Two peoples, poles apart, live in the same tiny country: Here, a community thriving in Torah; there, the vast majority of Israeli Jewry -- estranged,…
Spring 1996(5756)
Israeli Youth 1996: Candid Shots
The psychological insights of our great Torah scholars are often amazing. This should, in fact, not really surprise us, because the Talmud says of the…
The apparent failure to make honesty, in all its forms and at all its levels, a major dimension of our daily lives is a jarring…
As surely as Microsoft's dominance grows, Torah software gets better. Two vendors have grabbed the market for major Torah libraries on CD-ROM. The competition between…
Most Jews today are very much focused on the political future of the Jewish State -- and with good reason. In the process, we have…
In preparation for our 100th Anniversary in 1998, Saul Bernstein, a retired Executive Director of the Orthodox Union and a long-time lay leader, is completing…
It seems that eons have passed since I arrived one bright September day to begin my freshman year at Cornell. Self-conscious, timid and somewhat overawed…
"And Yitzchak trembled very greatly." Rashi, quoting Chazal, explains that he shuddered because he saw Gehinom open beneath him. I, too, shuddered when I first…
Dr. Abraham J. Twerski stated ("You Can Control Your Anger," Jewish Action, Winter '95-'96), "there is no evidence that kicking the door or hitting a…
My children are at that age where their costumes for the Purim parade are far less important than the size of the noise-maker they get…
