Joe Biden is the president-elect of the United States
Joe Biden is the president-elect of the United States
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Culture This pastor translated Biden’s name to Hebrew. He won’t like his own Hebrew name.
Every so often, fringe Christian figures look to Hebrew to impute Satanic inspiration. Sometimes, it backfires tremendously. One-upping this woman who slammed Monster energy drinks with the sign of the beast, right-wing pastor Perry Stone has translated President Joe Biden’s name into Hebrew. When you break it down — eliding some vowels and looking into…
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Israel News Why Netanyahu was not on Biden’s first round of calls as president
It took Netanyahu only a couple of hours to tweet his congratulation to President Joe Biden after he declared victory against President Donald Trump on Nov. 7. It took another 10 days for Netanyahu to arrange a phone call with Biden. As of Monday, 13 days after Biden entered the Oval Office, a call between…
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Community Meet Biden’s first rabbi, Rabbi Leonard Gewirtz
Most of the Jews in my former hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, as well as expats like me, would probably concur that President Joe Biden has shown up for them throughout his four-plus decades as Delaware’s senator — attending synagogue events, giving briefings on his many trips to Israel at the JCC, and even making unexpected…
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Culture Amanda Gorman’s Bible quote endorses religious liberty — but it’s still from the Bible
Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate, shot into the spotlight instantly after she recited her powerful poem “The Hill We Climb” for Joe Biden’s inauguration. Her words, her Prada headband and her “Hamilton” references all drew chatter online; she tweeted that she is a big fan of the musical about the nation’s founding….
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Opinion Biden brings hope. But as a Jew, I’m still alarmed by what’s brewing in America.
Across social media, I see some of the most unadulterated rejoicing I have seen in years — specifically, four of them. Countdowns to Donald Trump’s exit and Joe Biden’s swearing-in and declarations that “the nightmare is over” proliferated in the lead-up to inauguration day. Jokes about Bernie Sanders’ inaugural attire abounded, as if the nation…
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Opinion Editorial | The right speech by the right man at the right time
I’ve long believed that the most important superpower for an editor, or perhaps any manager, is the ability to match a particular individual to a particular assignment. With his pitch-perfect inaugural address on Wednesday, Joe Biden showed the American people that we nailed it by electing him our 46th president. I am not, I should…
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Culture Bernie Sanders in his mittens is all of us
While many on Twitter obsessed over important inauguration fashion moments such as how great Michelle Obama looked, Gaga’s brooch and, of course, Ella Emhoff’s sparkly-shouldered coat, most of the internet’s attention was focused on a picture of Bernie Sanders, hunkered down in a folding chair and bundled up in a puffy coat and enormous mittens….
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Opinion The benediction I gave President Biden before his inauguration
You already know the Yiddish word for “mensch.” It means a person who endeavors to consistently do the right thing — textbook example: Joe Biden. Here’s a new Yiddish word for our vocabulary as we send off our favorite Delawarean to Washington: “bashert.” My wife, Dr. Elissa Green, aka Major Biden’s Delaware Humane Association veterinarian,…
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