Posts Tagged: Jewish Traditions
Jewish Immortality
JNS.org - One of the final stops on our shul’s tour of Israel, which ended this week, was the Chain of Generations exhibition at the...
How to Fight the Culture Wars
JNS.org - To anyone not living or hiding under a rock, the culture war rages all too loudly and visibly around us. In that war,...
New York Times Mangles Hebrew Translation in Op-Ed on ‘Assault’ Forgiveness
A New York Times op-ed by a journalist trying to apply Jewish traditions about repentance to what she writes was an “assault” on her by...
New York Journalists Remember Ed Koch at Upper East Side Benefit
New York media personalities gathered recently for an intimate dinner fundraiser at the Upper East Side's Harmonie Club in honor of deceased Mayor Ed Koch...
The Torah: Listening and Law
It would be reasonable to assume that a language that contains the verb "to command" must also contain the verb "to obey." The...
Labor Day 2012 and Jewish Values
When Congress declared Labor Day a public holiday in 1894, workers had more to lament than to celebrate: an economic depression, a growing concentration of...
Travel Blessings and a Worry Free Return
For many of us, the end of summer represents the end of waking up late, being off schedule, vacation and "chillaxing." For others,...
Jewish ‘Valentine’s Day’ Finds Ancient Roots in Biblical Shiloh
Over 3,000 years ago, an ancient Jewish holiday was celebrated by the maidens of Israel. Dressed in white, the daughters of the Holy-land would dance in the...
