Naming is the most human of functions. In the Bible, Adam named the animals and plants. Scientists name diseases, and in so doing they identify
The First World War was a tragic time for most of the one million Jews of Galitzia, as it was for much of Eastern European
Songs are often more than music, but also the embodiment of ideas and ideals. We can all think of such works. Some inspire us, while
The flagship needs to right its course. Modern Orthodoxy has a problem and a blessing: it is the belief that one can be both Modern
One aspect of the war between Israel and the Palestinians must be resolved: the continuing humanitarian crisis facing descendants of Arab refugees from 1948, who
My perspective on the recent announcements that several female students have requested and been given permission to wear tefillin at Shacharit at SAR Academy in
We rarely ask ourselves why we should remember the Holocaust. We simply assume that we should. However, if we only go through the motions uttering
I have spent a good portion of my professional career working in areas at the intersection of the Israel-Diaspora relationship. In addition to my social
The Israeli Rabbinate has once again decided to accept the “attestation of Jewishness” letters of Rabbi Avi Weiss. That was a no-brainer, and I, for one,
It is interesting how one comment from an Israeli minister has managed to strain relations between the U.S. Administration and Israel, while fiery rhetoric and
Growing up in New York in the 1940s to1960s, in a Religious-Zionist family mixed in an odd way with Hashomer Hatza’ir, I was raised on
According to the recently published Pew Survey of U.S. Jews, a staggering 73% of Jews say that remembering the Holocaust is “an essential part of
