Yochanan Gordon: The Soul of America
We have weekly article deadlines, and I haven’t been all that good in honoring them lately. However, as much as I tried to write my reflections ahead of time...
Yochanan Gordon: The Mask in My Pocket
Over the last couple of weeks I have written about teshuvah and our overall preparation for the Yomim Nora’im in the context of song. It occurred to me that,...
War Of Words In Israel: Are ‘Annex,’ ‘Occupier’ Right Terms?
By Scott Feltman
Questions of “annexation” have taken center-stage lately. Since the revealing of President Donald Trump’s Peace Plan, pundits and politicians have been asking: Should Israel annex “Area C,”...
The Mask In My Pocket
By Yochanan Gordon
Over the last couple of weeks I have written about teshuvah and our overall preparation for the Yomim Nora’im in the context of song. It occurred to...
Isaias: The Storm That Was
By Alex Edelman, Mayor, Village of Lawrence
Eli Kutner, Candidate, Village of Lawrence Trustee
Pesach Osina, Candidate, NYC Council District 31
Paris Popack, President, Lawrence Association, candidate, Village of Lawrence Trustee
On Tuesday,...
A Closer Look at Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, z’l, was a descendant of Rav Avrohom Weinberg, the first Slonimer Rebbe, one of the leading chassidic rabbis of the 19th century. He...
What Seth Rogen Is Really Telling Us
By Rabbi Yotav Eliach
Seth Rogen is not a bad person, nor is he a self-hating Jew. He is a typical North American “woke” progressive, a citizen of the world...
The Way It Is: Suicide, They Wrote
Will Ghislaine Maxwell be allowed to live? It’s a pity that Jeffrey Epstein was not. And not because of sympathy for Epstein — my sympathy is for his victims,...
Other Side Of The Bench: Mourning Laws
In pre-corona days, I would wake up around 5:30 a.m., hit a 6 a.m. minyan, rush home, grab a bite, and be off to my office in Brooklyn or...
Yochanan Gordon: Kol Korehs and Excommunications
The current kashrus debate is very much on people’s minds and in their conversations these days. It seems to be a highly contentious issue, conjuring deep emotion and excitement...
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A Nation In Mourning
By Malkie Gordon Hirsch
Most people don’t get it. And it’s not that they don’t try, but they’re simply not equipped with the tools to...
A Wonderful Whirlwind Weekend
By Larry Gordon
It is not that my parents invented weekend bar mitzvahs, but that’s exactly how we celebrated about a half-century ago. At the...
Breaking Dawn Plus
By Larry Gordon
Seventeen years ago this week, the order was issued to forcibly evacuate residents of Gush Katif, about 10,000 people who courageously built communities...