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....
It’s 5am Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
By Yochanan Gordon
This title is of course a play on the 60’s catchphrase coined by TV anchors urging parents to keep their kids sheltered at home from the urban...
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
By Gila Jedwab, DMD
There is one way to my heart. One word that presses pause and makes my head turn in slow motion and ask, “What did you just...
Opinion: Anti-BDS Laws Are a Constitutional and PR Mess
By DAVID SCHRAUB
BERKELEY, Calif. (JTA) — Ronald Reagan infamously described the “nine most terrifying words in the English language” as “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
Right now, pro-Israel...
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...