Posts Tagged: Jewish world
Rabbis Who Ban
People have every right to decide what they will read or listen to and what they will not. They also have the right to try...
‘The Jews Are More Honorable Than All Arab Regimes,’ Declares Iraqi Muslim in Viral Video
An Iraqi Muslim who said he fled his country due to its volatile security situation professed his love for Israel and the Jewish people last...
Indian Jewish Community in Maharashtra Granted Minority Status, Providing Members With Choice Government Benefits
A proposal granting minority status to the Jewish community in the Indian state of Maharashtra was passed by the government on Tuesday, the Times of...
Publisher Marty Peretz, Journalist Jere Van Dyk Honored at Algemeiner Summer Benefit (PHOTOS)
The Algemeiner honored two titans of journalism at its fourth annual Summer Benefit late last week in New York City. Former Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The...
Who, Me?
Another year has gone by. When I was young there was a popular folk, student song that referred to a Kentucky coal miner during the Depression....
Christian Giving Provides Lifeline for ‘Abandoned’ Ukrainian Jewish Community (INTERVIEW)
Since the outbreak of violence and political chaos in Ukraine, Christian charity has been lavished on the country's beleaguered and isolated Jewish community, Rabbi Yechiel...
Top 10 Non-Jews Positively Influencing the Jewish Future 2013
Since publishing my first annual list of non-Jews who have wielded significant positive influence over the Jewish future, it seems that the popularity of the...
Torah & Norman Solomon
As we approach Simchat Torah, the festival of the Torah, the question of its source and authority remains at the very center of our current...
Dr. Phil, Shauli Grossman, Ex-Hassidim, and the True Path to Enlightenment
Writers and pundits of all ideological stripes have weighed in on the controversy surrounding the best-selling "expose" of the Hassidic world by Deborah Feldman and...
The Rebellious Man of Faith
The patriarch Jacob, my namesake (Jacob Shmuel) of whom we have read the past few weeks in the Bible, is the most maligned of all...
Will the Real David Harris Please Stand Up?
As I've written before, I have a problem with my name. It's not that there's anything inherently wrong with it. It's just that, unlike Bon Jovi,...
Top 10 Non-Jews Positively Influencing the Jewish Future
Last year, following the release of the Jerusalem Post's first annual list of the world's 50 most influential Jews, I was inspired to create a...
The Work of a Young Jewish Innovator
I recently had the honor of attending the ROI Summit in Jerusalem, a gathering of young Jewish innovators from around the globe funded by the Charles...
