Spirituality/Tradition
In Israel, Lag B’Omer Inspires Memories and Mayhem
JNS.org - One of Pnina Newirth's earliest childhood memories is of a trip to Mount Meron on Lag B'Omer. But this was no...
Lag B’Omer: A Boy Scout’s Guide to Lighting Your Bonfire
JNS.org - On Lag B'Omer, the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer and the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar, the Jewish community is aflame with celebration. People frolic around...
Message to Russia: There Was Never a ‘Good’ Hitler
In an article recently printed in a pro-Kremlin newspaper, Andranik Migranyan, head of a pro-Russian organization here in Manhattan, suggested that had Hitler stopped in 1939 he would have been considered a "good Hitler." "One...
Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus and the Problem With the Gospels
If the irresistible temptation to fashion Jesus in one's own image persists today, nearly 2,000 years after the crucifixion, it must have been even more tempting for the gospel writers, translators, and scribes who reproduced...
An Honest Evaluation of Zionist Pioneer Ze’ev Jabotinsky (REVIEW)
JNS.org - I confess that I came to Hillel Halkin's "Jabotinsky: A Life" with...
Pope Francis’s Jewish Friend Set to Join Him on Israel Trip
JNS.org - Pope Francis will be joined on his upcoming trip to Israel by...
Lisa Kudrow, Chabad’s New ‘Friend’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Former Friends star Lisa Kudrow (who played Phoebe), appearing on the Conan...
Israeli Knesset Honors Pope John XXIII (VIDEO)
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset held a special session this week to commemorate Pope...
Israel Won’t Hand Over Sovereignty of Select Christian Sites During Pope Francis Visit
JNS.org - Israel will not hand over sovereignty of select Christian sites, including the...
In Israel, Lag B’Omer Inspires Memories and Mayhem
JNS.org - One of Pnina Newirth's earliest childhood memories is of a trip to Mount Meron on Lag B'Omer. But this was no ordinary...
Lag B’Omer: A Boy Scout’s Guide to Lighting Your Bonfire
JNS.org - On Lag B'Omer, the 33rd day of the counting of the Omer and the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar,...
Message to Russia: There Was Never a ‘Good’ Hitler
In an article recently printed in a pro-Kremlin newspaper, Andranik Migranyan, head of a pro-Russian organization here in Manhattan, suggested that had Hitler stopped in...
Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus and the Problem With the Gospels
If the irresistible temptation to fashion Jesus in one's own image persists today, nearly 2,000 years after the crucifixion, it must have been even more...
An Honest Evaluation of Zionist Pioneer Ze’ev Jabotinsky (REVIEW)
JNS.org - I confess that I came to Hillel Halkin's "Jabotinsky: A Life" with some suspicion. First, Daniel Gordis wrote a book about former...
Pope Francis’s Jewish Friend Set to Join Him on Israel Trip
JNS.org - Pope Francis will be joined on his upcoming trip to Israel by his close friend, Argentinian Rabbi Abraham Skorka, as well as...
Lisa Kudrow, Chabad’s New ‘Friend’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Former Friends star Lisa Kudrow (who played Phoebe), appearing on the Conan O'Brian Show on Wednesday, detailed her son's recent "drive-by bar mitzvah"...
Israeli Knesset Honors Pope John XXIII (VIDEO)
JNS.org - The Israeli Knesset held a special session this week to commemorate Pope John XXIII, who was canonized by the Vatican in October, for...
Israel Won’t Hand Over Sovereignty of Select Christian Sites During Pope Francis Visit
JNS.org - Israel will not hand over sovereignty of select Christian sites, including the "Last Supper room," during Pope Francis's upcoming trip to the...
The Power of Kindness and Caring
In Bechukotai, in the midst of one of the most searing curses ever to have been uttered to a nation by way of warning, the...
The Under-the-Radar Story of Far East Jewry
JNS.org - It was a long trek: 6,000 miles by boat from Central Europe to the Far East. But the towns of East Asia...
‘Jewish Cardinal’ Film Examines Dual Religious Loyalty
JNS.org - Believe it or not, the recently canonized Pope John Paul II had a Jewish Cardinal as an occasional adviser in the 1980s. The...
The Spiritual Origins of Jew-Hatred
Without bothering to recount the thousands of years worth of oppression the Jewish People have endured and the endless stream of explanations (and justifications) for...
Each May, Jewish and American Heritage Collide
JNS.org - Dr. Gary P. Zola sees an inextricable connection between American Jewish history, American history, and global Jewish history. "The study of the Jewish...
