Back to Basics: Our Preoccupation with Chametz
By Rabbi Tuvia Teldon
The Exodus of the Jewish people from Egypt is a defining moment in the birth of our nation, and every part of the Torah’s description of...
Hop and Happy Mess: Falling in Love With Sukkot
For Yael Michaely, her husband Boaz, and their three young children, feeling at home in their new country began in earnest one autumn evening in 2004.
For these Israelis recently...
Elul: Preparing for Greater Things
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Elul has arrived. Rosh Chodesh Elul has special significance in regard to connecting more with Hashem and developing “second chances.” On Rosh Chodesh Elul, Moshe went...
Unmasking The Purim Paradox
By Yochanan Gordon
The month of Adar is synonymous with joy and festivities. And while there is great depth and significance to the joy of Purim, it is the type...
Drinking On Purim
By Akiva Lane
Megilla 7b says somewhat cryptically: On Purim “One is obligated to drink until he doesn’t know the difference between arur Haman (Haman should be cursed) and baruch...
Ambassador Friedman Wishes Jews a Happy Sukkot
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman wished the Jewish people a happy Sukkot holiday on Sunday, thanking an Israeli farm for allowing him to pluck his own etrog this...
From Island To Israel
This Purim, Congregation Bais Ephraim Yitzchak (the Island Shul), once again partnered with Daniel Meyer of the International Young Israel Movement to send mishloach manot packages to the men...
Purim: Appreciating Our Lives
By Rav Aryeh Zev Ginzberg
When I asked the senior class at a local yeshiva high school what was their most difficult question about Purim, one of the boys raised...
Crucial Message Of Tishah B’Av: We Must Take The First Step
By Yochanan Gordon
Last week I wrote about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taking to the internet to speak directly to the Iranian people. Instead of trying to negotiate with a...
Purim Kvell
By Klara
In the spirit of Purim and v’nahafoch hu, there will be no kvetching in this week’s column. So what’s the opposite of kvetching? Well, there’s praising, complimenting, and showing...
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Jewish Press Editor Under Fire for Derogatory Tweets
NEW YORK (JTA) — The chief editor of The Jewish Press, an Orthodox newspaper, has repeatedly used his Twitter account to make racial comments...
Yoetzet Program Features Wine and Women Event
By Lisa Septimus
My oldest daughter was on her middle school debate team. Every time she was assigned a new topic, she would feel the...
RJC Calls Congresswomen Communists Who Hate Israel, America
BY BEN SALES
(JTA) — Sen. Lindsey Graham says a group of progressive Democratic congresswomen are “a bunch of communists. They hate Israel. They hate...