Yossy Goldman / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Yossy Goldman / JNS.org
Mind Your Own Business? Not When You Care
JNS.org - I wrote last week about the most famous biblical commandment: “love thy neighbor.” We shared commentary by Nachmanides (the Rambam) on how we...
Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself. Really?
JNS.org - If I asked you to name the most famous line in the Bible, what would you answer? While Shema Yisrael (“Hear O’Israel”) might...
A Nation Like No Other
JNS.org - As a rabbi, I’ve often had to juggle conflicting life-cycle events in a single day. I’ve gone from a funeral to a wedding,...
‘For This, Have You Been Chosen’
JNS.org - I trust that Jews worldwide enjoyed a meaningful and memorable Passover with family and friends. Of course, no one could stop thinking of...
‘Tradition, Tradition!’
JNS.org - How important is tradition in Judaism? Obviously, the answer is that it is very important. I mean, they even dedicated a major song...
The ‘Egg-Sodus’ from Egypt
JNS.org - At Passover seders around the world, one of the items on the seder plate will be a simple hard-boiled egg. I would like to spend a moment...
Half a Matzah
JNS.org - Passover is around the corner, and I will be so presumptuous as to suggest that you may have opened your favorite Haggadah to...
From Strength to Strength!
JNS.org - There have been a variety of inquiries and investigations into the reasons that Israel was so shockingly vulnerable to the unprecedented terrorist attack...
God in a Box
JNS.org - Martha Goldberg was a middle-aged Jewish woman from the Bronx, N.Y., on her visit to the Far East. After the long trip from...
Behind the Mask
JNS.org - Purim is a serious festival. Yet many people consider it merely a children’s masquerade party. The very notion of dressing up, wearing masks...
Deeds and Consequence
JNS.org - And now for the weather! No, I’m not a meteorologist, but we are all seeing very real changes in the weather around the world....
Hollywood Hype
JNS.org - The Academy Awards ceremony—with all its traditional Hollywood hype and international attention—is set to take place in Los Angeles on March 2. The...
Is Religion Rational?
JNS.org - When it comes to religion, how much is belief, and how much is rational? Is Judaism a rational religion? Does being religious require...
Destiny in Disaster?
JNS.org - Have you ever met a professor of comparative religion? I’ve often wondered whether these academics have really studied all religions and if they...
