Posts Tagged: Jewish people
Responding to Attacks on ‘Kosher Jesus’
Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf's vicious attack against me and my new book, Kosher Jesus - to say nothing of the insane comments attending his...
Beit Shemesh & The International Media
Following a number of awful incidents carried out by ultra-Orthodox extremists, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the only democracy in the Middle East,...
Bloomberg Braves Downpour To Light NYC Menorah
Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman guided the Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, and the President of the Borough of Manhattan, Scott Stringer, and...
Absence of Gratitude is the Source of Rabbinical Burnout
There was only one non-family member whom I highlighted under the Chupa (wedding canopy) of my daughter eight weeks ago. His name is ...
A Titanic Victory and a Small Cruse of Oil
David Brooks, in an engaging but superficial article on Hanukah in the New York Times (The Hanukah Story, NY Times, December 10, 2009), sheds light...
Koch: My End of Year Lament
Almost everyone who lives in New York City knows that I am Jewish. Most know that I am a secular Jew who believes in God,...
Bet El Dinner Honors Youth and Commitment
On an extraordinary, warm December evening, more than a thousand supporters of Bet El Yeshiva Center came to the Marriot Marquis Hotel in...
Vayeitzei – The Battle of the Stones
The Quarrel The rabbis in the Talmud focus on an apparent grammatical inconsistency in the portion of Vayeitzei. When Jacob journeys from Beer Sheba to Haran,...
A Lesson From Abraham on Jewish Diplomacy
Among the vignettes of Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs in the Torah portion of Chaye Sara, the genesis of Jewish history is revealed. Through principled diplomacy...
Lord Get Me High: Chabad Ohel and the Carlebach Shul
In 2011, a career survey revealed that behind being a commercial pilot, working in Public Relations was the most stressful job in America - for...
The Victims of UN hatred of Israel
Adapted from an address to the Durban Conference in NY. I want to thank the organizers of this conference, The Perils of Global ...
Lost In Translation – Dancing with the Devil
To my shock, I woke up on this morning to read the news that Ron Prosor, Israel's envoy to the UN, and former Ambassador to...
Message to My Daughter Under the Wedding Canopy
Mushki, given the paucity of my experience in conducting Jewish weddings, I feared that I'd perform the ceremony imperfectly and my own daughter...
Sarkozy and the Jews
PARIS - These last days in France has seen Left-wing groups organize a massive and successful internal referendum in order to designate their leader for...
