Posts Tagged: Ronn Torossian
Would The Met Broadcast ‘Innocence Of Muslims’?
"Innocence of Muslims" was a movie released in 2012 by a convict who has recently been released from jail. The amateurish anti-Muslim video was published...
Attending a Satmar Bar Mitzvah Celebration
A friend, Herman Friedman, invited me to attend the bar mitzvah celebration of his son, and I was one of a handful of non-Charedi attendees...
New Book On the Chabad Rebbe: A Guide to Becoming a Better Person (REVIEW)
The new biography, "Rebbe: The Life And Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, The Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History" is inspiring for people of all...
Honoring Russian-American Jews and the 500,000 Soviet Jewish Soldiers Who Fought Nazi Germany
The following is a speech I delivered as Dinner Chair of the sixth annual Russian-American Jewish Experience (RAJE) dinner on May 29. The event honored, "Lives of...
Shame on Rabbi Julie Schonfeld
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld is the first female rabbi to serve as the head of the Conservative movement. She was named the Executive Vice President of...
Support Israeli Soldiers, Twitter in Israel, and RAJE Dinner
Some random tidbits that I wanted to share some thoughts on: Discrimination is sometimes acceptable: Israel's Finance Minister Yair Lapid is absolutely...
Jabotinsky: A Life, by Hillel Halkin (REVIEW)
The new book by Hillel Halkin, "Jabotinsky: A Life" (Yale University Press) is unlike any other book I have ever read about a man I consider to...
Intel and Lockheed Martin are Great Supporters of Israel
Dollars matter more than talk. And both Intel and Lockheed Martin have made major statements of support for the Jewish State in recent weeks in terms...
The Top 10 Guardians of the Jewish People
With the Passover holiday behind us, and Jews having celebrated our symbolic freedom, I wanted to present a special list of the Top 10 Guardians...
Rabbi Avi Weiss’s ‘Guide to Jewish Spirituality’ Speaks to the Power of Prayer (REVIEW)
Rabbi Avi Weiss' latest book, "Holistic Prayer: A Guide To Jewish Spirituality" offers a unique and special vantage point into Judaism. This thoughtful, understandable classic offers insight into...
Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s Parable of the Four Sons of Passover
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the Zionist leader and prophet, had an amazing parable of the "Four Sons" narrative traditionally read on Passover. Now that it has been...
The U.K.’s Ed Miliband is No Friend of Israel
A recent headline carried by The Telegraph, a leading British newspaper, read "Ed Miliband's Hope To Be 'Britain's First Jewish Prime Minister.'" Count me - along...
BDS Supporters Are Anti-Semites
The Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center recently canceled a concert by a Brooklyn rock group, called The Shondes, because the band's leader has endorsed and...
Should Israel Accept American Aid?
In recent years, a number of valiant Israeli nationalists, including the current Economy Minister, Naftali Bennett of the Jewish Home Party, Rabbi Benny Elon, former...
