Parshat Korach As in numerous readings of past weeks, we find the message left by our haftarah to be taught by both comparison and contrast.
This weekend, as the U.S. celebrates Independence Day, we inevitably reflect upon the dramatic introduction of democracy into the human theater. Democracy and its values
Just to review, Golda was born in Kiev in 1898. She came to the U.S. with her mother and two sisters in 1906. They came
Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, the chief rabbi of Yerushalayim, and Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook, the chief rabbi of Eretz Yisrael in the early 1900s, embodied
Among those who tallied along with Korach was an individual by the name of Ohn Ben Pelet. The Da’at Zekeinim tells us that although Ohn
We often say that someone isn’t in the right frame of mind for something. For example, Chazal tell us not to try to calm someone
One would think that we, of all people, would not become as emotionally involved when we see a video of the campers arriving to spend
The current elections in Israel and the probability of dealing with Trump’s “Deal of the Century” have highlighted the need to clarify the relationship between
(Courtesy of Israel Blooms) Two American Olim—Carla Sprung, formerly of New Jersey, and Karen Levine of California—recently launched Israel Blooms, a non-profit flower donation service
Reviewing: “The Unwanted: America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in Between,” by Michael Dobbs. Alfred Knopf. 2019. English. Hardcover. 368 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1524733193. Michael Dobbs’
Reviewing: “From Infinity to Man: The Fundamental Ideas of Kabbalah Within the Framework of Information Theory and Quantum Physics,” by Eduard Shyfrin. White Raven Publishing.
A recent report stated that David Irving, who lost a defamation suit against Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin publishers who accused him of Holocaust denial, had
