Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Title: Without Red Strings Or Holy Water: Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → BooksRabbi Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) was a halachist par excellence, philosopher, physician, and a political leader of the Jewish community at the ibn Ezra Synagogue of Egypt. Born in Cordovero, Spain and caused to flee a fanatical Muslim sect, the Rambam travelled to Morocco, Eretz Yisrael, Alexandria, and then served as a physician in the court of the Sultan in Cairo Fostat.
Title: In One Era, Out the Other A Memoir of 20th-21st Century Jewish Life
Posted on: February 28th, 2013
Sections → BooksEach one of us finds ourselves at the center of six generations of history. We hear the echoes of our grandparents’ era and see the beginnings of that of our grandchildren and we hope and endeavor to be the fulfillment of the hopes of one and the inspiration of the other.
Seventy Years Later, White Rose Anti-Nazi Resistance Still Resonates
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsSophie Scholl, her brother Hans and the student group White Rose protested Nazi atrocities, including the murder of Jews. In 1943, the Scholl siblings and their comrade Christoph Probst were caught, tried in a show trial and beheaded.
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsWhile I was tempted to support grants that might provide some relief to a number of shuls, I was not willing to trade that potential short-term benefit for the likelihood of real long-term harm to religious freedom protections.
It’s a Good Thing She’s in the Knesset
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Moshe FeiglinArab MK Haneen Zoabi (Balad) doesn’t allow us to flee from ourselves. She holds an intelligent, scathing and vital mirror to our faces.
With Gun Pointed, I Became A Rabbi
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Lessons In EmunahThe first and only time I said I was a rabbi was also the first and only time I had a gun pointed at me. What led me to that moment was my need to stay on the Upper West Side for a Shabbos and a hospitality committee that arranged for me to stay with a man who lived in the former janitor’s apartment on the fifth floor of a synagogue.
Global Zero’s Possible Consequences For Israel
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Louis Rene BeresAs this is being written, Chuck Hagel has yet to be confirmed as secretary of defense. Whatever the outcome of the Senate vote over his nomination, the views Hagel would have brought (or will in fact bring) to this post are extremely problematic.
Sabato Morais: Forgotten Advocate For Orthodoxy (Part One)
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
Sections → Magazine → Glimpses Into American Jewish History“Sabato Morais was born on April 13, 1823 to Samuel and Bonina Morais in the northern Italian city of Leghorn (Livorno), in the grand duchy of Tuscany. Morais was the third of nine children, seven daughters and the older of the two sons. The Morais family descended from Portuguese Marranos. Morais’ mother, Bonina Wolf, was of German-Ashkenazic descent.”
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
Judaism → Columns → Rabbi Lord Jonathan SacksFraming the epic events of this week’s sedrah are two objects: the two sets of tablets – the first given before, and the second after, the sin of the Golden Calf. Of the first, we read: “The tablets were the work of G-d; the writing was the writing of G-d, engraved on the tablets.”
How Women Can Change The World
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
Judaism → Rebbetzin's ViewpointLast week I shared a letter from a troubled and confused young woman. She had become a ba’alas teshuvah after marriage. Her husband, however, has not changed his secular ways and thinking. The following is my response.
Quick Takes: News You May Have Missed
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → Columns → Aaron Klein.
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialWhen the White House announced some weeks ago that President Obama would be visiting the Middle East with the goal of burnishing U.S.-Israel relations rather than offering any new proposals for restarting the moribund negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, we assumed it would only be a matter of time before a new intifada broke out.
Eating Disorders Can Strike Anyone. Now What Do We About It?
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → Op-EdsWhen people learn I suffered from an eating disorder they often are shocked for two reasons: How could such a vibrant, friendly, nice Jewish girl have had an eating disorder? And if I did, how am I able to talk about it so casually?
When All Else Fails, Are Drones The Answer?
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → EditorialIn his State of the Union speech two weeks ago, President Obama seemed to echo his predecessor’s extravagant “Mission Accomplished” declaration respecting the war in Iraq when he announced that in light of the substantial gains in the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, some 34,000 U.S. troops will return home by this time next year.
Former Columbia University Medical Center Employees File Religious Discrimination Lawsuit
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → News BriefsIn 2010, three employees were fired by the Radiation Safety Office at Columbia University Medical Center in a departmental reorganization. All three are Jewish, with beards and yarmulkes, and were between the ages of 57-65. Now each of the three men are suing on grounds of religious and age discrimination.
Think You’re Busy Preparing For Pesach?
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
InDepth → Front PageThose of you who feel the way I do will immediately relate to this: I hate having to listen to pedantic women discuss their Pesach cleaning before Tu B’Shevat is even a blip on the horizon.
Obama, Bibi To Discuss Iran Nuke Timetable
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → IranJERUSALEM – Only hours after Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced the successful testing of an Arrow-3 missile, the world’s most advanced interceptor system designed to destroy a potential Iranian nuclear-tipped ballistic warhead in space, Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that during President Obama’s trip to Israel later this month, the president will brief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a possible U.S. surgical strike against Iranian nuclear installations.
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Modern Interpretations of Hatikvah and the Anthem’s Future
