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The recent comments by freshman Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib during a podcast have been discussed thoroughly in the Jewish, and non-Jewish, community. Tlaib, who spun an ahistorical lie that the surviving Jews of the Holocaust were welcomed with open arms by her Palestinian ancestors, has her defenders in the Democratic Party. The nefarious aspect of the defense tactics is not claiming that she is right; rather, they attack the criticizers themselves. By doing this, their goal is to silence their opponents, and this silence has a history all its own.

“Not only one has risen against us to annihilate us, but in every generation they rise against us to annihilate us.” These words, recited during the most emotional point of the Pesach Seder, still ring true, despite the incredible freedoms American Jews enjoy. Six months after the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, last week another shooting occurred at the Chabad in Poway, California. A few days earlier, The New York Times published a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu depicted as a big-nosed dog with a Jewish star necklace leading a yarmulke-wearing, blind President Trump. Anti-Semitism rears its ugly head in many forms, and American Jews must be knowledgeable of who our enemies are and where they come from if we are to continue to survive.

If your child has myopia (nearsightedness), you’re probably wondering if there is a cure - or at least something that can be done to slow its progression so your child doesn’t need stronger glasses year after year.

Urologic Oncologist Dr. Gerald Wang Explains How Prostate Cancer Is Preventable And Offers Steps Men Can Take To Improve Their Prostate Health

Dear Alice,

 As you’re preparing for the back-to-school rush, there may be one thing you forgot about on your lists. Surely you have school supplies, haircuts, shoes, and medical records all on your list; but what about the health aspect of your child’s school year?

Recap: The three civil rights workers are still missing. Yonah needs to find a place to stay.