Spirituality/Tradition
IDF Rescinds Punishment for Soldier Who Brought Ham Sandwich on Base
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has rescinded a punishment levied against an American-born "lone soldier" (the term for members of the...
Remembering a Fighter Against Oppression of Jews and Blacks
JNS.org - Before he gained fame for posing as an African-American in order to expose racism, journalist John Howard Griffin secretly helped rescue Jewish children from the Nazis. With race relations in America now at...
Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Cultural’ Jew?
JNS.org - From time immemorial, Jews have been concerned with the question of Jewish survival. Much ink has been spilled about the demise of Judaism and the Jewish community, although the tradition has remarkably...
Do Jews Have a Color Problem? Sadly, Yes
Usually when I visit friends in Israel, we discuss the situation in Israel. But this time, we sat and discussed the situation in Baltimore. The people of Israel were keenly aware and sensitive to what...
The Houston Flood, Jewish Values, and Human Values
JNS.org - As Jewish media far and wide started picking up on the story...
New Initiative Helps Fund Jewish Summer Camps
JNS.org - For those who attended the Jewish camps of the previous generation, summertime...
Summer Nights: Marriage as a Byproduct of Jewish Summer Camp
JNS.org - Eighteen-year-old Bernie Kozlovksy spent from sundown to sunrise on a boat...
The Two Ways to Live a Moral Life
The parsha of Naso contains the laws relating to the nazirite - an individual who...
Viewer Discretion Advised (VIDEO)
A couple of weeks ago I saw a video circulating on Facebook titled The Butterfly...
IDF Rescinds Punishment for Soldier Who Brought Ham Sandwich on Base
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has rescinded a punishment levied against an American-born "lone soldier" (the term for members of the IDF...
Remembering a Fighter Against Oppression of Jews and Blacks
JNS.org - Before he gained fame for posing as an African-American in order to expose racism, journalist John Howard Griffin secretly helped rescue Jewish...
Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Cultural’ Jew?
JNS.org - From time immemorial, Jews have been concerned with the question of Jewish survival. Much ink has been spilled about the demise of...
Do Jews Have a Color Problem? Sadly, Yes
Usually when I visit friends in Israel, we discuss the situation in Israel. But this time, we sat and discussed the situation in Baltimore. The...
The Houston Flood, Jewish Values, and Human Values
JNS.org - As Jewish media far and wide started picking up on the story of this week's devastating flood in Houston, which hit Jewish-heavy neighborhoods...
New Initiative Helps Fund Jewish Summer Camps
JNS.org - For those who attended the Jewish camps of the previous generation, summertime likely invokes memories of smelly old bunks and rickety dining...
Summer Nights: Marriage as a Byproduct of Jewish Summer Camp
JNS.org - Eighteen-year-old Bernie Kozlovksy spent from sundown to sunrise on a boat with 16-year-old Sonia Rosenbaum in the summer of 1972. "We talked...
The Two Ways to Live a Moral Life
The parsha of Naso contains the laws relating to the nazirite - an individual who undertook, usually for a limited period of time, to observe...
Viewer Discretion Advised (VIDEO)
A couple of weeks ago I saw a video circulating on Facebook titled The Butterfly Child. The screen shot and headline of the video told...
Prophets and Conspiracies
Shavuot is the festival that commemorates not just the encounter between Moses and God on Mount Sinai, but also the "revelation" of Torah. There are...
Michael J. Fox Foundation Seeking Volunteers for Study on Parkinson’s and Ashkenazi Jews
The Michael J. Fox Foundation, a major charity dedicated to finding a cure to Parkinson's disease, announced on Sunday that it is seeking volunteers to participate...
How to Solve the Jewish Day School ‘Tuition Crisis’
Everyone asks us, what can be done about the cost of a day school education? Week after week, the tuition crisis comes to our attention, front...
At ‘Bat Mitzvah,’ Israeli Center Seeks More Women’s Advancement Milestones
JNS.org - The controversy surrounding Israel's complex framework of laws relating to family life is well-known. Often portrayed via popular culture in films and...
Don’t Forget the Cost of War: Killing by Drones and Bombing Iran
Monday, May 25, is a unique day for American Jews. As Americans, it is Memorial Day. For the Jewish people, Monday we recite...
