Since this horrific war began, communities began reciting Tehillim regularly. This was done both as a prayer to Hashem and to give us much needed comfort and chizuk .
Yet many of us have been …
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By Dr. Alan Mazurek
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11/6/24
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As we celebrated Simchat Torah this year, how could we not think about the one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 and the days that followed.
During hakafot in the Young Israel of Woodmere, I noticed …
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By Nechama Bluth
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11/6/24
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Doesn’t it seem like yesterday when your first child was born? To me, it does, and decades later, you recall the excitement that had been building as the “due date” …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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11/6/24
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Recent discussions and debates have claimed that Zionism and Palestinian nationalism are two sides of a coin, with much in common as national movements that seek self-determination for their people. …
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By Uri Pilichowski
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11/6/24
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This week a century and one year ago, Ze’ev Jabotinsky’s article “The Iron Wall” was published in the Russian-language weekly, Razsvet, in Berlin. So famous has it become …
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By Yisrael Medad
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11/6/24
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Like many Jews of my generation, born during a period when antisemitism was largely depicted as a historical phenomenon and any manifestations were seen as an unfortunate aberration, I would …
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By Ben Cohen
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11/6/24
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Two speeches last week are worthy of note for the widespread surprise they elicited, causing each to go viral within minutes of their delivery.
The first was delivered last Sunday by the …
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By Ruthie Blum
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11/6/24
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Deny though he may, the evidence produced in a House Committee on Education and the Workforce report about antisemitism on college campuses is an appropriate …
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By Jonathan S. Tobin
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11/6/24
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I’ve taught a weekly parsha class using “Ha’ktav V’hakabbalah,” the commentary of Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenberg. As it doesn’t appear in a typical Chumash, it is …
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By Rabbi Avi Billet
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11/6/24
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This column was published on Oct. 21, 2015.
These past weeks Israel seems to be in the grip of a wave of terror: stabbings, shootings, firebombs, and riots, leaving us wondering whether there is …
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By Rabbi Binny Freedman
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11/6/24
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