Posted on: November 1st, 2006

Its origins are in the medieval Spanish kingdom of Castille, in the early thirteenth century, well before Columbus left for the Americas.

Posted on: October 25th, 2006

His voice had the strength of a pipe organ and the gentleness of a violin, but most of all it had the power to make men weep.

Posted on: October 18th, 2006

The American Orthodox Jewish community of today is drastically different from the community that existed in America 75 years ago.

Posted on: October 11th, 2006

In his visit to Lebanon earlier this year, Noam Chomsky justified Hizbullah's military arsenal as a "deterrent to potential aggression."

Posted on: October 4th, 2006

Rosen cannot even bring himself to use the names that historians normally use, such as "Bergson Group" or "Bergsonites."

Posted on: September 27th, 2006

The Middle East, after all, is a volatile region, and accurate predictions are not always so easy. But there is no such excuse for Siegman's all too common errors of fact.

Posted on: September 20th, 2006

The tzaddikim, unsayed by desire to indulge in the pleasures the "island" proffers, stay on board.

Posted on: September 13th, 2006

Jewish religious observance suffered a propitious decline in early- and mid-20th century America.

Posted on: September 6th, 2006

For years, Nasrallah mocked Israeli society as a "spider's web," intricate, elaborate, but weak and easily swept away. Now it was Nasrallah's turn to be swept away.

Posted on: August 30th, 2006

Today, as in the past, the conduct of Jews who despise their own people spans the full spectrum of political depravity.

Posted on: August 23rd, 2006

Back in April, Rabbi Wolpe gave a sermon whose title took one aback: "Can Israel Survive?"

Posted on: August 16th, 2006

On the advice of his halachic authority, Rabbi Slifkin refused to recant his books until he would be able to meet with the rabbis condemning the books.

Posted on: August 9th, 2006

Harry chose to enter the diplomatic service and in 1936 was posted as a U.S. vice consul in Marseille, France. There he would soon come face to face with the plight of Hitler's Jewish victims.

Posted on: August 2nd, 2006

These stories instilled in Matthew a certain character - tough, brash - but not a sense of mission. Not a drive to fight for Israel.

Posted on: July 26th, 2006

One day in the summer of 1981, when I was still living in Brooklyn, I received a call from Dassie Marcus, a fervent supporter of Israel, the settlement movement, and Gush Emunim.

Posted on: July 19th, 2006

"All you do all day is threaten that there will be Katyusha rockets landing in Ashkelon.

Posted on: July 12th, 2006

We began with a website and publications to provide a clear picture of Modern Orthodox ideology.

Posted on: July 4th, 2006

Back then, our parents and grandparents marched in freezing snow for hours in uniforms and plastic slippers - and survived.

Posted on: June 28th, 2006

For most of my life, I lived a Clark Kent existence: that of a Jew residing in Manchester, England, intent on blending into the modern, secular world.

Posted on: June 21st, 2006

There would be Orthodox insiders cautioning, "Be quiet, don't make trouble. We have friends at Federation and we will make a deal."