Spirituality/Tradition
Study Equates Zionist Pioneers with Arab Terrorists
The film is grainy and amateurish, but the image is stirring: one-armed Yosef Trumpeldor, Zionist national hero, ploughing a field in the Galilee in 1913. By...
Tribute to My Wife on Our 25th Anniversary
A century is a large amount of time and any significant slice thereof is itself significant. A child of divorce whose parent's marriage ended after 13 years can be forgiven at his own sense of...
Knesset Archives Go Digital
What did first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion say in the Knesset in 1952 on the issue of reparations from Germany? How surprised was the Knesset when it was announced that Adolf Eichmann was captured? What...
Death for Preaching Christ in ‘Liberated’ Libya
Four foreign Christians—including one who holds American-Swedish citizenship—were arrested days ago in Libya. According to the Guardian, their crime is arousing "suspicion of being missionaries and distributing Christian literature, a charge that could carry the death...
Catholic Church: Syrian Christians Should Remain in the Region
The head of the Vatican's international humanitarian aid organization, Cardinal Robert Sarah, traveled to Jordan...
Jewish Museum of Vienna Deals With Items Looted by Nazis
Twenty-five years after the founding of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, museum officials have admitted...
Purim and the Evolution of Judaism
It always amazes me how Judaism has succeeded in evolving (or shall we say, for...
How to be Jewish in a Non-Jewish World
Unlike a generation ago, today the walls of the ghetto no longer sequester us from...
Heeding the Call
Two hours. That's all it took for Alexander Graham Bell to be forever remembered as the...
Study Equates Zionist Pioneers with Arab Terrorists
The film is grainy and amateurish, but the image is stirring: one-armed Yosef Trumpeldor, Zionist national hero, ploughing a field in the Galilee in 1913. By coincidence,...
Tribute to My Wife on Our 25th Anniversary
A century is a large amount of time and any significant slice thereof is itself significant. A child of divorce whose parent's marriage ended after...
Knesset Archives Go Digital
What did first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion say in the Knesset in 1952 on the issue of reparations from Germany? How surprised was the Knesset...
Death for Preaching Christ in ‘Liberated’ Libya
Four foreign Christians—including one who holds American-Swedish citizenship—were arrested days ago in Libya. According to the Guardian, their crime is arousing "suspicion of being missionaries and...
Catholic Church: Syrian Christians Should Remain in the Region
The head of the Vatican's international humanitarian aid organization, Cardinal Robert Sarah, traveled to Jordan this week to discuss relief options. Cardinal Sarah, 67, a possible...
Jewish Museum of Vienna Deals With Items Looted by Nazis
Twenty-five years after the founding of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, museum officials have admitted that many of the items in the museum's possession were...
Purim and the Evolution of Judaism
It always amazes me how Judaism has succeeded in evolving (or shall we say, for the sake of political correctness, reinvigorating itself). After all, the Bible...
How to be Jewish in a Non-Jewish World
Unlike a generation ago, today the walls of the ghetto no longer sequester us from the rest of society. We fraternize and do business with...
Heeding the Call
Two hours. That's all it took for Alexander Graham Bell to be forever remembered as the inventor of the telephone. Two hours only, and a burning...
Enjoying the ‘Hidden’ Taste of Purim—All Year
Hamantaschen, as three-cornered pastries representing the evil Haman's ears, are most "timely" when consumed on Purim. But like other foods associated with the...
Netanyahu Thanks Pope Benedict for Boosting Jewish-Christian Ties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Pope Benedict XVI for his boosting Jewish-Christian ties during his tenure as pontiff. "I want to thank you...
Prophet and Priest
The sedra (bible portion) of Tetsaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only sedra from the beginning of Shemot...
God Killed Jesus, Just Ask the Gospels
One of the most potent sources of the Jewish-Christian divide is the historic charge that "the Jews killed Jesus." That's why in writing my...
The Beauty of Tradition
"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." We might have attributed these words to an artist or a poet,...
