Spirituality/Tradition
Jewish ‘Valentine’s Day’ Finds Ancient Roots in Biblical Shiloh
Over 3,000 years ago, an ancient Jewish holiday was celebrated by the maidens of Israel. Dressed in white, the daughters of the Holy-land would dance in...
Salzburg Music Festival Address by Rabbi Arthur Schneier
The following is a transcript of an address given by Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the Salzburg Music Festival in Austria, 2012. Your Eminence, Cardinal Schönborn, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I want to express my appreciation...
Matisyahu’s Graphic Designer Strives to Capture His Evolving Spirit (INTERVIEW)
Yossi Belkin is an accomplished graphic designer who was nominated last month for the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award for his cover design of "The Torah, The Five Books of Moses" published by Kol Menachem. He...
100,000 Jews to Celebrate Talmud Study in Football Stadium
Nearly 100,000 Jewish men and women will gather at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Wednesday to celebrate the Talmud and Jewish learning in the 12th Siyum HaShas celebration. Many of the participants have been reading one...
Israeli Team Nears Solution to Bluefin Tuna Crisis
An Israeli research team is on its way to finding a solution for saving the world's...
Why is the Jewish People So Small
Near the end of Va'etchanan, so inconspicuously that we can sometimes miss it,...
European Jewish Communities Unite to Defend Circumcision’s Legality
On Monday it was announced that Austria's Jewish community (IKG) will unite with the German...
Bend It Like Binstock: Canadian Jewish Chiropractor Helps Defeat Britain in Olympic Volleyball
Canada defeated England in a first round volleyball match at the 2012 London Olympics thanks, in part,...
Jewish ‘Valentine’s Day’ Finds Ancient Roots in Biblical Shiloh
Over 3,000 years ago, an ancient Jewish holiday was celebrated by the maidens of Israel. Dressed in white, the daughters of the Holy-land would dance in the...
Salzburg Music Festival Address by Rabbi Arthur Schneier
The following is a transcript of an address given by Rabbi Arthur Schneier at the Salzburg Music Festival in Austria, 2012. Your Eminence, Cardinal Schönborn,...
Matisyahu’s Graphic Designer Strives to Capture His Evolving Spirit (INTERVIEW)
Yossi Belkin is an accomplished graphic designer who was nominated last month for the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award for his cover design of "The Torah,...
100,000 Jews to Celebrate Talmud Study in Football Stadium
Nearly 100,000 Jewish men and women will gather at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Wednesday to celebrate the Talmud and Jewish learning in the 12th...
Israeli Team Nears Solution to Bluefin Tuna Crisis
An Israeli research team is on its way to finding a solution for saving the world's dwindling populations of costly bluefin tuna. Thunnus thynnus, commonly known as...
Why is the Jewish People So Small
Near the end of Va'etchanan, so inconspicuously that we can sometimes miss it, is a statement with such far reaching implications that it...
European Jewish Communities Unite to Defend Circumcision’s Legality
On Monday it was announced that Austria's Jewish community (IKG) will unite with the German and Swiss Jewish communities to advocate keeping religious circumcision legal,...
Bend It Like Binstock: Canadian Jewish Chiropractor Helps Defeat Britain in Olympic Volleyball
Canada defeated England in a first round volleyball match at the 2012 London Olympics thanks, in part, to one of Canada's elite volleyball players: Josh Binstock. The six-foot-five...
Son of Munich Victim Reveals Horrific New Attack Details
New information has surfaced concerning the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany. Guri Weinberg, whose...
U.S. Gymnast Aly Raisman’s Parents Contort Hilariously During Her Performance (VIDEO)
Aly raisman's parents watching daughter's performance at Olympics on Sunday. Photo: screenshot via youtube. U.S. gymnast Aly Raisman advanced to the...
The Secret of Suffering in Judaism
The day my eldest child turned 16 months he began to vomit. It wasn't just your average little kid spit-up either. Rather, it was a...
Guide for the Perplexed: “The 9th Day of the Month of Av”
1. The 9th Day of (the 11th Jewish month) Av is the most calamitous day in Jewish history. Fasting on that day commemorates national catastrophes,...
Another False Messiah, Shabtai Zvi
The fast on the Ninth of Av, Tisha B'Av, commemorates both the Babylonian and the Roman destructions of Jerusalem and the First Temple, ...
