For Jews of Polish or Hungarian descent, the autumn festivals are synonymous with stuffed cabbage. Stuffed with rice (and often ground beef), the cabbage rolls — said to resemble a Torah … more

Whatever motivated Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to speak of Israeli security forces and police acting to maintain order on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount after Arab disturbances while … more

Long well-documented on college campuses, pro-BDS and anti-Semitic sentiments are now gaining traction in kindergarten through 12th-grade public-school systems. The United Educators of San … more

What do you do when your people have just made a Golden Calf, run riot, and lost their sense of ethical and spiritual direction? How do you restore moral order — not just then in the days … more

As we commemorate Tisha B’Av this motzei Shabbat and Sunday, we remember the destruction of our Temples and pray for their return with the arrival of Moshiach. This 1867 represenation of the … more

Dozens gathered in the US Capitol last Thursday for a congressional breakfast marking Jewish American Heritage Month, which is May. Over bagels and lox, attendees heard from … more

Pro-Hamas demonstrations continued to wreak havoc on New York City streets this week, shutting down the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges and the Holland Tunnel for several hours on Monday … more

Rabbi Daniel Rose wrote the following that will serve as the keynote to this week’s essay: “These days of Purim,” the Book of Esther says, “should be remembered and … more

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Opinion Issue of Jan. 2, 2009 / 6 Teves 5769 It has been well documented that the so-called Palestinian people and their presumed soon-to-be-official nation are in fact mythical entities … more