I cried at the 9/11 Memorial when I visited. I brought my two grown boys with me for emotional support. The last time I was in the World Trade Center was a couple of weeks before 9/11 when I took my sons to the observation deck to show them where I had worked for 3 years. more

In an interview with the Huffington Post last week, Reid cites an anonymous Bain investor to report that Mitt Romney hasn’t paid any taxes for the past ten years. What PROOF? (Is proof important?) The next day Reid doubled down, repeating the charge to Nevada papers and on the floor of the Senate. more

Following the ugly battle between the Egyptian military and Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi, resulting in Morsi’s ouster on July 3, as well as the ongoing bloodbath in Syria, the arguments for the preservation of the Jordanian model—politically moderate, more democratic than its neighbors, and proudly Islamic yet amenable to good relations with western nations and with Israel—are self-evident. more

Two years ago Rabbi Moshe Sokolow of Yeshiva University penned an essay entitled, “Thanksgiving: A Jewish Holiday After All,” wherein he cited the following historical item that was recently highlighted in an excellent expository essay by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik of Congregation Shearith Israel entitled, “G-d’s Providence and the United States: A Thanksgiving Reader on Judaism and the American Idea” [Torah To-Go, Nov. 2013, YU ]. more

There is a smug sense of “I told you so” about the challenge that Israel faces from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. more

It was time to purchase a gown for my son Jeremy’s wedding. I went to Saks, Nordstrom’s, Bloomingdales, Lord and Taylor and Bergdorf Goodman. I checked almost every evening gown I could … more

At the beginning of Parshat Behar, when the Torah describes the laws studied at Mt. Sinai, Rashi asks a question that is well-known by those who study his commentary: What does the topic of shmittah … more

Judy’s off this week (getting ready for Thanksgiving, perhaps), so we’re reprinting her Thanksgiving column from 2012. As a kid, Thanksgiving meant a couple of days off from school, … more

Our parasha contains two pasukim that reiterate the prohibition of avodah zarah (idol worship) and its practices, the commandment to completely destroy all monuments associated with idol worship … more

When Mark Rosenblatt touched down at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on April 5 and powered on his cell phone, he got the surprise of his mobile technology life. Rosenblatt received a text message … more