Spirituality/Tradition
Adam Greenberg’s Second Coming as a Jewish Major Leaguer
Adam Greenberg's career in the Major Leagues seemingly came to an abrupt ending with just one pitch on July 9, 2005. Making his major league...
Rebbetzin (Rabbi’s Wife): The Ultimate Balancing Act
Recently, a congregant asked me to speak to her daughter, who was planning to become a Rebbetzin, to give her some words of encouragement and advice. I immediately agreed and offered heartfelt congratulations and sincere...
Experiencing Jerusalem Through the Arts
Jerusalem--Jerusalem inspires creative energy—ever since David composed his Psalms here, the holy city has been known as a place of poets, artists, musicians and performers. Now, a group headed by a few of Jerusalem's well-known contemporary artists,...
Jewish Youths, With Newtown on Their Minds, Rally Against Gun Violence at USY Convention
BOSTON—In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, United Synagogue Youth's annual international convention ventured outside the confines of its Jewish denomination and into the realm of a national political issue. USY, the youth...
Bringing Judaism’s Oral Law to the Deaf
JERUSALEM—If you are a religious deaf man in Israel, the traditional doors to Jewish learning...
The Master of Judaica
I couldn't let it happen. They were screaming at me: "Please don't let me get...
Who is a Jewish Leader?
The sedra (Bible portion) of Shemot, in a series of finely etched vignettes, paints a...
Gun Control vs. the Right to Bear Arms: A Jewish Point of View
The tragic Newtown shooting has led to renewed calls for gun control by Conservative and...
In Revolutionary Ruling, Rabbis Allow Gender Selection
After years in which rabbis forbade any sort of gender selection at conception, a recent...
Adam Greenberg’s Second Coming as a Jewish Major Leaguer
Adam Greenberg's career in the Major Leagues seemingly came to an abrupt ending with just one pitch on July 9, 2005. Making his major league debut...
Rebbetzin (Rabbi’s Wife): The Ultimate Balancing Act
Recently, a congregant asked me to speak to her daughter, who was planning to become a Rebbetzin, to give her some words of encouragement and...
Experiencing Jerusalem Through the Arts
Jerusalem--Jerusalem inspires creative energy—ever since David composed his Psalms here, the holy city has been known as a place of poets, artists, musicians and performers. Now, a...
Jewish Youths, With Newtown on Their Minds, Rally Against Gun Violence at USY Convention
BOSTON—In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, United Synagogue Youth's annual international convention ventured outside the confines of its Jewish denomination and...
Bringing Judaism’s Oral Law to the Deaf
JERUSALEM—If you are a religious deaf man in Israel, the traditional doors to Jewish learning have been in so many ways closed to you. But Yosef...
The Master of Judaica
I couldn't let it happen. They were screaming at me: "Please don't let me get melted down for my scrap value!" That's how it all...
Who is a Jewish Leader?
The sedra (Bible portion) of Shemot, in a series of finely etched vignettes, paints a portrait of the life of Moses, culminating in the moment...
Gun Control vs. the Right to Bear Arms: A Jewish Point of View
The tragic Newtown shooting has led to renewed calls for gun control by Conservative and Reform Jewish leaders, who have highlighted this as a religious...
In Revolutionary Ruling, Rabbis Allow Gender Selection
After years in which rabbis forbade any sort of gender selection at conception, a recent revolutionary Halachic (Jewish legal) ruling has now deemed it permissible...
The Role of Religion
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life recently released a global study of religion whose findings have appeared in newspapers and social media everywhere....
Jewish Gymnast Aly Raisman Named One of Boston Globe’s Bostonians of the Year
Jewish American gymnast Aly Raisman was recently listed by the Boston Globe newspaper as one of their Bostonians of the Year. Raisman, 18, is from...
New Study Warns that Christianity is Disappearing from Middle East
A new study warns that Christianity is at the risk of being wiped out in the biblical heartlands of the Middle East. According to the...
Italian-Jewish Nobel Prize Winner Who Defied Anti-Semitism Dies at 103
Rita Levi-Montalcini, an Italian-Jewish winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine who conducted underground research in defiance of Italy's Fascist anti-Semitism and a Nazi invasion,...
PA Leader Rajoub: “The Greatest Palestinian in History Since Jesus is Yasser Arafat” (VIDEO)
Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reports that the Palestinian leadership's falsification of history, by presenting Jesus as an ancient Palestinian, has increased in regularity this holiday...
