Spirituality/Tradition
Gaza Disengagement Reflections Pour In a Decade Later
JNS.org - This August marks the 10-year anniversary of Israel's unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip. In the summer of 2005, then Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon ordered...
Jewish Woman’s Suicide Spotlights Maryland Rabbi’s Recovery ‘Sanctuary’
JNS.org - The recent suicide of 30-year-old Jewish woman Faigy Mayer in Manhattan has spotlighted the unique efforts of a Maryland-based rabbi who provides a supportive environment to young adults with life stories just like Mayer's. Phil Jacobs wrote...
Unity is the Only Solution to Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
While Israeli politicians are zigzagging between a unity government and mutual smearing, and while tycoons are scrambling to exploit the offshore gas troves, the rest of the Israelis must suppress their concerns over the implications...
Art Can Inspire Faith; It Can Also Empower Destructive Ideologies
A June 2015 art exhibit, "The Transformative Power of Art," at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, harnessed the universal language of art to convey an important message: "Our fragile Mother Earth faces...
Tisha B’Av is a Reminder: Don’t Repeat Mistakes of the Past
“Those who cannot learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana was not...
Holy Cow! Red Heifer Project Part of Path From ‘Mourning to Building’ Temple
JNS.org - What weighs 400 pounds, is necessary for the coming of the Third Temple, hasn’t...
My Aliyah Day (a.k.a. the Most Intense Day of My Life)
JNS.org - It happened. I’m officially an Israeli and I have an identification number that will...
At Jerusalem Film Festival, New Year Brings New Kind of Drama
JNS.org - In July 2014 in Jerusalem, sirens over the city at the beginning of the...
‘Concierge Rabbi’ Envisions New Kind of Religious Experience
JNS.org - In layman’s terms, “concierge” essentially means a personal assistant. So what exactly does a...
Gaza Disengagement Reflections Pour In a Decade Later
JNS.org - This August marks the 10-year anniversary of Israel's unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip. In the summer of 2005, then Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon ordered the...
Jewish Woman’s Suicide Spotlights Maryland Rabbi’s Recovery ‘Sanctuary’
JNS.org - The recent suicide of 30-year-old Jewish woman Faigy Mayer in Manhattan has spotlighted the unique efforts of a Maryland-based rabbi who provides a supportive environment...
Unity is the Only Solution to Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
While Israeli politicians are zigzagging between a unity government and mutual smearing, and while tycoons are scrambling to exploit the offshore gas troves, the rest...
Art Can Inspire Faith; It Can Also Empower Destructive Ideologies
A June 2015 art exhibit, "The Transformative Power of Art," at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, harnessed the universal language of art...
Tisha B’Av is a Reminder: Don’t Repeat Mistakes of the Past
“Those who cannot learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana was not referring to Israel, but he might have been. When all...
Holy Cow! Red Heifer Project Part of Path From ‘Mourning to Building’ Temple
JNS.org - What weighs 400 pounds, is necessary for the coming of the Third Temple, hasn’t been seen in 2,000 years, and is completely red? If you...
My Aliyah Day (a.k.a. the Most Intense Day of My Life)
JNS.org - It happened. I’m officially an Israeli and I have an identification number that will stick with me (and my future children, G-d willing) to...
At Jerusalem Film Festival, New Year Brings New Kind of Drama
JNS.org - In July 2014 in Jerusalem, sirens over the city at the beginning of the 50-day Gaza war forced the cancellation of the outdoor opening...
‘Concierge Rabbi’ Envisions New Kind of Religious Experience
JNS.org - In layman’s terms, “concierge” essentially means a personal assistant. So what exactly does a “concierge rabbi” do? Just ask Rabbi David Greenspoon of Reisterstown, Md.,...
Award-Winning American Jewish Author E.L. Doctorow Dies at 84
JNS.org - Award-winning American Jewish author E.L. Doctorow died Tuesday at age 84 due to complications from lung cancer, his son Richard Doctorow told The New York Times. Doctorow wrote a dozen...
Is Reform Jewish Group in the Pocket of the Democratic Party?
This week, I made the mistake of reading a tweet from the RAC. Honestly, I don’t know why I continue to follow the Religious Action...
Why Are There So Many Jewish Lawyers?
At the beginning of Devarim, Moses reviews the history of the Israelites’ experience in the wilderness, beginning with the appointment of leaders throughout the people...
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Broadway Actor Theodore Bikel Dies at 91
JNS.org - Theodore Bikel, an American Jewish actor of Austrian heritage who played Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway, died Tuesday in Los Angeles...
American Jewish Pilot Lou Lenart, Savior of Tel Aviv in 1948 War, Dies at 94
JNS.org - Lou Lenart, a U.S. Marine Corps pilot during World War II who later helped thwart an Egyptian advance on Tel Aviv in Israel’s 1948...
