Still staggering from the trauma of the dreadful news of the demise of my niece, Judy Young, I find myself unable to offer adequately either…
Winter 2007(5768)
Warm Winter Dishes
Ever since I assumed the presidency of the Orthodox Union in November 2004, one of my major priorities has been the growth and development of…
Was Chava actually created from one of Adam’s ribs?
Oil plays a dominant role in the observance of Chanukah. Many of us light our chanukiyot (Chanukah menorahs) with olive oil instead of candles. And…
It’s that time of year again in the Jewish State. An entire industry has shut down, workers are refraining from taking up their posts, and…
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…
No matter where we live, terror is a cruel phenomenon that we have grown to accept as an unfortunate fact of twenty-first-century life. Indeed, the…
On Motzei Shabbat, March 9, 2002, just after 10:30 PM, a suicide bomber entered Jerusalem’s bustling Café Moment and detonated the powerful explosives strapped to…
In his classic opus To Be a Jew, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin poses a familiar rhetorical query most succinctly: “If proof of God’s existence is…
I was born in a year that provided a unique opportunity that those a few years older and younger than I missed.
