Spirituality/Tradition
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2013
1. Yom Kippur commemorates God's forgiveness for the sin of the Golden Calf. Forgiveness applies to everyone, including non-religious persons. In addition, Yom Kippur commemorates God's...
Yom Kippur: An Opportunity to Come Closer to God
People are often surprised when I say there is no actual commandment in the Torah to repent. You might compare it to the afterlife. It was something that was so obvious on a spiritual level...
Archive of Jewish WWII Heroine Spy, Original ‘Bond Girl,’ Captures Renewed Interest at London Museum (VIDEO)
The archive, including never-before-seen photographs, of a Jewish heroine from World War II, and the likely model for Ian Fleming's female spy, Vesper Lynd, in the original James Bond title, "Casino Royale," has captured renewed interest at London's Imperial...
Making Sure Jewish Terror Victims Aren’t Alone
This past summer, I served as a volunteer social worker for OneFamily, an organization that aids Israeli victims of terror attacks and their families. While many people know about the physical trauma suffered by victims of terror,...
Holocaust Hideout in Warsaw Destroyed by Polish Couple
JNS.org - A Polish couple pleaded guilty to the desecration of a historic site...
Shabbat-Observant Drug Ring Busted in Brooklyn
Gothamist - The NYPD's narcotics team announced today that it busted a group of ...
No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth Wisse (REVIEW)
Count on Ruth Wisse, an interpreter of genius, a Daniel come to judgment, a moral...
D.C. Federation Asked to End Support for Theater Group Due to ‘Anti-Israel’ Plays
JNS.org - Robert Levi, chairman of the board of the National Council of Young...
StandWithUs Puts Pro-Israel Billboard on Washington-Idaho State Line
JNS.org - A billboard initiated by the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs went up Sept....
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed, 2013
1. Yom Kippur commemorates God's forgiveness for the sin of the Golden Calf. Forgiveness applies to everyone, including non-religious persons. In addition, Yom Kippur commemorates God's Covenant with...
Yom Kippur: An Opportunity to Come Closer to God
People are often surprised when I say there is no actual commandment in the Torah to repent. You might compare it to the afterlife. It...
Archive of Jewish WWII Heroine Spy, Original ‘Bond Girl,’ Captures Renewed Interest at London Museum (VIDEO)
The archive, including never-before-seen photographs, of a Jewish heroine from World War II, and the likely model for Ian Fleming's female spy, Vesper Lynd, in the original James Bond...
Making Sure Jewish Terror Victims Aren’t Alone
This past summer, I served as a volunteer social worker for OneFamily, an organization that aids Israeli victims of terror attacks and their families. While many people...
Holocaust Hideout in Warsaw Destroyed by Polish Couple
JNS.org - A Polish couple pleaded guilty to the desecration of a historic site for destroying a Holocaust-era Jewish hideout in the Warsaw apartment...
Shabbat-Observant Drug Ring Busted in Brooklyn
Gothamist - The NYPD's narcotics team announced today that it busted a group of allegedly observant Sheepshead Bay drug dealers, a ring that dealt...
No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth Wisse (REVIEW)
Count on Ruth Wisse, an interpreter of genius, a Daniel come to judgment, a moral voice such as the parsimonious invisible powers bestow on us...
D.C. Federation Asked to End Support for Theater Group Due to ‘Anti-Israel’ Plays
JNS.org - Robert Levi, chairman of the board of the National Council of Young Israel, has called on the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington...
StandWithUs Puts Pro-Israel Billboard on Washington-Idaho State Line
JNS.org - A billboard initiated by the pro-Israel education group StandWithUs went up Sept. 10 on the Washington-Idaho state line and will be posted...
‘Crucified Again’ an Important Book About Plight of Middle East Christians (REVIEW)
JNS.org - In an unprecedented wave of violence against Egypt's Coptic Christian community last month, Islamic terrorists targeted several dozen churches, schools, businesses and...
Overlap of Yom Kippur and Christian Holiday Causes Haifa Authorities to Coordinate
JNS.org - Authorities in the northern Israeli city of Haifa are preparing for possible conflicts resulting from the fact that Yom Kippur, which begins...
Rodman Goes to North Korea, Cavorts With Assad’s WMD Supplier
Dennis Rodman's visit to North Korea serve's Pyongyang's interests on multiple levels. For starters it gives a chance to poke the U.S. in the eye, ...
Israeli Knesset Members Get an Education in American Jewry
JNS.org - Israeli Member of Knesset Nachman Shai (Labor), who studied and worked in the U.S. for years, says he had no idea how...
The Extremists Among Us: A Prayer for the Jewish New Year
I was in South Africa, celebrating the Rabbinic ordination of our eldest son, Mendy, when a journalist contacted me from the States asking me to...
