Spirituality/Tradition
Holiness and Childbirth
The sidrot (Torah portions) of Tazria and Metsorah contain laws which are among the most difficult to understand. They are about conditions of "impurity"...
Western Wall Egalitarian Prayer Section Proposed by Jewish Agency’s Sharansky
At the Western Wall, a new plan has emerged for the creation of an egalitarian prayer section in a bid to end a longtime dispute over prayer access among Jewish sects. The Western Wall, Judaism's holiest...
Israel Begins Harvesting Organs Even After Donors’ Hearts Stop
Inspiring hope among patients waiting for life-saving organ transplants, the Israel medical community is expected to launch a pilot program in which organs will be harvested from donors whose hearts have stopped beating. Until now,...
Judaism and Revelation
We've all heard the sensible saying that history is written by the victors, but on second reflection it should seem clear that it's not the history itself that is written but rather the...
Mainstream Jewish Institutions Celebrate Anti-Zionists
Major Jewish institutions show a marked propensity to promote and celebrate the enemies of...
Kirk Douglas, Jewish ‘Ragman’s Son’ Turned Movie Star, Still Earning Accolades at 96
Film historian Bob Birchard describes an anti-Jewish prejudice in American culture that existed well into...
Am Israel Chai – The Jewish People Live
Walking to synagogue with my daughter Friday night, she told me that in school...
The Sexualization of Our Teens is Becoming Endemic
It speaks volumes about a culture when a President, whom by all accounts is personally...
Iraq Ancient Complex Discovered Near Biblical Abraham’s Home City
British archeologists announced Thursday the discovery of a complex in the vicinity of the ancient...
Holiness and Childbirth
The sidrot (Torah portions) of Tazria and Metsorah contain laws which are among the most difficult to understand. They are about conditions of "impurity" arising...
Western Wall Egalitarian Prayer Section Proposed by Jewish Agency’s Sharansky
At the Western Wall, a new plan has emerged for the creation of an egalitarian prayer section in a bid to end a longtime dispute...
Israel Begins Harvesting Organs Even After Donors’ Hearts Stop
Inspiring hope among patients waiting for life-saving organ transplants, the Israel medical community is expected to launch a pilot program in which organs will be...
Judaism and Revelation
We've all heard the sensible saying that history is written by the victors, but on second reflection it should seem clear that it's not...
Mainstream Jewish Institutions Celebrate Anti-Zionists
Major Jewish institutions show a marked propensity to promote and celebrate the enemies of Israel and even antisemites. Here are some examples, working...
Kirk Douglas, Jewish ‘Ragman’s Son’ Turned Movie Star, Still Earning Accolades at 96
Film historian Bob Birchard describes an anti-Jewish prejudice in American culture that existed well into the 20th century, not at the level of the Nazi...
Am Israel Chai – The Jewish People Live
Walking to synagogue with my daughter Friday night, she told me that in school her teacher read the class a story about the...
The Sexualization of Our Teens is Becoming Endemic
It speaks volumes about a culture when a President, whom by all accounts is personally honorable, is forced to apologize to an attorney general for...
Iraq Ancient Complex Discovered Near Biblical Abraham’s Home City
British archeologists announced Thursday the discovery of a complex in the vicinity of the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq from the period in...
Holocaust Story of ‘War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed’ Continues to Draw Attention
A former New York Times reporter who broke the "Abscam" story on bribery in Congress, Leslie Maitland's latest investigative project was more personal. Maitland's book, Crossing...
Holocaust History from Pope John Paul II’s Polish Hometown Explored
WADOWICE, POLAND—When Karol Wojtyla left his hometown of Wadowice, Poland, in 1938 to pursue his studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland was an independent...
Siblings in Synch
The Jewish People had been busy inaugurating the Mishkan, the sanctuary in the wilderness and G-d's first official dwelling place on earth. A whole week...
Fire: Holy and Unholy
The shock is immense. For several weeks and many chapters - the longest prelude in the Torah - we have read of the...
Presbyterian Church Publishing House Promotes Conspiracy Theories
The publishing house owned by the Presbyterian Church (USA), Westminster John Knox Press (WJK), is at it again. In 2006, WJK produced Christian Faith and...
