Spirituality/Tradition
Negev Top Travel Destination According to Lonely Planet
For all those with wanderlust, the Negev desert is now considered one of the world's top travel destinations, according to Lonely Planet, the largest...
Jews Exact Revenge on Nazis in Real Inglorious Bastards (VIDEO)
What would you do if you had escaped your oppressor, if you were offered a new life free of the perils of old? It's probably not a hard question to answer; you'd get on with...
Psychology, Judaism and Charlie Brown: The Layers of Abraham Twerski
EAST HAMPTON, NY—Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski is the scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, a Torah scholar, and a world-renowned psychiatrist and educator specializing in the treatment of substance abuse. Of all his possible sources...
YU Conference: Medical Dilemmas Born out of the Holocaust
Yair Saperstein, first year student at Einstein School of Medicine, Yeshiva University 2012 valedictorian, and a nominee for The Jewish Week's "36 under 36" last year, has quite the chivalrous flair. But, on Sunday, October...
Bergen-Belsen Survivor Meets Grandson of Liberator
An emotional meeting took place in Poland last week when 88-year-old Mordechai Chekhnover, a survivor...
Israeli Writer says Deir Yassin Was a Blood Libel
Dr. Uri Milstein has never failed to rankle feathers, especially those attached to the status...
‘Comix 101’: Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Maus’ Author Advocates for his Medium
More than 25 years after it was first published, the graphic novel Maus continues to revolutionize...
Secularization Breeds Collaboration in “Blessed Are the Artists” Exhibit at Caldwell College
Threatened by secularization in the wake of modernization, members of different religions are joining together...
Lawyer Seeking Return of Nazi Stolen Art: There is Real Prejudice Against Jewish Claimants
Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' has gone on display at the MOMA today—but not without...
Negev Top Travel Destination According to Lonely Planet
For all those with wanderlust, the Negev desert is now considered one of the world's top travel destinations, according to Lonely Planet, the largest travel...
Jews Exact Revenge on Nazis in Real Inglorious Bastards (VIDEO)
What would you do if you had escaped your oppressor, if you were offered a new life free of the perils of old? It's probably...
Psychology, Judaism and Charlie Brown: The Layers of Abraham Twerski
EAST HAMPTON, NY—Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski is the scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, a Torah scholar, and a world-renowned psychiatrist and educator specializing in...
YU Conference: Medical Dilemmas Born out of the Holocaust
Yair Saperstein, first year student at Einstein School of Medicine, Yeshiva University 2012 valedictorian, and a nominee for The Jewish Week's "36 under 36" last...
Bergen-Belsen Survivor Meets Grandson of Liberator
An emotional meeting took place in Poland last week when 88-year-old Mordechai Chekhnover, a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, met attorney Yoel Hadar, the...
Israeli Writer says Deir Yassin Was a Blood Libel
Dr. Uri Milstein has never failed to rankle feathers, especially those attached to the status quo. His most recent book to be translated into English,...
‘Comix 101’: Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Maus’ Author Advocates for his Medium
More than 25 years after it was first published, the graphic novel Maus continues to revolutionize both comics and representations of the Holocaust—and its Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Secularization Breeds Collaboration in “Blessed Are the Artists” Exhibit at Caldwell College
Threatened by secularization in the wake of modernization, members of different religions are joining together to give strength and inspiration to one another, even if...
Lawyer Seeking Return of Nazi Stolen Art: There is Real Prejudice Against Jewish Claimants
Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' has gone on display at the MOMA today—but not without controversy. As the New York Post reported last week Rafael Cardoso,...
Young American Jews and Israel
When a recent Cohen and Kelman poll reported that 50 percent of young American Jews would not consider the destruction of Israel a personal tragedy,...
Parenting in Judaism: Learning from Abraham
The call to Abraham, with which (the Bible portion of) Lech Lecha begins, seems to come from nowhere: "Leave your land, your birthplace, and your father's...
Hebrew University Loses Einstein Image Rights in GM Lawsuit
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has lost the right for exclusive and commercial use of an Albert Einstein image. The U.S. District Court for the Central...
Films for and by Orthodox Jewish Women on the Rise
NY Times - AT the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot this month, dozens of Israeli women in the insular world of the ultra-Orthodox Haredim had...
Swedish Court Upholds Religious Freedom in Chabad Case
A Swedish appellate court has upheld the right for Chabad-Lubavitch representatives to homeschool their children in accordance with their religious faith, overturning a previous Swedish...
