What is the power of a hug? Sometimes it’s all about the context. Recently, someone sent me a story regarding a fellow named Yankel, a survivor of Auschwitz who began his journey there … more

Should I start with the good news? Okay. If you are a secular Jew who does not wear religious symbols, skullcaps and attire, isn’t walking toward a synagogue or waving an Israeli flag and … more

Adelphi University in Long Island inaugurated its first two-day trip to two museums in Washington to promote empathy and understanding between black and Jewish students. On the first day, the 18 … more

E yal Ozen was a 54-year-old farmer from Kibbutz Gesher Haziv in the Upper Galilee. He was killed by an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon last Thursday while tending to his … more

With Shabbos Shekalim and Adar II approaching, our minds, hearts and, yes, our pocketbooks are once again focused upon the most joyous of holidays, Purim. In the winter holidays volume of his … more

Issue of August 29, 2008 Not in the mob To the Editor: I found the article ‘Congregation Beis Ephraim Yitzchok welcomes new rav’ (August 22, 2008) to be offensive, insulting and … more

A review of a nation we are commanded to hate By Alan Jay Gerber Issue of March 6, 2009 / 10 Adar 5769 Rav Kook in his “Midbar Shiur” teaches that the Jewish people have two … more

By Elizabeth Berney Special to the web on June 16, 2009 / 24 Sivan 5769 The annual Salute to Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue and Salute to Israel Concert in Central Park immediately … more

I'm thinking by Micah D. Halpern Issue of January 10, 2010/ 15 Tevet 5770 As unpopular a sentiment as it is, I have to give Jimmy Carter the benefit of the doubt. The man from Plains, … more

Issue of August 6, 2010/ 26 Av 5770 By Tara Brafman On a recent Shabbat, we went to my neighbor for seudah shlishit, the third Shabbat meal, for a celebration. My neighbor’s son, Avi, … more