Yossy Goldman / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Yossy Goldman / JNS.org
‘Yizkor.’ Remember. Again.
JNS.org - We have just concluded Passover. On the last day of the holiday, we recited Yizkor, the memorial prayer for our departed loved ones....
The Light has Dawned
JNS.org - Jews have always been fond of answering one question with another. In fact, Golda Meir was once asked by a journalist, “Why do...
Pesach is Personal
JNS.org - Passover is less than two weeks away, and it’s always interesting to see the many holiday customs that are observed by different communities....
Haughty or Humble?
JNS.org - They say humility is one of those things you can’t brag about having. Nonetheless, there is an old Jewish joke about a rabbi who...
Miracle on the Mountain
JNS.org - This week we had the unusual opportunity of marking the leap day of Feb. 29. But Jews, who are characteristically generous, don’t have...
Who Is a Jew? Who Is a Kohen?
JNS.org - Who is a Kohen, a Jewish priest? Technically speaking, of course, the Kohen is a member of the priestly tribe of Israel descended...
An Eye for an Eye?
JNS.org - I once heard a story about two Jews back in Russia who got into a terrible argument. Their blood pressure was rising fast....
Mighty But Moral
JNS.org - The Children of Israel were caught, quite literally, “between the devil and the deep blue sea.” Pharaoh and his chariots were in hot...
Jewish Immortality
JNS.org - One of the final stops on our shul’s tour of Israel, which ended this week, was the Chain of Generations exhibition at the...
Good Question, Better Answer
JNS.org - Have you heard of an a fortiori legal argument? In the Talmud, it is known as kal v’chomer. The idea is that we...
Moses: Conduct Unbecoming?
JNS.org - A life sentence for jaywalking? Twenty years for chewing gum in public? Singapore notwithstanding, surely that’s over the top! Well, was it so different...
Minority Rules
JNS.org - In democracies as well as in Jewish law, the majority rules. A beit din (“rabbinical court”) must always consist of an odd number...
Traditions, Old and New
JNS.org - How important is tradition in Judaism? I don’t just mean for Tevye, “The Fiddler on the Roof”—I mean for me, you, and all...
