A Visit, A Memory and A Wish
There are few places on earth where the phrase “Shabbat Shalom” – “Sabbath of Peace,” introduced by the Safed kabbalists in the 15th century and used as a greeting by many Jews today – would fit so well.
Category: General
Pro-choice in Emanuel
I went to observe the 20,000 haredim who demonstrated in Bene Brak on Thurs. 5bTamuz (17June) and read about the 100,000 in Jerusalem who quietly protested against a ruling of the Israel Supreme Court....
Right of Return
It’s always edifying when bigots who have managed to elude full exposure for years suddenly slip and appear in full ingloriousness. Helen Thomas didn’t even need the alcohol that loosened Mel Gibson’s tongue and...
Celebrating Submission
The Jewish people at Mount Sinai created its eternal bond with the Creator by accepting His gift of gifts to them.
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A Ray of Light in a Lion’s Den
“Boy, you’re brave,” said the first fellow to approach me at the table after the symposium. The panel discussion, on Sunday, April 25, was the second time in as many months that I had...
Gender Agenda of the RCA
The Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America met this week and on the agenda was gender. This reminded me of another conference of professionals, the Arizona Engineers’ Society (l’havdil) which I attended as a civil...
Holocaust/Independence Day nexus that can perplex us
TO sit /stand/walk/be silent/ recite Psalms/ study? These are the choices you have to make if you are in Israel on Holocaust Remembrance Day which the government in 1951 established the week after Pesach,...
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