Jager: American Jewry in Total Denial

By Ron Jager Not a day goes by without Jews being shot in their synagogues, stabbed, bludgeoned, pushed to the ground, spat on, and cursed at. Graffiti on the walls...

Jedwab: The Power of Mordechais

  By Gila Jedwab, DMD EDITORS NOTE: The debate over the global response to the COVID-19 virus will most likely go on for months, maybe years. It is the opinion of...

Why My Congregation Is Praying in Person for the High Holidays

By Rabbi Yosie Levine NEW YORK (JTA) — On March 11, we decided to close The Jewish Center, the large Orthodox congregation in Manhattan where I serve as senior rabbi....

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Abraham Twerski, 90, Hasidic Rabbi And Psychiatrist Who Specialized In Substance Abuse

BY SHIRA HANAU AND BEN HARRIS Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, the scion of multiple Hasidic dynasties, author of more than 60 books, and a physician who became a leading...

Jedwab: God Is the Word to My Heart

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Opinion: Anti-BDS Laws Are a Constitutional and PR Mess

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Opinion: Mandatory Moment of Silence Needed in Public Schools

By Rabbi Yehoshua S. Hecht Presidium Chairman Rabbinical Alliance of America July 30, 2019, marked the 63rd anniversary of the bipartisan vote of the U.S. Congress (pl 84-140) enacted to...

Other Side of the Bench: Knee-Jerk Reactions

  In the summer of 1973, after I graduated from the local Hebrew day school in Columbus, Ohio, my mother thought it would be a good idea for me to...

Halachic Musings: Is the Pandemic Over?

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman “Can we go back to shul now?” “Do we really need that mask and “Safer Torah Shield?” “Is it still safek pikuach nefesh?” These questions and more are being...
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