The headlines about the Swissair tragedy have faded and other newspaper stories vie for our attention. Yet it is precisely at this point, as the horror of 229 people meeting…
As much as we’d like to think of it as a sober, careful decision, we have yet to understand the astounding forces that gathered, propelling us to our homeland.
In our never-ending quest to put a yarmulke on Darwin, it is time to get down to The Truth about what, or some say Who, runs the world.
Purim, 2006 – Joyous celebration in the sovereign State of Israel greeted the final step of the “At Peace” Process — the signing of the Why Not? Accords at an…
I was once told a charming story about a Chassidic rebbe, whose name I’ve conveniently forgotten, who prepared rigorously for every mitzvah. On erev Sukkos he sat up all night,…
As I looked out the window of the El Al jet, the plane was lifting off the runway. The fellow beside me was already snoring. A tall, denim-clad woman sprawled…
It’s a little embarrassing to admit, but I’m not a ba’alas teshuvah (BT). As I was born to observant Jewish parents, the outreach networks dismiss me as an “FFB”—a “frum…
What if "The Three Little Pigs" is really a hidden Jewish parable on our exile, assimilation and redemption?
