Spirituality/Tradition
From Gaza to Halutza: 10 Years After Pullout, Stories From the New Frontier
JNS.org - Standing on a hill overlooking B’nei Netzarim, one of the small communities that comprise Halutza in the southwestern Negev desert, one can see...
Baruch Spinoza Was Not a Great Jewish Role Model
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza (1632-1677) was one of the greatest philosophers. Not only that, but he was possibly the most honest and moral of them all. He was a gentle, if prickly, principled human being who...
Christian Zionist Group Fights Anti-Semitism on UN’s Global Stage
JNS.org - The Christian Zionist organization Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN) convened a special session at the United Nations in New York City on Aug. 11 to help Christians learn more about the impact of genocidal anti-Semitism. “Our...
Aliyah Update: Ulpan, Bureaucracy, and Reacting to Jewish Terrorism
JNS.org - It has now been a whole month since my aliyah date, so I thought that this week I’d reflect on the process as a whole. Unsurprisingly, many people from home ask how I’m doing with...
Sports-Minded Jewish Journalist Surveys ‘Underreported’ Maccabiah Games
JNS.org - What do basketball player and coach Larry Brown, swimmers, and gymnast Mitch Gaylord have...
The Mindset of Progressive Jews and the ‘Israeli Problem’
JNS.org - In the sweltering heat of a Chicago summer, my friend marched outside the South...
Cecil the Lion and the Jewish Problem
Cecil the lion, the beloved resident of a Zimbabwean animal refuge, was recently killed by...
Hate Crimes in Israel Must Be Held to a Higher Standard
The recent hate crimes perpetrated by Israeli Jews against Jews and Arabs have opened a bleeding wound in Israeli...
The Second Tithe and the Making of a Strong Society
Biblical Israel from the time of Joshua until the destruction of the Second Temple was...
From Gaza to Halutza: 10 Years After Pullout, Stories From the New Frontier
JNS.org - Standing on a hill overlooking B’nei Netzarim, one of the small communities that comprise Halutza in the southwestern Negev desert, one can see a...
Baruch Spinoza Was Not a Great Jewish Role Model
Baruch (Benedict) Spinoza (1632-1677) was one of the greatest philosophers. Not only that, but he was possibly the most honest and moral of them all....
Christian Zionist Group Fights Anti-Semitism on UN’s Global Stage
JNS.org - The Christian Zionist organization Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN) convened a special session at the United Nations in New York City on Aug. 11 to...
Aliyah Update: Ulpan, Bureaucracy, and Reacting to Jewish Terrorism
JNS.org - It has now been a whole month since my aliyah date, so I thought that this week I’d reflect on the process as a...
Sports-Minded Jewish Journalist Surveys ‘Underreported’ Maccabiah Games
JNS.org - What do basketball player and coach Larry Brown, swimmers, and gymnast Mitch Gaylord have in common? They’re among a group of 25 individuals who have...
The Mindset of Progressive Jews and the ‘Israeli Problem’
JNS.org - In the sweltering heat of a Chicago summer, my friend marched outside the South African consulate, protesting apartheid. Years earlier, she had protested Jim...
Cecil the Lion and the Jewish Problem
Cecil the lion, the beloved resident of a Zimbabwean animal refuge, was recently killed by a big game hunter, Walter Palmer. The outcry by people...
Hate Crimes in Israel Must Be Held to a Higher Standard
The recent hate crimes perpetrated by Israeli Jews against Jews and Arabs have opened a bleeding wound in Israeli society. It is not the first time that Israelis have...
The Second Tithe and the Making of a Strong Society
Biblical Israel from the time of Joshua until the destruction of the Second Temple was a predominantly agricultural society. Accordingly, it was through agriculture that...
‘Laughter Heals’ is Message of Unlikely Jewish-Muslim Comedy Act
JNS.org - “Both Jews and Muslims have a lot in common. What are we fighting over? Jews and Muslims don’t eat pork, we don’t celebrate Christmas,...
Meet the Radio Host Behind Israeli Minister’s Reform Judaism Interview Stir
JNS.org - When Israeli Religious Affairs Minister MK David Azoulay (Shas) told Israel’s Army Radio station in July that “a Reform Jew, from the moment he...
Commemorating the 75th Memorial of Ze’ev Jabotinsky
Below is a speech I delivered at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City at an event organized by Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI)...
Christian Funding Provides Lifeline to Jewish Schools in Former Soviet Union
JNS.org - The Soviet Union may have dissolved in 1991, but many Jewish families are still struggling to emerge from the regime’s seven decades of antipathy...
Hillel CEO to Address J Street Campus Arm’s Summer Conference
JNS.org - Hillel International CEO Eric Fingerhut will address the Summer Leadership Institute of J Street U, the campus arm of the controversial left-wing Jewish lobby...
