The Russians wrote: “It is also obvious that the Jewish population of the US is divided with regards to the issues of Ukraine and Israel, just as the population of Israel itself.” Russia knows American Jews are weaker when we are divided. A musical concert united us - can we preserve that unity?
The declining demand for rabbis leaves many highly gifted and qualified Modern Orthodox would-be-pulpit-rabbis seeking employment options that are non-rabbinic, or moving to Israel.
Nothing is more difficult than being childless in a society that is socially, religiously, and logistically centered around having children. Opinion.
All that was needed was a minyan to say Kaddish...
No Jewish child should be left behind.
If the ADL sees its role as policing how Jews defend themselves, their credibility will fall as fast as it did over this past week. Op-ed.
Seldom are our fellow Jews offended by us reaching out to them. Op-ed.
The double crisis of a pandemic and a wave of antisemitism has highlighted the essential work of Chabad do on behalf of our people.Op-ed.
Everything he did was motivated by his love for the Jewish people, and he always worked to do so in the broadest way possible. In Memoriam.
A post on an Upper West Side Facebook site brought out evidence of loving kindness beyond anyone's imagination.
Chabad emissaries have the right to express opinions on partisan issues and politics, but doing so diminishes their real message. Opinion.
":I am saddened, my brother Jonathan, you were so very pleasant to me." (Samuel II, Chapter 1) Learning life lessons by example. Op-ed.
You are either on their side or on our side, not both. And there are proud Jews, unabashedly pro-Israel, in the NYS Dem. primaries. Op-ed.
Experts weigh in on what to do so that US Jewish Day Schools can open safely in September, and what Israel's schools can do now. Op-ed..
