An Amazing Weekend Of Chazzanut

Recollections on a perfectly harmonious Shabbos.

Civil Disobedience

How moving it is, therefore, that the first recorded instance of civil disobedience – predating Thoreau by more than three millennia – is the story in this week's parsha of Shifra and Puah, two ordinary women defying Pharaoh in the name of simple humanity.

Taking A Gamble In Las Vegas

Like most assimilated American Jews, their Jewish future was in peril, and the probability of their marrying outside the faith was statistically more than 70 percent.

Hazzan Joseph Jesurun Pinto: Colonial Spiritual Leader

To celebrate this victory Hazzan Pinto wrote a special prayer that was read in Shearith Israel in October 1760.

The ‘Judaism’ Of Arthur Miller And Marilyn Monroe

A recurrent theme in Miller’s work is the tragic defeats that befall common people.

When Dentistry Meets Halacha: An Interview with Rabbi Dr. David Katz

I want to be very clear, though: Almost everybody holds that even if a kohen can attend medical or dental school, he cannot participate in any way shape or form in the actual dissection of a dead body.

Thirteen Outrages In The Rubashkin Prosecution

In denying a request from an AgriProcessors employee that she recuse herself from his criminal case, Judge Reade did not disclose to him or to Rubashkin’s trial lawyers that she had participated in the planning of the raid.

The Times Gets The Vapors Over A Party Vote In Israel

It’s about time, though, that Mr. Abbas and perhaps the Times as well get over their pique at the president’s introduction of a new approach to a problem that has defied all the old ones.

Eim Habanim Smeicha

Mingled with laughter came the tears as she described the terrifying fear she endured every month before she opened the envelope with her latest test results.

My Broken Refrigerator And The Holocaust

When your yardstick for measuring pain and discomfort is the Holocaust, it’s difficult to get too upset about life’s minor problems – and that’s what they are.

The Mischlinge Expose

I wanted to try and begin to understand the unfathomable: How did such evil come about?

An End To The Madness

And what about the Jewish singles themselves? What are they doing to help alleviate the painful problem of not having found their soulmate?

Growth Or Fixed?

Think about a really successful person. Do you think this person achieved his or her success with little or no effort?

Rahel Bluwstein: Rahel the Poetess

Her parents provided private tutors for her general education in addition to her Hebrew learning. As a result, she began writing both Russian and Hebrew poetry at a young age.

A Feud for the Ages: A History of the Jews and the Church...

When the United States opened its doors to new immigrants, both Jews and Catholics responded in large numbers – and soon discovered that old prejudices had immigrated too.

Shevi’s Journey – Chapter XIII

"Yeah. That's… that's why I know it hurts. He pretends it doesn't, he ignores it and all, but… I know it hurts."

A Feud for the Ages: A History of the Jews and the Church...

Catholics like Father Coughlin weren't the only threat during this period.

Rising From The Depths

She becomes a typical American girl and suppresses all her Holocaust memories, never discussing them even with close friends.

Parshas Vayechi

Each one of us has his own role and path - so there is no reason to be jealous of another person.

‘Fair’ Does Not Mean ‘The Same’

Learning from Yaakov Avinu the importance of recognizing the "unique" in everyone.

Dealing With The World

The same nations that condemn us daily in the UN and send money to Hamas and Hizbullah will one day run to Jerusalem to make peace with us.

The Reluctant Witness (Shevuot 29b and 30a)

There are a number of conditions that must be met for a false oath to fall into the category of Shevuat Ha’eidut.

Rachel Imeinu, Mama Rochel

Water was put on his forehead, he was tapped here and there and spoken to and his mother, too, spoke to him, begging him to wake up, to come back. And he did.

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