Spirituality/Tradition
Love and the Principle of Sacrifice
One of the most difficult elements of the Torah and the way of life it prescribes is the phenomenon of animal sacrifices -- for...
The Day After
Haman’s plot failed. He and all of his sons were hung on the gallows he had erected to kill Mordechai. Only yesterday condemned to death, he is today, like Joseph was long ago in Egypt, “second to the King.”...
Ivanka Trump Prepares for Purim With Help From Her 2-Year-Old
Businesswoman and heiress Ivanka Trump uploaded a photo to Instagram on Sunday, showing her son help her prepare Purim baskets for the Jewish holiday. The photo shows 2-year-old Joseph eating candy as he helps fill colorful containers with...
New York Summit Advances Hispanic Christians’ Pro-Israel Momentum
JNS.org - Navigating security at the Consulate General of Israel in New York requires patience, but visitors attending the recent Latino-Jewish roundtable discussion at that venue were undeterred by long lines. On the contrary, a palpable...
From Mourning to Mission: Miriam Peretz, Mother of All the Boys
JNS.org - Before 1998, Miriam Peretz’s life was rather ordinary. She and her husband were living...
A Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
Purim’s historical background: The 586 BCE destruction of the First Temple (on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount) by...
How Israel Survived the Mediterranean’s Worst Drought in 900 Years
JNS.org - Israeli water experts say that a combination of water from rainfall, recycling of wastewater,...
As Jews, It’s Now Our Job to Help Other Refugees
JNS.org - The Torah reiterates, no less than 36 times, versions of the commandment to love...
Purim Pairings: 7 Easy, Fun Ways to Combine Costumes and Gift Baskets
JNS.org - Groggers, candy and music. A story that involves royalty, a beauty pageant and the...
Love and the Principle of Sacrifice
One of the most difficult elements of the Torah and the way of life it prescribes is the phenomenon of animal sacrifices -- for obvious...
The Day After
Haman’s plot failed. He and all of his sons were hung on the gallows he had erected to kill Mordechai. Only yesterday condemned to death, he is...
Ivanka Trump Prepares for Purim With Help From Her 2-Year-Old
Businesswoman and heiress Ivanka Trump uploaded a photo to Instagram on Sunday, showing her son help her prepare Purim baskets for the Jewish holiday. The photo...
New York Summit Advances Hispanic Christians’ Pro-Israel Momentum
JNS.org - Navigating security at the Consulate General of Israel in New York requires patience, but visitors attending the recent Latino-Jewish roundtable discussion at that venue...
From Mourning to Mission: Miriam Peretz, Mother of All the Boys
JNS.org - Before 1998, Miriam Peretz’s life was rather ordinary. She and her husband were living in the same house in the Jerusalem suburb of Givat...
A Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2016
Purim’s historical background: The 586 BCE destruction of the First Temple (on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount) by the Babylonian Emperor, Nebuchadnezzar, triggered a wave of Jewish emigration...
How Israel Survived the Mediterranean’s Worst Drought in 900 Years
JNS.org - Israeli water experts say that a combination of water from rainfall, recycling of wastewater, desalination of seawater and a large-scare water conservation campaign has...
As Jews, It’s Now Our Job to Help Other Refugees
JNS.org - The Torah reiterates, no less than 36 times, versions of the commandment to love the stranger as ourselves, for we know the heart of...
Purim Pairings: 7 Easy, Fun Ways to Combine Costumes and Gift Baskets
JNS.org - Groggers, candy and music. A story that involves royalty, a beauty pageant and the antagonist getting hung on a tree. And let’s not forget...
Reflecting on Purim — Then and Now
There is a trend in certain quarters to look at the story of Purim as one of Jewish aggression -- the murder of innocent Persian non-Jews, and...
Esther Teaches Us Never to Judge a Jew By His — or — Her Appearance
So where do gutsy, brave, Jewish women who are willing to lay down their lives for their people, and do things that are frequently unpopular...
A Request for a Favor From Some of My Fellow Rabbis
I'd like to ask some of my colleagues a favor. I teach Torah for a living, often to people who don't have a lot of background....
Memory and the True Message of the Book of Esther
One of the most frightening aspects of old age is the potential onset of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Active, successful people slowly descend into a...
Terrorism’s Unseen Wounds
A few days ago, a visiting friend and I walked through Jerusalem’s Mamilla Mall, up some steep stairs and through the Old City’s Jaffa Gate....
