Jewish organizations responded positively to the United States officially recognizing as a genocide the killing and deportation of more than …
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By Dmitriy Shapiro, JNS
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5/5/21
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Whose job is it to define who I am? Is it an institution’s job or is it mine? In all the brouhaha over critical race theory, this question is rarely asked. …
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By David Suissa
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7/16/21
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G
rief is the most powerful and painful of human emotions. Yet, it is an emotion which few human beings can avoid in their lifetime. We all face loss, and we all grieve.
In this …
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By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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10/27/21
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Germany’s tight business and political ties with the Islamic Republic have long been a popular topic of discussion in the Federal Republic. …
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By Benjamin Weinthal, JNS
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11/16/22
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Our parasha contains the mitzvah of sippur yetziat Mitzrayim, the recounting of the story of the Departure from Egypt, that is fulfilled during the Pesach Seder. The 13th century author of the Sefer …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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1/25/23
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The following remarks were delivered to the Knesset Committee on Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs on July 25.
I currently serve as president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for …
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By Alyza Lewin
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8/2/23
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One hopes that the offspring of travail is wisdom. If we must endure horrible things that try our faith and the limits of our emotional and physical stamina, at least, we hope, we emerge having …
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By Howard Bressler
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10/20/23
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Sefer Shemot is a grand journey that takes us from the depths of Egyptian servitude to the construction of the Mishkan wherein Hashem’s Schechinah was revealed to the entire Jewish people. …
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By Rabbi David Etengoff
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3/13/24
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Issue of Sept. 12, 2008
Dear That’s Life,
Whether or not you want to admit it, at some point or another, you talk to yourself. We all do it –– don’t be ashamed. It’s when you answer …
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9/11/08
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By Alan Jay Gerber
Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 / 22 Kislev 5769
With Chanukah just around the corner,I bring you three more books for your reading pleasure. Each one is of a distinct literary …
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12/17/08
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