Challenging assumed norms: how should it be done and how should it be received? These are among the questions of the hour for our North
A few weeks ago, Ely Rosenstock wrote a wonderful piece about the “tuition tax” and the need for parents to make sound financial decisions based
As President Obama looks across the beaches of Normandy for the ceremony commemorating the D-Day landings, he could be forgiven for feeling ambivalent. Certainly, these
The conventional wisdom holds that a deal with Iran over its hotly disputed nuclear program would be a good thing. As Syria continues its meltdown and other
The unexpected election of Menachem Begin as prime minister in 1977 shocked American Jewry. Begin, the Revisionist and “terrorist,” with his Eastern European mannerisms and
What is “Orthodox”? Is it “Haredi”? Is it “Modern”? Is it “Ultra” (ugh)? Is it “Yeshivish”? A conversation with Alan Cooperman of the Pew Research
Sitting around the Shabbat table, mourning once again a peace process gone bad, I casually mentioned, “This is not the first time this has happened.
According to Jewish tradition, the period between Passover and Shavu’ot, during which we count the 49 days of the Omer, is marked by solemnity and
In an article recently printed in a pro-Kremlin newspaper, Andranik Migranyan, head of a pro-Russian organization in Manhattan, suggested that had Hitler stopped in 1939
As soon as an African American student at San Jose State University who was racially harassed and bullied by his dormitory roommates came forward, university,
After ten years of working professionally in the nonprofit sector, I decided to take a short sabbatical to refocus and align my daily activities with
In a 2012 article I relayed what I described as “a real life midrash”: Early in my career, I worked at the Memphis Jewish Federation.
