Times were very different then. When one of our books was torn, we didn’t junk it. We took it to a little shop where a bookbinder rebound it. When our briefcase (we didn’t have backpacks … more

Does it matter if a famous athlete is Jewish? I’ve doubted it. My position used to be that while it once meant a great deal, decades after the Holocaust and the creation of the modern-day … more

However rapidly political change around us takes shape, some facts stay the same. For well over a century, Jews have understood that political parties of the far left and the far right cannot … more

Zionophobia is a term people should get used to using. It deserves to be amplified far and wide. According to Wiktionary, “Zionophobia means hostility toward Zionism or people who identify as … more

As I write these lines, our people are huddling in shelters to protect themselves from the Iranian missile barrage on Israel. And tragically, there are a growing number of fatalities in Israel. May … more

Last Friday, I WhatsApped my dear mentor and colleague, Rabbi Freundlich, to ask what he was planning to speak about on Shabbos. He shared an idea. By Shabbos morning, as the news broke, it no longer … more

Those of a certain age will recognize the title as a slight variation of the famous line from Cecil B. DeMille’s epic film “The Ten Commandments.” There, the villainous Pharaoh, played by Yul … more

Framing the epic events of this week’s sedra are two objects — the two sets of Tablets (the first given before and the second after the sin of the Golden Calf). Of the first, we read: The … more

President Donald Trump boasted that “no president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight,” speaking to the people of Iran shortly after unleashing a joint attack with Israel that may … more

Something remarkable happened this week and almost no one seems willing to absorb its meaning. The Palestinian Authority condemned Iran and its attacks on Arab states. It did so … more