Mixed Multitudes
Go West, Young Man
Recently the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs released an interesting report on the Jewish Communities of the Western United States. ...
Kissinger Faces Tomorrow
I’m currently in Jerusalem at a conference convened by Shimon Peres, entitled Facing Tomorrow, in honor of Israel’s 60th birthday. ...
Just Say No to Bamba
I rarely agree with the Haredim, but recently they have instituted a boycott against Bamba and other Israeli snacks: The ...
Negotiating Peace
Reviewing the efforts of Carter, Jerome M. Segal argues that while “Hamas has indeed said it will never recognize Israel, ...
Blogging Avot: Hillel the Hippie
Hillel — the 1st century sage — is one of Judaism’s great heroes. He is one half of the paradigmatic ...
What’s Today’s Date?
So yesterday, I decided to be all festive and celebrate Israel. Struggling to figure out what I wanted for lunch, ...
Conversion Controversy
-The High Rabbinical Court of Israel has ruled that all of the thousands of conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi ...
Blogging Avot: Hating Rabbis (or Authority)
Pirkei Avot 1:10 has some translation issues. Though I’ve been using a different translation until, now, here I’ll start with ...
A Hero In Heaven
Today is Yom Hazikaron, Israeli’s Memorial Day. I’d like to take the opportunity to tell our readers about the life ...
Israel’s Memorial & Independence Days
-The last surviving person to have attended the historical afternoon session when Ben Gurion read the scroll establishing the Jewish ...