Beliefs and concepts
Should the Swastika be Rehabilitated or Forever Damned? A Surprising Debate
When I was growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, I had a friend named Billy Tracy. I admired his name since I was a...
Esther is the Poster Woman for Women’s Rights
In my student days, when I used to campaign for women's rights, I thought that the Purim story was about the suffering of women. That drunk male numbskulls who got boozed up on excessive amounts...
Historic Marriage Agreement Launched by Tzohar and Israel Bar Association
With more than 200 people in attendance from both the Legal and Rabbinic worlds, Tzohar and the Israel Bar Association launched a new Prenuptial Agreement to protect and assist the future of Jewish marriage. "It's the first...
Hippos in Israel? New Museum Re-animates Forgotten Biblical Wildlife
JNS.org - At the recent official opening of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Rabbi Natan Slifkin—also known as the "Zoo Rabbi"—unveiled a huge skull, asking Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul...
Assyrian Christians Under Increasing Assault From Islamic State in Syria
JNS.org - The number of Assyrian Christians captured by the Islamic State terror group...
Five Stages of Antisemitism in Art — From Medieval to Modern Times
Renaissance art stripped Jesus, his family and close followers of their Jewish identity. That fact...
Commemorating the Holocaust in Turkey (With an Attack on Israel)
The victims of the Holocaust were officially going to be commemorated in Turkey - as...
UN Economic Commission and Israel’s MASHAV Team Up for Renewal Energy Workshop
A first of its kind renewable energy workshop was recently organized by the UN Economic...
Should the Swastika be Rehabilitated or Forever Damned? A Surprising Debate
When I was growing up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, I had a friend named Billy Tracy. I admired his name since I was a fan...
Esther is the Poster Woman for Women’s Rights
In my student days, when I used to campaign for women's rights, I thought that the Purim story was about the suffering of women. That...
Historic Marriage Agreement Launched by Tzohar and Israel Bar Association
With more than 200 people in attendance from both the Legal and Rabbinic worlds, Tzohar and the Israel Bar Association launched a new Prenuptial Agreement to...
Hippos in Israel? New Museum Re-animates Forgotten Biblical Wildlife
JNS.org - At the recent official opening of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh, Israel, Rabbi Natan Slifkin—also known as the "Zoo...
Purim or Munich?
Purim is this coming week. It's a story that can be read as being about an ineffectual, drunken leader - a disaster just waiting to...
Assyrian Christians Under Increasing Assault From Islamic State in Syria
JNS.org - The number of Assyrian Christians captured by the Islamic State terror group in northeastern Syria continues to rise, marking the latest brutal...
Five Stages of Antisemitism in Art — From Medieval to Modern Times
Renaissance art stripped Jesus, his family and close followers of their Jewish identity. That fact can be easily verified by a tour of any Renaissance art...
Commemorating the Holocaust in Turkey (With an Attack on Israel)
The victims of the Holocaust were officially going to be commemorated in Turkey - as they would be in many other countries. This was huge....
UN Economic Commission and Israel’s MASHAV Team Up for Renewal Energy Workshop
A first of its kind renewable energy workshop was recently organized by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) together with Israel's Agency for International...
Multifaith Relief Effort for Syrian Refugees Not About Israel, But Israel May Benefit
JNS.org - When members of the pro-Israel community think of populations in need of relief, Syrian refugees are probably not one of the first...
A Frank Conversation on Marriage in Israel With Tzohar’s Rabbi David Stav
JNS.org - I had hardly sat down for my recent meeting with Rabbi David Stav at Manhattan's Wolf & Lamb kosher steakhouse when a...
Yeshivas Are No Longer the Domain of Holiness
"A brawl erupted at the Ponevezh Yeshiva, where a prominent rabbi, Shmuel Markovitz, was physically assaulted by a student of a rival faction, sparking...
With Female Spiritual Advisor, Efrat Spotlights Women’s Empowerment in Israel
JNS.org - In Torah times there was Devorah, prophetess and judge. In Talmudic times there was Bruriah, "the wife of Rabbi Meir," considered a...
Gun Control After Paris
For a long time, I have believed that the gun culture of the United States is dangerous and frankly stupid. So many people are killed...
