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Two essential parts of preparing for Rosh Hashanah is asking forgiveness from anyone we wronged and making a list (mental or written) of the ways we fell short since the last time we heard the …
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By Nina Badzin, Kveller via JTA
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9/22/16
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Leonard Cohen released a new song on Wednesday, which happens to be his 82nd birthday — but it isn’t quite a celebratory tune.
Dense with Jewish …
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By Gabe Friedman, JTA’s Telegraph blog
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9/22/16
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On the first day of school, students at Manhattan Day School on the Upper West Side eagerly made their way through the crowd to get a glimpse of their new, state-of-the-art SmartLab. The fully …
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9/21/16
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I begin this year’s review of recent literature themed to the high holiday season with an excellent work by Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein entitled, “Teshuvah: A Guide For The Mind And Heart …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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9/21/16
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We may not be able to flip Israel’s haters, but there are plenty of “intellectually honest” people who can be persuaded of the truth of Israel’s cause, Rabbi Dov Lipman, the …
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By Ed Weintrob
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9/21/16
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Israel’s Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked told a full house Sunday evening that the American-Israeli bond was “unbreakable and unshakable” and that the “importance of an …
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By Ed Weintrob
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9/21/16
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AIPAC issued a statement applauding the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) announced between the United States and Israel which promises to provide $38 billion in U.S. security assistance to …
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9/18/16
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South Shore Rep. Kathleen Rice cheered the Obama Administration’s agreement with Israel that ensures record levels of American aid to the Jewish state over the next ten …
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By Ed Weintrob
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9/18/16
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9/15/16
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KARNEI SHOMRON — Supporters of Donald Trump opened a campaign office here on Monday in what they said was a first on behalf of an American presidential candidate. They said that Americans from …
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By Andrew Tobin, JTA
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9/14/16
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