“This is a story about kiddush Hashem, not about any individual,” says the rabbi who stood at the center of one of the more fascinating…
Spring 2011 (5771)
Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?
While technology has given us many near-miraculous inventions that have certainly improved our lives, it has ushered in a number of problems. Knowledge might appear…
Despite the surge of traffic on the Jewish dating sites, many frum single men and women are choosing to stick with the time-honored tradition of…
For the last six years, I have considered myself to be the most fortunate Jew in the world. During these years, I’ve had the great…
Close to 8,000 Falash Mura-descendants of Ethiopian Jews who converted due to missionary work and persecution–live in the Gondar region of Ethiopia. The Israeli government…
Memories of the Hurva I read with great interest the articles (fall 2010) regarding the Hurva Synagogue in Jerusalem. To me, they had special meaning.…
The Carmel Forest: before and after the devastating fire–the worst in Israel’s history–that claimed the lives of more than forty people. Photos: www.sasson-photos.com “And the…
The publication of a book by one of the leading Jewish thinkers of our time, a man whose mastery of Torah texts is matched by…
Rashi By Elie Wiesel Random House Books New York, 2007 90 pages Reviewed by Avigdor Bonchek When I saw that noted Holocaust survivor and Nobel…
I was born in America, yet I consider myself a refugee. As a young adult, I fled the secular world for one truer to my…
