In the twelfth century, a Spanish traveler known as Binyamin of Tudela set out on a thirteen-year tour of Jewish communities across Europe and the…
Summer 2012 (5772)
Ahavat Yisrael: A Grave Matter
One of the universally acknowledged goals of Jewish education, in addition to acquainting students with the fundamentals of Judaism, deepening their sense of faith and…
Four years ago, feeling helpless over the Sderot bombings and the intensifying danger facing Jews worldwide, Tziporah Harris knew that Jewish unity would turn it…
For the past four issues of Jewish Action, my messages have been devoted to one topic—the affordability of Jewish life, particularly with regard to yeshivah…
By now the outlines of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel’s life are widely known. Born in Chicago in 1943 to Rabbi Eliyahu Meir, zt”l, and Sarah…
Early this year, my family celebrated the wedding of my nephew Simcha in Baltimore, Maryland. The wedding was lovely. The chatan and kallah radiated a…
Back in the 1950s and 60s, I don’t recall there being any labels identifying one’s religiosity. You were either observant or non-observant. In Yeshiva Torah…
Who would have imagined a display of Jewish unity emerging from that most solitary of sports—long distance running? Since its inception in 1983, the International…
By Mark Levie Hearing my thirteen-year-old daughter Talia say that she had the best Shabbat ever was music to my ears. And it was not…
The Knesset Menorah stands about fifteen feet high across from the main entrance to the Knesset. Photo: www.sasson-photos.com Upon the founding of the State…
