Spirituality/Tradition
The AJC Embraces Social Media and Other Communication Tools
A recent blog on this site charged that the AJC and other mainstream Jewish organizations are not keeping pace with a rapidly changing communications...
Why We Must Give to Others: Judaism’s Social Vision
If you seek to understand Judaism's social vision, look at its anti-poverty legislation. "If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the Lord your God is...
Jewish History of Budapest: A Day Trip to a Golden Age
JNS.org - Budapest is the 25th most-visited city in the world, and it's easy to understand why, with its amazing architecture, its enormous World Heritage Site, and its therapeutic hot springs. But Jewish travelers also have...
Contemporary Artist Gary Baseman Goes Back Home Through Los Angeles Museum
JNS.org - Inviting the museum visitor down hallways and through rooms of rendered memories and memorials, the Gary Baseman show at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles uses a design based on the artist's Jewish childhood home to offer up...
Hannah Arendt ‘Banality of Evil’ Theory on Eichmann Revisited On Screen
JNS.org - Fifty years after Hannah Arendt came out with her controversial book, "Eichmann...
Jewish Basketball Pioneer Oscar (Ossie) Schechtman Passes Away
"The Show Must Go On" - Queen Oscar (Ossie) Schechtman, an original member of the New...
Do Chareidim Contribute Their ‘Fair Share’ of Organs?
I once attended a tribute event for living kidney donors, and was intrigued by the...
For Germany and Israel, a Textbook Case
JNS.org - Almost 70 years after the Holocaust and 50 years after Germany and Israel...
The American Jewish Establishment Must Embrace Social Media
One of the biggest challenges facing American Jewry is assimilation, which is happening at an...
The AJC Embraces Social Media and Other Communication Tools
A recent blog on this site charged that the AJC and other mainstream Jewish organizations are not keeping pace with a rapidly changing communications environment,...
Why We Must Give to Others: Judaism’s Social Vision
If you seek to understand Judaism's social vision, look at its anti-poverty legislation. "If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the...
Jewish History of Budapest: A Day Trip to a Golden Age
JNS.org - Budapest is the 25th most-visited city in the world, and it's easy to understand why, with its amazing architecture, its enormous World Heritage Site,...
Contemporary Artist Gary Baseman Goes Back Home Through Los Angeles Museum
JNS.org - Inviting the museum visitor down hallways and through rooms of rendered memories and memorials, the Gary Baseman show at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles uses a design...
Hannah Arendt ‘Banality of Evil’ Theory on Eichmann Revisited On Screen
JNS.org - Fifty years after Hannah Arendt came out with her controversial book, "Eichmann In Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil," a new...
Jewish Basketball Pioneer Oscar (Ossie) Schechtman Passes Away
"The Show Must Go On" - Queen Oscar (Ossie) Schechtman, an original member of the New York Knicks, scored the legendary first National Basketball Association (called...
Do Chareidim Contribute Their ‘Fair Share’ of Organs?
I once attended a tribute event for living kidney donors, and was intrigued by the lack of diversity in the room. Though there were sectarian...
For Germany and Israel, a Textbook Case
JNS.org - Almost 70 years after the Holocaust and 50 years after Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations, a textbook commission is shedding light on...
The American Jewish Establishment Must Embrace Social Media
One of the biggest challenges facing American Jewry is assimilation, which is happening at an alarming rate. Looking at the situation, it is clear that the...
Bay Area Initiative Shows Strides in Integrating Israel Education into Curriculums
JNS.org - "In a beautiful valley, among vineyards and fields, there stood a tower with five floors. Who lived in the tower? On the...
Rabbis and Royalty
God periodically shows us a sense of poetic justice and even a sense of humor. This week the world media celebrated the birth of a new...
College Care Packages, From Starbucks Cards to Pharaoh Punching Bags, Help Synagogues Stay in Touch With Students
JNS.org - What do hamantaschen, a Starbucks gift card and a pharaoh punching bag have in common? They're all goodies that Jewish college students may...
Talking with Dr. Oz About Israel, Turkey, Islam, and Lust
I'm sitting on the plane to Israel with Dr. Mehmet Oz, his wife Lisa, his kids, my wife Debbie, and three of our nine children....
The Jews of Pinsk
I have just read almost a thousand pages of the two-volume history of The Jews of Pinsk published by Stanford University Press. It is translated from...
