Spirituality/Tradition
Thinking Outside the Walls
If you can't build your own sukkah, Levi Duchman pedals one right to you. Since 2009, Duchman and his fellow Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic yeshiva students have...
When the United Nations Unites One Nation
Jews and decent people the world over swelled in appreciation when Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke some words of truth in a house of lies. Just one day earlier on Yom Kippur, a platform was...
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed
1. The US covenant with the Jewish State dates back to Columbus Day, which is celebrated around Sukkot (October 8). According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles Davidson, 1997, p. 268), Columbus arrived in America on Friday...
34 Signs of Being a Sephardi/Mizrahi Jew
I just love being Sephardi (my family is originally Turkish). In fact, I find it to be one of the simple pleasures in life! Below are some comic observations on being a Sephardi, or...
A Moscow Simchat Torah Heard ‘Round the World
Much of the struggle for Soviet Jewry was waged by picketers, marchers, and lobbyists...
Latino Jews Weigh in on Immigration, Israel Leading Up to Election
Meet Alex Halberstein. A swing voter in a swing state, the registered Independent's family...
Water: Rethinking Our Consumption
Most of us in the West take water for granted. When I was growing up,...
Ahmadinejad: No Surprises
The Ahmadinejad status quo continues—the leader of Iran continues to rail against Israel and Jews,...
On the Boil: Obama, the Democrats and the Jews
The disproportionately high profile of American Jews in the Presidential election contest and the efforts...
Thinking Outside the Walls
If you can't build your own sukkah, Levi Duchman pedals one right to you. Since 2009, Duchman and his fellow Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic yeshiva students have been...
When the United Nations Unites One Nation
Jews and decent people the world over swelled in appreciation when Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke some words of truth in a house of...
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed
1. The US covenant with the Jewish State dates back to Columbus Day, which is celebrated around Sukkot (October 8). According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles...
34 Signs of Being a Sephardi/Mizrahi Jew
I just love being Sephardi (my family is originally Turkish). In fact, I find it to be one of the simple pleasures in life!...
A Moscow Simchat Torah Heard ‘Round the World
Much of the struggle for Soviet Jewry was waged by picketers, marchers, and lobbyists in the United States. But a lesser-known part of...
Latino Jews Weigh in on Immigration, Israel Leading Up to Election
Meet Alex Halberstein. A swing voter in a swing state, the registered Independent's family moved in 1938 from Vienna to Peru, and then ...
Water: Rethinking Our Consumption
Most of us in the West take water for granted. When I was growing up, I don't recall ever hearing about droughts, hosepipe bans,...
Ahmadinejad: No Surprises
The Ahmadinejad status quo continues—the leader of Iran continues to rail against Israel and Jews, the United States and the West in general. He does...
On the Boil: Obama, the Democrats and the Jews
The disproportionately high profile of American Jews in the Presidential election contest and the efforts invested by both candidates portraying themselves as supportive of the...
Speculation, Faith, and Unproven Assumptions: The History of Origin of Life Research in Scientists Own Words
(1945) Dr. Ernst Chain, Nobel Prize Medicine, 1945- The Life of Ernst Chain: Penicillin and Beyond, (R.W. Clark, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London (1985), pg. 148) ...
Use Fish, Not Chicken for Kaparot
Thousands of Orthodox Jews are preparing to swing live chickens over their heads before Yom Kippur, symbolically transferring their sins to the chicken. The chicken...
Where Jazz Met Kol Nidre
In 1927, The Jazz Singer ushered out the era of silent cinema with Jack Robin's emotional rendition of Kol Nidre. The film's profound ...
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed 2012
1. Yom Kippur is observed on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrey, whose astrological sign is Libra (♎). Libra symbolizes key themes...
Thoughts From the UK’s Chief Rabbi on Yom Kippur 5773
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the supreme moment of Jewish time, a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgement. At...
