Spirituality/Tradition
European Parliament Shines Light on Plight of Holocaust Survivors
A day-long seminar entitled "Living with Dignity" was held last Tuesday at the European Parliament in Brussels, focusing on the experiences and current hardships...
A Look at the Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook (REVIEW)
Everybody knows that cooking varies from country to country. There are Italian restaurants, Chinese restaurants, etc. We associate different styles of cuisine with different languages. Do we also think of the association of different cuisines with...
Another Example of Israel’s Positive Human Rights Record
A few weeks ago, in honor of the Jewish holiday of Passover, I found myself reminiscing on the oppression of the Jewish people in Egypt thousands of years ago. I then considered a more modern representation of...
Israeli Entrepreneur Wants to Send Torah to the Moon
JNS.org - “The Torah is going to the moon.” It sounds like a phrase straight out of a Jewish fairytale or children’s book, but the real-life Torah on the Moon initiative is not as pie in the sky...
‘Game of Thrones’ and the Meaning of Shame
Please note that this post contains spoilers about the TV show "Game of Thrones." The HBO...
Either We Defeat Anger or Anger Will Defeat Us
There are some, say the Talmud, who acquire their world in an hour and others...
A Year After Milestone, Visitors Mark 21st Anniversary of Chabad Leader’s Death
JNS.org - More than 50,000 people visited the gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—the seventh and...
Why Non-Jews Are Asking a Mohel to Circumcise Their Sons
JNS.org - An interesting phenomenon may be emerging in the U.S. when it comes to brit milah, the...
Jaffa Orange Republic: Towards the Ontogeny of Jewish Statehood in the 21st Century
Maturation in Jewry's Third Commonwealth will be signaled by conspicuous shifts in attitudes and approaches in diverse areas....
European Parliament Shines Light on Plight of Holocaust Survivors
A day-long seminar entitled "Living with Dignity" was held last Tuesday at the European Parliament in Brussels, focusing on the experiences and current hardships of...
A Look at the Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook (REVIEW)
Everybody knows that cooking varies from country to country. There are Italian restaurants, Chinese restaurants, etc. We associate different styles of cuisine with different languages. Do...
Another Example of Israel’s Positive Human Rights Record
A few weeks ago, in honor of the Jewish holiday of Passover, I found myself reminiscing on the oppression of the Jewish people in Egypt thousands of...
Israeli Entrepreneur Wants to Send Torah to the Moon
JNS.org - “The Torah is going to the moon.” It sounds like a phrase straight out of a Jewish fairytale or children’s book, but the real-life Torah...
‘Game of Thrones’ and the Meaning of Shame
Please note that this post contains spoilers about the TV show "Game of Thrones." The HBO series “Game of Thrones” is set somewhere in a mythical...
Either We Defeat Anger or Anger Will Defeat Us
There are some, say the Talmud, who acquire their world in an hour and others who lose it in an hour. No example of the...
A Year After Milestone, Visitors Mark 21st Anniversary of Chabad Leader’s Death
JNS.org - More than 50,000 people visited the gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—the seventh and final leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidism, most commonly...
Why Non-Jews Are Asking a Mohel to Circumcise Their Sons
JNS.org - An interesting phenomenon may be emerging in the U.S. when it comes to brit milah, the Jewish circumcision ritual. A new report by The Atlantic has concluded, based on interviews...
Jaffa Orange Republic: Towards the Ontogeny of Jewish Statehood in the 21st Century
Maturation in Jewry's Third Commonwealth will be signaled by conspicuous shifts in attitudes and approaches in diverse areas. The prevailing state of affairs - a state fraught with existential...
Israel Studies Confab Gives Canadian University New Narrative on Jewish State
JNS.org - In 2002, Montreal’s Concordia University was home to infamous riots preventing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from speaking. In 2015, the same university hosted the largest...
Dismay at Continued Destruction of Mount of Olives’ Gravestones
Yochanan Gol looks at his uncle’s tombstone in dismay. A huge, black burnt circle marks the grave - remnants of an arson attack that blacked out...
Peace in Haredi Homes and the Health of the Jewish State
JNS.org - According to a Bank of Israel study conducted in 2011, less than half (46 percent) of Israel’s haredi men were gainfully employed that year....
Remember the Rebbe by Reaching Out to Those in Need
The year was 1983. A 4-year old child had just been diagnosed with a genetic disease, and the hearts of his parents flooded with anguish. In...
The Rebbe Represented the Best of Religion
The past few years have been tough on religion. Muslim radicals have made a mockery of their faith. The Catholic Church is still reeling from...
