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Pres. Trump said two words no one wanted to hear, pointing out a situation many recognize but most are afraid to mention: Disloyal Jews. With a piercing, instinctive understanding, Trump put a spotlight on an identity crisis in the Jewish community.

An official from Russia’s intelligence agency admitted his organization failed to maintain adequate data security.

As a rabbi, I’ve heard my fair share of interesting questions…

Terrorism in France seemingly captures the hearts and minds of people around the world. Is it because of the country’s devout secular nature?

Air conditioning and heating are not how we change the climate. They’re how we cope with it.

And then Banana Republic debuts four hijabs and it’s cultural appropriation even though Islam appropriates cultures the way hot dog eating contest winners go through sauerkraut and brats. Huge chunks of the Koran are appropriated from Judaism and Christianity like a little kid trying to write his own comic book by taking all the best parts of all the books and movies he saw and mixing them up.

Trump is comfortable with nationalism, which American liberals have long since rejected, and it makes sense to him that members of a people would naturally want to stick up for their ancestral homeland, even while preferring to live somewhere else.

Trump wasn’t talking about disloyalty to America, he was talking about disloyalty to the Jewish people, and President Trump is 100% correct.

Rabbi Abba kissed the stones – which don’t yield fruit or produce – to demonstrate that the Land was holy in and of itself.

We have a tradition, when Jews want to forget they are Jewish, the non-Jews come around and remind us, the hard way.

Monday’s Tlaib/Omar presser was a horrible display. Two members of Congress were expressing their Antisemitism in public, aired live by major media, their hate speech supported by their fellow Democrats. Although as far as acting goes one of the two members of Congress had provided an award-winning performance, but she left out one important point...

This is not the first time MSNBC chose to offer negative opinions on Israel. This leads me to wonder if MSNBC’s editorial policy is to represent the interest of the Palestinian Arabs with little desire to provide Israel’s position

Despite what the critics say, Netanyahu’s decision doesn’t seem to have been ideological – although I think it should have been – but rather a simple balancing of the likely consequences of the options available.

As the debate over immigration continues, we must ask ourselves difficult questions about the price we are willing to pay to welcome in one particular group without caring about the cost to ourselves.

The trend of denying people entry to a country because of the perception that they will foment hatred or violence is occurring in several democracies--including the US and UK

Tikkunism is a radical departure from traditional Judaism. Reform Judaism deemphasized the “ritual” commandments like observance of kashrut and Shabbat, while emphasizing the “social” commandments like concern for strangers, widows, and orphans, and the political vision of the Prophets. Tikkunism goes even farther and redefines the social commandments and in terms of progressive politics.

You were quoted as stating that “Jews and Zionists have terrorism in their blood”, and are trying to destroy Poland.

It took an American president to stiffen the backbone of Israel's leader.

“Why don’t all the religious Jews in America move here?” I expected to receive a long lecture on fine halachic points. Instead, the wizened sage held out two fingers, rubbed them together, and said, “Dollarim.”

The idea that Mizrahim are “Arab Jews” is wrong. It is also insulting, suggesting that they lost sight of their ancient heritage during their time in exile, and assimilated to the surrounding culture. And it is pernicious

No stone unthrown

{Originally posted to The Lid website} Saturday was a horrible day for America. Two mass shootings. Thirty-one people were killed and more than fifty injured....

A few years ago, I realized something that changed the way I look at Tisha B’Av and while I can’t say I look forward to Tisha B’Av I started to focus on what I call “The Tisha B’Av of Today”. I focus on the national tragedies of what is happening right now – and what I can do to prevent them from continuing.

Harold Brofsky was not our friend's real name, but the story is his and needs to be shared.

I want to tell you about a dream I had this past Shabbat on Tisha B'Av..

{Originally posted to The Lid website} This coming Saturday evening August 10th begins the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’ Av (literally the 9th of...

I know this is a radical theory, but I blame Saturday’s massacres on two people–the two monsters who took guns to public places and started killing.

While Sanders wants to destroy capitalism immediately, Warren is simply seeking to establish the mechanisms to kill investment and motivation. Her long-term goal is to let capitalism choke under the weight of government

People don't make aliyah because they are in love with the exile and don't want to give it up.

They dominate the Forward's entire site; they dominate the NYT's editorial and news sections, JTA gives them plenty of coverage yet they claim they are not allowed to speak.