Study

Advertisement

Brain Death & Jewish Law

Jewish bioethicists, across the denominational spectrum, tend to consider that cessation of breathing (which is connected to brain stem activity) ...

Holocaust Humor: It’s okay to laugh.

Holocaust humor is a very sensitive topic, rightfully so. Many people are appalled by its existence, and this is a ...

More About Peoplehood

Talking about the decline of Jewish Peoplehood was all the rage in 2007. But the debate between Jewcy’s Joey Kurtzman ...

In the North

-Martin van Creveld makes the argument that “Israel’s War With Hezbollah Was Not a Failure.� (Forward) -There is a report ...

Rashba

Solomon Ibn Adret wrote numerous Medieval responsa.

The Truth about Obama

Despite the organized Jewish community publicly coming out and acknowledging that Barack Obama is not anti-Semitic, rumors continue to fly ...

From the Academy: Judith Hauptman

In this week’s installment of “From the Academy,â€? Dr. Judith Hauptman, E. Billi Ivry Professor of Talmud and Rabbinic Culture ...

Israeli Successes

-An Israel-based company has invented a prosthetic tooth, the size of two molars, that delivers drugs automatically to the user. ...

Coming to Israel

-A look at a program that sends Jewish, Christian and Muslim teens to Israel. (Jewish Exponent)-Hana and Sinai Julian made ...

A Mitzva Child

Oh Conservative Movement, you continue our love-hate relationship. Today I hate you.The movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards recently ...

The Anonymous Irish Rabbi

JTA has reported that a “leading rabbi in Ireland” has criticized the Irish Film and Television Academy for an award ...

Tom Zantos Z’L

Today the Jewish community mourns the loss of Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress. ...

Advertisement