns

The atrocities Hamas inflicted upon Israel on October 7th have no parallel in modern history. Headlines about Jewish children who hid in the attic...

19.10.2023 10

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When Our Worst Nightmares Came True

We have never seen anything like this in our lifetimes, nor have our parents seen anything like this.  Hamas has led the worst pogrom conducted...

10.10.2023 20

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An open letter to Rabbi Leo Dee

Dear Rabbi Dee, I saw the video of your prayers in the streets of Tel Aviv and your post organizing the prayers. I am writing to you to ask the...

05.10.2023 10

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America’s de-Churching, warning to all religions 

Describing the state of religion in America today is best described in the words of Charles Dickens “It was the best of times, it was the worst of...

04.10.2023 10

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When Our Social Media Outlives Us

Around the time of Rosh Hashana, I try to wish a Shana Tova and touch base with as many people as possible. I usually do this on WhatsApp, DM, or a...

03.10.2023 30

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Canada Must Bring Its Nazis to Justice

It is hard to imagine a national humiliation inflicted on Canada and the West more than bringing the entire Canadian Parliament to applaud a Waffen SS...

26.09.2023 30

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These High Holidays, Talk About The Sacklers 

After the catastrophic damage Bernie Madoff had inflicted on so many had become clear, rabbis and Jewish community members rushed to disown, admonish,...

14.09.2023 9

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Urgent Letter to New York’s Jewish Community

I recently started teaching in a school experiencing a 10%-20% growth in its student body. The school is not in New York. This is not an unheard-of...

11.09.2023 10

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Israel’s Holy Beggars

With his hand held out, asking for donations, an older Haredi Jew has become the source of a powerful conversation in Israel. A young Israeli snapped...

08.09.2023 20

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