Spirituality/Tradition
New Baby Trump Versus New Baby Royal; Was ‘The Donald’ his Sandek at the Bris?
A baby rivalry has begun in the UK between the newest heir to the throne, Prince George, whose Christening was held this week in...
New Jewish National Fund Leader Looks to Bolster Israel’s Infrastructure
JNS.org - NEW YORK—For more than a century, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has prioritized a wide range of infrastructure projects to develop the land of Israel. Appropriately, building is the specialty of its...
Netanyahu: Jewish People Have ‘Deep Connection to Hebron’
JNS.org - A day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Israeli leader sent a letter of support to the Jewish community of Hebron. Several hundred...
Beginning the Journey
A while back, a British newspaper, The Times, interviewed a prominent member of the Jewish community - let's call him Lord X - on his 92nd birthday. The interviewer said, "Most people, when they reach their...
Tefillin and Mezuzahs: The Art of the Scribe
I am a proud father of nine children, six girls and three boys. Although our...
Treasury Secretary Lew, Nobel Laureate Aumann Among 2013 ‘Orthodox Jewish All Stars’
JNS.org - Jew in the City, an organization working to connect Orthodox Judaism with...
Knesset Votes to Bring 900 Indian ‘Lost Jews’ to Israel
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset unanimously voted Sunday to bring 899 "lost Jews" from...
The American Cartoonists Who Spoke Out Against Kristallnacht
JNS.org - "I could scarcely believe that such a thing could occur in a...
The Spiritual Education of Cory Booker
Twenty-one years ago a young African-American Rhodes scholar walked into our Jewish student center at...
New Baby Trump Versus New Baby Royal; Was ‘The Donald’ his Sandek at the Bris?
A baby rivalry has begun in the UK between the newest heir to the throne, Prince George, whose Christening was held this week in London,...
New Jewish National Fund Leader Looks to Bolster Israel’s Infrastructure
JNS.org - NEW YORK—For more than a century, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has prioritized a wide range of infrastructure projects to develop the...
Netanyahu: Jewish People Have ‘Deep Connection to Hebron’
JNS.org - A day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Israeli leader sent a letter...
Beginning the Journey
A while back, a British newspaper, The Times, interviewed a prominent member of the Jewish community - let's call him Lord X - on his 92nd...
Tefillin and Mezuzahs: The Art of the Scribe
I am a proud father of nine children, six girls and three boys. Although our family has been graced with many bat mitzvahs, we have...
Treasury Secretary Lew, Nobel Laureate Aumann Among 2013 ‘Orthodox Jewish All Stars’
JNS.org - Jew in the City, an organization working to connect Orthodox Judaism with digital media, has named 10 individuals as 2013's "Orthodox Jewish All...
Knesset Votes to Bring 900 Indian ‘Lost Jews’ to Israel
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset unanimously voted Sunday to bring 899 "lost Jews" from India to Israel at the end of this year. The...
The American Cartoonists Who Spoke Out Against Kristallnacht
JNS.org - "I could scarcely believe that such a thing could occur in a 20th-century civilization," President Franklin Roosevelt declared in the wake of...
The Spiritual Education of Cory Booker
Twenty-one years ago a young African-American Rhodes scholar walked into our Jewish student center at the University of Oxford in England. He had a date...
Michael Bloomberg Awarded Inaugural Genesis Prize
New York Daily News - For this prize-winner, a million bucks is just pocket change. Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg will receive a $1 million award from a...
How Dare Israel’s Rabbinate Dictate to American Orthodox Jews
Recent media reports indicate that at least ten American Modern Orthodox rabbis are no longer allowed by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate to recognize the Jewish...
Jesus in Jewish Art: The Missing Pieces
Medieval and Renaissance artworks commonly Christianized Jesus, his family, and close followers while omitting their Jewish identities. This phenomenon contributed significantly to the historic rift between...
New JCC Set to Open in Warsaw in Sign of Jewish Revival
JNS.org - In a sign of the growing revival of Polish Jewish life, a new Jewish Community Center is set to open in Warsaw...
We Must Work Together, Even When We Disagree
According to an old legend, when a Jewish man living on an uninhabited island was asked why he needed three houses, he replied: "A house...
