When Barack Obama began his first term as president six years ago, foreign policy chatter was prone to including terms like “regime change” and “axis of evil” in … more

Calling 2014 a year of “unprecedented explosions of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel hatred,” the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s annual list of the top anti-Semitic and anti-Israel … more

Is forgiveness a virtue? Should we automatically forgive those who have wronged us? What if they do not necessarily deserve it? And how do we avoid the inevitable feelings of anger and … more

Yosef is sworn to bury Yaakov in the land of Canaan at the very beginning of the Torah portion (47:29-30). After he blesses his sons and gives them his final messages, Yaakov instructs all of his … more

After Brandeis University student Khadijah Lynch tweeted her hatred for the New York Police Department, America, and the “Zionist” institution where she is getting an education, a … more

Danish pastry is really French and was invented about 350 years ago (according to the Danish baker’s union) by a French apprentice baker named Claudius Gelee. He forgot to add the … more

Shock and tragedy. Those are the first two of so many words that follow when looking back at the murder of four rabbis on the 25th day of Cheshvan 5775: Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Goldberg, Rabbi … more

Do we need Holocaust Remembrance Day? Since some of you may be incredulous that I even asked that question, let me first explain why I am doing so. Over the last week, a scandal erupted in … more

On the first day of Chanukah, for the sixth time since taking office, President Obama released a Chanukah message that distorted the story of the holiday and served his anti-Israel … more

The word terem or b’terem (just before) appears in the Torah close to 20 times, sometimes serving as a dramatic preposition enhancing a narrative tale, setting the stage for the … more