The Pitfalls of Wealth Rabbi Emanuel Feldman’s piece (“How To Handle the Financial Crisis: A Trans-Century Phone Call”) in the spring 2009 issue of Jewish…
Fall 2009(5770)
Reflections on the Power of Prayer
On April 11, 1909, sixty families held a historic lottery on the sand dunes along the Mediterranean Sea, just a few hundred yards north of…
On the occasion of Tel Aviv’s 100th anniversary, Jewish Action explores religious life in one of Israel’s most secular cities. Tel Aviv’s centennial celebrations are…
On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Maharal’s death, we present several articles highlighting the enormous intellectual and spiritual contribution Maharal has made to…
In this essay, Shnayer Leiman, professor of Jewish history and literature at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, explains how the legend…
Maharal of Prague: Be’er Hagolah By Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein Mesorah/ArtScroll Publications Brooklyn, 2000 279 pages Reviewed by Elyakim Krumbein Be’er HaGolah (henceforth: BH) occupies a…
This article attempts to define the unique approach of Maharal and to explain why he occupies such a central place in Jewish thought. The Maharal…
Ari Wasserman, 38, a successful Los Angeles lawyer, is leading a double life. He’s traversing both the Torah and corporate worlds with seemingly the greatest…
I will never forget old Jake. A likable and generous contributor to our Atlanta synagogue, he was invited one Yom Kippur to mount the pulpit…
As we approach the Yamim Noraim, we are obligated to contemplate the events of the past year and to formulate a strategy for the coming…
