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Light Rain Shoot 'em up! Rabbis say there’s no halachic excuse not to vaccinate kids
Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere endorsed “the view that advocates a pro-vaccination policy,” in an email to his congregants that was accompanied by a strongly worded …
chabad
Chanukah telethon nets $436,507
The annual Chanukah telethon hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl of Chabad Mineola raised $436,507. The event, held on Sunday night to coincide with the lighting of …
washington
Trump Chanukah parties cheer embassy move
President Donald Trump presents as an anti-Barack Obama, boasting about how much of his predecessor’s work, from the courts to immigration to medical care to the Iran deal, …
terror attack
Victim’s father: Pray for daughter and newborn
Medical staff at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem were still battling on Tuesday to save the life of a baby delivered by cesarean section after his mother, Shira Ish-Ran, was shot in her …
caught!
Toledo terror: Arrest short-circuts plan to murder Jews
A 21-year-old man who allegedly told an undercover FBI agent he wanted to kill Jews — including a rabbi — was arrested last week for planning to attack a synagogue in the Toledo, Ohio, …
israel
Bibi: Jews will stay
No Jewish settlers will be forced to leave and they will build more homes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday in the wake of a drive-by shooting in Judea-Smaria …
europe
In Germany, the rabbis are back
Though he was just 6 years old on the night of Kristallnacht, Rabbi Chanoch Ehrentreu can still recall the horror: Torah scrolls burning in the courtyard of his father’s synagogue. His father …
food
From an expert bubbe: The perfect roast chicken
There’s no rule that says Jews are required to eat chicken on Shabbat — that is, no rule handed down by a rabbi or written in the Torah. But it is a long-standing practice for many …
first person
Grandson stole my Kiddush — and I’m delighted!
I was edged out on Friday evening. The carefully planned operation was carried out by grandson No. 2, the one with the red hair. “Move over, Pop. I’ll do it,” he said firmly, …
latin america
Mexico City mayor puts science, crime, feminism ahead of her Judaism
MEXICO CITY — During her ultimately successful campaign for Mexico City mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum made a reference to her Jewish heritage. Speaking before a group of Jewish women, she said she …
diplomacy
Israel continues African nations breakthroughs
Chadian President Idriss Déby’s historic visit to Israel last month did not occur in a vacuum. It is part of a larger effort by Israel to develop close diplomatic ties with many African …
opinion
Another Times columnist needs a history lesson
New York Times op-ed columnist Michelle Goldberg has stirred quite a hornet’s nest with her recent article declaring that anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitic. Others will wrestle with the …
retrospective
Why Bush was reluctant to wear a yarmulke
George H.W. Bush was a man of uncommon decency. He also was a man of uncommon integrity. I worked for him …
Fighting terror
Israel confronts Hezbollah over northern tunnels
Hezbollah is building tunnels “with direct support and funding from Iran” in an effort to capture northern Israel’s Galilee region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on …
kosher kitchen
With frost nipping at our noses, it’s soup time!
It is 30 degrees outside, and the wind is howling. It’s amazing how fast winter appears. Sometimes I wonder why I stay in this climate. My nose is always freezing, my lips are always chapped, …
food
Bimbo dropping kosher seal from all its breads
Bimbo Bakeries USA, a subsidiary of Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo — one of the world’s largest baked-goods conglomerates with America’s largest private-label bread-baking business …
first person
850,000 refugee Jews who fled Arab lands
November 30 is a day to commemorate approximately 850,000 Jews who fled anti-Jewish persecution across the Arab world in the 20th century. Every year on this day, I reflect on my own family’s …
health mind and body
Discovery solved riddle of Gaucher, her sister’s illness
As a child, Eva Gelernt suffered mysterious ailments: bone pain in her legs and knees. Unexplained bruising. Low blood platelet counts. Eva, now 24, visited doctor after doctor in Moorestown, New …
opinion
Anti-Semites and their Jewish apologists
The most interesting thing about left-wing anti-Semitism is not so much the hate driving the trend as the impulse of Jews to tolerate or even justify it. In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue …
our roots in judea
At Bet El gala, there’s lots of love for Trump
health mind and body
Bar-Ilan prof eyes enzyme in cancer cell spread
religious freedom
Maryland Chabad House fights demolition order
schools
It’s Chanukah, SKA style
schools
Six13 performs at HANC
This week in Torah
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The faith of generations
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For the brothers, a second chance
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Inner strength enabled this rare achievement
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For Yehuda, humility and kingship
Our Sages, in Tosefta Berachot 4:17-18, ask a fundamental question: “Why did Yehuda merit kingship?” After all, each of the brothers was great in his own way. Why, then, was …
Kosher Bookworm
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From Birnbaum to Herring, the legacy continues
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Perspectives on Tehillim 47
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A wonderful new siddur from the RCA
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New RCA siddur traffics in prayers from heart
The legacy of Yosef
This week’s Torah reading, Vayigash, reflects the narrative of the reconciliation of Yosef and his brothers, and the reunion with his father, Yaakov. There is much to be said of this saga. One …
Kosher Kitchen
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Chanukah gifts from the kitchen
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Chanukah: it’s more than just latkes
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Do-ahead recipes for Thanksgiving
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Buckwheat or kasha? Either way, it’s delicious
With frost nipping at our noses, it’s soup time!
It is 30 degrees outside, and the wind is howling. It’s amazing how fast winter appears. Sometimes I wonder why I stay in this climate. My nose is always freezing, my lips are always chapped, …
View from Central Park
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The loathsome symbol of all the world’s woes
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A long, winding road: Honoring the right to vote
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Looking for the helpers
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As far as eye can see
When I think of Chanukah in Jerusalem, I think of the fiery winter sunsets. Like a signal that it’s time to kindle the Chanukah lamps, the sun seems to illuminate the entire city, a message of …
Viewpoint
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Boost silent majority in war on anti-Semitism
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On Yazidi genocide, a bad day for the Knesset
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Bernard-Henri Lévy’s latest Jewish reflections
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American Anti-Semitism is different
Pompeo doctrine: Fusing realism, imagineering
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a rare speech last week on the overall strategic vision of the United States, 30 years after the Cold War ended. The speech didn’t receive much coverage …
Politics to Go
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Did Senator Schumer intervene for Facebook?
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There was ‘Jewicide’ in the 2018 midterm vote
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Bend the Arc does not speak in our name
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Should CNN have fired Marc Lamont Hill?
CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill lost his job last week when he used a Palestinian phrase calling for the destruction of Israel. While there is no argument here about whether or not his statement was …