Heard At The Bagel Store: Political Intrigue
There was a glimpse of summer last Shabbos that quickly disappeared back into the seasonal storage vaults or wherever it is that our four annual climatic changes are stored....
In the Bagel Store: Numb and Silent
In one way it is now all over, but in another sense it is all just beginning. We are at one of those key junctures on our calendar that...
From the Editor: Meeting Ambassador Danon
By Larry Gordon
Years ago, an appointment with then Likud Knesset member Danny Danon was always on the schedule when we visited Jerusalem. MK Danon was always friendly and congenial...
Heard in the Bagel Store: Understanding Chametz
There are multiple manifestations of the faceoff between the elimination of bread from our homes beginning this weekend and the incorporation of matzah as it replaces it over the...
Keeping the Pesach Tradition By Traveling
It seems that the fashion in which we have come to celebrate Pesach is represented these days by extremes. The other day there was an appeal in a Five...
From The Editor
Israel, after all these years, has no choice but to be resilient. It is not a matter of just being strong in the face of adversity and tragedy, as...
The View from Jerusalem
JERUSALEM DIARY
For just a moment, let’s forget about “Next year in Jerusalem,” and let’s dwell on the experience of “This week in Jerusalem.”
It is a new experience for us...
From the Editor
In response to last week’s column that wondered how supporters of Israel can support a two-state solution that creates a Palestinian state in Israel’s heartland while at the same...
Heard in the Bagel Store
One Year Later
Is it possible that a year has already passed?
This week we will observe the first yahrzeit for my mother, Sora Roiza bas Aharon (Rosalind Gordon), and a...
Left, Right, Wrong
By Larry Gordon
Why is it that the media and other aggressive critics are so determined to work to undermine those who, on the surface anyway, seem to have their...
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British Teacher Threatens to Send Students ‘Off to the Gas Chambers’
A British primary school teacher has been fired after she told a group of Jewish students that they would be sent to the “gas...
Kohelet: The ‘Wright’ Motivation
By Danyel Goldberg
Shulamith High School Assistant Principal
אֹהֵ֥ב כֶּ֨סֶף֙ לֹֽא־יִשְׂבַּ֣ע כֶּ֔סֶף וּמִֽי־אֹהֵ֥ב בֶּֽהָמ֖וֹן לֹ֣א תְבוּאָ֑ה גַּם־זֶ֖ה הָֽבֶל
Whoever loves silver will not be sated with silver,...
Jewish Group to Plant ‘Trees of Life’ for Pittsburgh, Poway Victims
The Jewish organization United With Israel is inviting people to sponsor the planting of more than 20 different fruit trees in Israel in memory...