Spirituality/Tradition
Media Mogul Zuckerman Assesses the Threats Against Israel (INTERVIEW)
EAST HAMPTON, NY—For the first time since its founding in 1948, Israel is now the most dangerous place in the world for Jews. That...
What is More Virtuous? Paying Taxes or Giving Charity?
David Axelrod was manhandled across cyberspace for tweeting an attack against Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson on the morning of September 11th. Let's be charitable here and forgive Axelrod his breech of etiquette given...
Rosh Hashanah: The Right Way
January's secular New Year is filled with obligations everyone enjoys like backwards counting, mass texts, and synchronized kissing in public. The Jewish New Year, while a joyous time, can be a maze of social, familial,...
5772: A Jewish Year in Review
It's that time again: a new Hebrew year is upon us. It's time for the Jewish year in review based on a mandate from Deuteronomy that we remember days past because they teach us life...
Tarzan and the Holocaust
Like American boys and girls, youngsters growing up in British Mandatory Palestine or the new...
Fear and Trembling: The Days of Awe and Israel’s Strike
They are called the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, these ten days from Rosh...
UK Chief Rabbi Says Dawkins’ Atheist Philosophy is Anti-Jewish
Atheist evolutionist Richard Dawkins denied making an anti-Semitic remark in his book The God Delusion after...
Rosh Hashanah Guide for the Perplexed
1. Rosh Hashanah and the Shofar (ritual ram's horn) symbolize and commemorate: *The annual reaffirmation of...
Ten Ways You Know Rosh Hashana in Israel is Almost Here
1. Turn on the radio any time in the weeks between the date school starts...
Media Mogul Zuckerman Assesses the Threats Against Israel (INTERVIEW)
EAST HAMPTON, NY—For the first time since its founding in 1948, Israel is now the most dangerous place in the world for Jews. That is...
What is More Virtuous? Paying Taxes or Giving Charity?
David Axelrod was manhandled across cyberspace for tweeting an attack against Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson on the morning of September 11th. Let's be...
Rosh Hashanah: The Right Way
January's secular New Year is filled with obligations everyone enjoys like backwards counting, mass texts, and synchronized kissing in public. The Jewish New Year, while...
5772: A Jewish Year in Review
It's that time again: a new Hebrew year is upon us. It's time for the Jewish year in review based on a mandate from Deuteronomy...
Tarzan and the Holocaust
Like American boys and girls, youngsters growing up in British Mandatory Palestine or the new state of Israel experienced thrills through the adventures of Tarzan, the...
Fear and Trembling: The Days of Awe and Israel’s Strike
They are called the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, these ten days from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kipur. But I would argue that the...
UK Chief Rabbi Says Dawkins’ Atheist Philosophy is Anti-Jewish
Atheist evolutionist Richard Dawkins denied making an anti-Semitic remark in his book The God Delusion after he was accused of that by Lord Jonathan Sacks, the...
Rosh Hashanah Guide for the Perplexed
1. Rosh Hashanah and the Shofar (ritual ram's horn) symbolize and commemorate: *The annual reaffirmation of faith in God; *The first human-being, Adam, was created on Rosh Hashanah, the sixth...
Ten Ways You Know Rosh Hashana in Israel is Almost Here
1. Turn on the radio any time in the weeks between the date school starts and Yom Kippur, and it's a sure bet that on...
Pro-Circumcision Rally Held in Berlin, German Activists Seek a “Fantasy Israel with no Judaism”
On Sunday, September 9, 2012, the first ever pro-circumcision and Jewish (and Muslim) life rally in Germany, was held in Berlin. In May 2012 a...
Calendar Conflict: When High Holidays Coincide With College Classes
The 2012 High Holidays will be unlike any others that preceded them in the history of Stony Brook University. This academic year, for the first time,...
Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation’s History through the Lives of Its Foremost Leaders (REVIEW)
Nine Lives of Israel: A Nation's History through the Lives of Its Foremost Leaders, by Jack L. Schwartzwald. (Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland...
Thoughts from the Chief Rabbi for Rosh Hashanah 5773
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten Days of Penitence which culminate in the Day...
The Debate is On: Orthodox Rabbi vs. Ex-Hassid-Turned-Atheist
Rabbi Moshe Averick (Orthodox Rabbi) vs. Mr. Shauli Grossman (Hassid-turned-atheist) What is the most reasonable explanation for the Origin of Life: An Intelligent Creator or an...
