Someone recently sent me this story about Moe Berg, the strangest Jew ever to play baseball: When baseball greats Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on tour in baseball-crazy Japan in 1934, some fans … more

In last week’s essay I discussed a wonderful new book, “Spark Ignited” (Menorah Books) that describes the spiritual journey taken by two women that culminated in their conversion to … more

A little over two months ago, I wrote a column in honor of my dear friend, Debbie Shafran’s father Harry Engelman, A”H. My husband Jerry and I met with Engelman to hear his stories … more

Shortly after revealing himself to his brothers, Yosef tells them that “It has already been two years of famine throughout the land, but there will be five more years where there will be no … more

With Judy off this week, we’re reprinting one of her recipes from December 2011. This is one of her first columns for The Jewish Star — all food, no Jerry. A s a personal chef, I am … more

We live in interesting times that witness murder as state policy and also brazen and often violent religious intolerance. These are also times, by contrast, of religious tolerance in many quarters … more

The thundering sounds of artillery fire echoed through the valleys beneath the Golan Heights and across the Sea of Galilee. All along the northern border with Syria, civilians were huddled in their … more

Last week’s White House Chanukah party was different from the usual fare. President Obama invited a BDS-supporting Reform rabbi and used the event to disrespect Israel and the Jewish … more

The massacre in San Bernardino by an Islamist husband-and-wife terror team forces us to recognize, once again, that the United States has to choose between isolationism and internationalism in its … more

President Obama last week appointed second-generation anti-Israel activist, and former Iran deal crafter, Robert O. (Rob) Malley, as his “senior adviser on the counterinsurgency campaign … more