Saying Mazel Tov For 400 Years: Amsterdam’s Dotar
It was modeled upon a similar fund that had been set up by Sephardic Jews in Venice. But Amsterdam’s Dotar was initially more ambitious in scope.
The Transforming Message Of Rav Aharon Margalit
Rav Aharon Margalit is a bestselling author – his book, As Long As I Live, has been translated into four languages – and a...
‘I Thought We Were Elected To Actually Do Things’: An Interview with NYS Assemblymember...
The bills I’m proud to have sponsored are less controversial, more responsive to yeshiva and parochial school parents, and were gaining traction in the Assembly until the negative campaign began...
‘Orthodox Society Is Constantly Rewriting The Past’: An Interview with Professor Marc Shapiro
In his day, Rav Kook was the greatest writer of haskamot and pretty much everyone in the Lithuanian Torah world wanted his approbation.
The Renaissance Scholar Who Rescued The Talmud, Zohar and Other Books of Jewish Learning
Johannes Reuchlin, renaissance scholar and savior of seminal works in Jewish thought and theology.
An Exit Interview with the ADL’s Abe Foxman
Anti-Semitism's worse today than in generations but things are different now because there's Israel
I Hope People Will Say Of Me, ‘He Loved Jews’: Rabbi Avi Weiss On...
But on the human level, public protest played a very central role. And that’s not my position – it’s the position of historians who are experts in this area.
Trump: Other Candidates ‘All Talk, No Action’ On Israel
“The only [candidate] that’s going to give real support to Israel is me,” said the 69-year-old Trump.
Ask The Rabbi
Rabbi Pfeffer points out that at his site, there are no one-line answers. "We want to show the people we're interested in their questions," he says.
On The Bookshelf
My best book is one that hasn't been published yet.
Jewish Dating Apps and the Downfall of Jewish Marriage
Dating apps have really changed the way many young Jews approach dating.
‘I Don’t Miss Being President’: An Interview with George W. Bush
I made a decision, as you know, not to criticize my successors, with an “s.”
Get Right Inside HonestReporting
HonestReporting's missions attract a wide gamut of participants, 15% of whom are not Jewish.
Israel Under 12 National Baseball Team is Going to Tuscany!
Under-12 Israel National Baseball Team will compete in Italy in a great international competition
From The New York Times To Fox News: An Interview with Investigative Journalist Judith...
Sometimes it takes a catastrophe like 9/11 to wake Americans up.
Empowering Their Way Across the Kinneret
“This event is about empowering young special needs adults in Israel to live a more fulfilling life”
Swimming the Kinneret at Seventy
70 year old Chana Loecher plans to cross the Kinneret for the 6th time in Swim4Sadna event tomorrow
‘Outreach Is Absolutely The Major Focus Of Aish HaTorah’: A Conversation with Rabbi Steven...
Every Jew has their own deeply personal reasons for becoming Torah observant. We have no right to judge any Jew’s motivation. Our job is just to help guide them on the path to the Torah.
From the Kinneret to Across the World: Israel Forever and Swim4Sadna are Bridging the...
Jews are looking for positive means to feel more connected to Israel. Suggestion: Support Swim4Sadna
In The Presence Of Greatness: My Encounter With Ida Nudel
Ida Nudel’s account of how the Soviets persecuted and punished her was far worse than imagined.
New York Mother & Daughter to Swim Across the Kinneret
Swim4Sadna is an annual event benefiting Sadna, an integrative special-ed community in Gush Etzion
Robert Wistrich: Passionate Defender Of The Jewish People
Prof. Wistrich, was THE foremost historian of anti-Semitism; committed spokesman & advocate of Jewry
“Gedol HaDor”
On his shloshim, I want to discuss a term I've heard countless times about Rav Aharon: Gedol HaDor
Despite The Odds: An Interview With Ruchie Freier
Although I loved law school, I doubted myself: Who would come to me, a chassidish woman lawyer?
Shidduchim Saviors: ‘The Rebbetzins’
We take a whole person approach, giving our people assistance with whatever they need.
