Spirituality/Tradition
Thoughts on Cole Porter, Franz Schubert and Yom Kippur
At a recent recital of works by Franz Schubert by pianist Joseph Kalichstein, some lines from the Cole Porter song "Every time we say...
Israel Successfully Treats Palestinian Arab Suffering from Parkinson’s Disease
A 51-year-old Palestinian Arab man suffering from Parkinson's disease received successful therapy treatment in Haifa's Rambam Medical Center this past summer. Tarik Sadek Abu Baker, an accountant who lives in Judea and Samaria, was treated...
Moses with the Broken Tablets (PHOTO BLOG)
I came upon this image while photographing in New York City. The powerful image of "Moses with the Broken Tables" was embedded in the marble wall before me. The Ten Commandments 1. I am the LORD...
California Students Respond to ‘Undemocratic’ Anti-Israel Resolution
After being caught off guard by a resolution condemning a measure intended to defend their state's campus communities against anti-Semitism, pro-Israel students at the University of California-Berkeley have responded by highlighting what they call the...
Ray Dalio, Founder of World’s Largest Hedge Fund: Weak Economy Makes Second Adolf Hitler More Likely (VIDEO)
In an interview with CNBC, the founder and manager of the world's largest hedge fund,...
Jesus Married? Not Surprising For a Dedicated Jew
Whether authenticated or not there is nothing totally new in the "discovery" by a Harvard scholar...
Who Has the Right to Re-Package Judaism?
Synagogue Bulletin Blunders These announcements, with interesting typos and phrasing blunders, were reportedly found in...
France Inaugurates New Holocaust Memorial
A new memorial for the Jews who were sent to an internment camp during...
Boteach’s “Kosher Sex” Most Borrowed Book in Crown Heights Public Library
In new data revealed by the New York Public Library, Shmuley Boteach's bestselling book, "Kosher...
Thoughts on Cole Porter, Franz Schubert and Yom Kippur
At a recent recital of works by Franz Schubert by pianist Joseph Kalichstein, some lines from the Cole Porter song "Every time we say goodbye"...
Israel Successfully Treats Palestinian Arab Suffering from Parkinson’s Disease
A 51-year-old Palestinian Arab man suffering from Parkinson's disease received successful therapy treatment in Haifa's Rambam Medical Center this past summer. Tarik Sadek Abu Baker,...
Moses with the Broken Tablets (PHOTO BLOG)
I came upon this image while photographing in New York City. The powerful image of "Moses with the Broken Tables" was embedded in the marble...
California Students Respond to ‘Undemocratic’ Anti-Israel Resolution
After being caught off guard by a resolution condemning a measure intended to defend their state's campus communities against anti-Semitism, pro-Israel students at the University...
Ray Dalio, Founder of World’s Largest Hedge Fund: Weak Economy Makes Second Adolf Hitler More Likely (VIDEO)
In an interview with CNBC, the founder and manager of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater, said that he fears that a weak global economy...
Jesus Married? Not Surprising For a Dedicated Jew
Whether authenticated or not there is nothing totally new in the "discovery" by a Harvard scholar of a fourth- century papyrus fragment indicating that Jesus was...
Who Has the Right to Re-Package Judaism?
Synagogue Bulletin Blunders These announcements, with interesting typos and phrasing blunders, were reportedly found in various synagogue newsletters and bulletins around the country: 1. Don't let...
France Inaugurates New Holocaust Memorial
A new memorial for the Jews who were sent to an internment camp during the Holocaust by the Nazi-collaborating French Vichy regime was...
Boteach’s “Kosher Sex” Most Borrowed Book in Crown Heights Public Library
In new data revealed by the New York Public Library, Shmuley Boteach's bestselling book, "Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy" was listed as...
The High Holidays in Jewish Cinema
When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holidays. Its tale was a measure of Jewry's ties to...
Jewish People Make Up Less Than 0.2% of World’s Population
According to a study by Hebrew University's Professor Sergio DellaPergola, the global Jewish population reached 13.75 million in the past year, with an increase of 88,000...
Franco-Algerian Notes on an Exhibition – Featuring Jacques Ferrandez – and a Forgotten Diplomatic Incident
Fifty years after Algeria became a completely independent state - and after the start of the massive exodus which led to the departure of almost...
The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible (REVIEW)
The Shadow of a Great Rock: A Literary Appreciation of the King James Bible, by Harold Bloom (New Haven: Yale University Press. 2011) Anniversaries generate...
Jewish Fiction Finds a New Home on the Internet
Speaking over lively klezmer music in a Krakow café, Canadian author and freelance journalist Menachem Kaiser wonders if Jewish readers are comfortable with the term...
