InDepth

Our emotional response to events has much to do with how we process events.

Nothing defines a community so much as its recognition of common leadership and willingness to respect its authority.

Each week, the Shabbat morning service tells a different dramatic story.

What's lacking on all sides of the discussion is a frank consideration of what we might learn from each other.

Recent stories in the Israeli media, citing “unnamed sources,” indicate that Mr. Kerry failed to get backing from President Obama to confront Israel over its rejection of his peace proposals

For us, the key factor is that support in Congress for new sanctions has collapsed in the face of the president’s blandishments.

This week Rabbi Hershel Schachter, one of the most prominent roshei yeshiva of Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, not only issued a stinging rebuke of the practice of women wearing tefillin but also the process by which such decisions are made.

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There’s also the issue of accusing the Jews of being excessively materialistic and exploitative of non-Jews. You see a lot of that in far-left propaganda – that the Jews are overwhelmingly concentrated in the petty bourgeoisie, which in itself is an archaic class form, and thrives on tricking people and squeezing money out of them through illicit methods of trade.

“To be a Jew is to open one’s tent on all four sides so that any stranger in need of food and shelter can enter from every direction. To be a Jew is to believe that the world can be redeemed. To be a Jew is to be carried by the current of the ancient Jewish river that keeps on flowing. The journey will continue.”

We begin with 4 obvious pick ups: Arkansas, Montana, West Virginia and South Dakota.

As U.S. credibility and stature diminish, the president and his secretaries of state and defense engage in eloquent denial.

Michelle Obama's lust for luxury has always been a bit of a problem for her husband and Democrats in general.

Could the Obamas be any more “let ‘em eat cake”?

While in English Abbas was touting peace, in Arabic his officials were supporting "armed resistance" against Israel.

The world and the United State continue to give Rouhani a pass.

Jews should be excited and participate in their culture and faith from a place of enthusiasm and love.

Is Kerry an Emperor who issues decrees from on high over which poor ghetto Jews have no power whatsoever?

The Talmud (Eiruvin 96a) mentions that Michal, the daughter of King Saul, wore Tefilin and no one objected.

According to Winston Churchill, "an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

To comprehend the Middle East one must consider the convoluted, and often counterproductive role the super powers have played in the region.

Kerry will now have to find a way to calm King Abdullah and his constituents before Jordan slips into civil war.

The main obligation of a state toward its citizen is to provide them with security.

I know a little something about human rights violations – such as the violation of my daughter Alisa’s right to live.

Issuing a statement dredging up Wildstein’s life, Christie’s office raised as many questions as it answered.

There must be an Orthodox presence and an Orthodox refusal to attend Limmud NY.

How political movements gain footholds remains one of the great true-life mysteries.

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It’s no secret that many in the academic community support boycotts as a means of pressuring and punishing Israel. So it’s understandable that proposed legislation to prohibit use of public funds to promote boycotts – authored by New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and now being considered by the Assembly – has created an uproar. An identical bill was passed last week by the State Senate.