Deviating from Torah law leads to consequences
This week’s Torah reading contains both narrative history and dogmatic Jewish halakha. It relates to us the tragic story of the deaths of the two older sons of Aaron, when they apparently willfully mishandled...
Separate but comfortable: How Israelis want to live
There is no better illustration of the data presented earlier today by The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) than the decision made yesterday by Israel’s Supreme Court. The court, in a decision too complicated...
אַבֿרהם רייזען Avrom Reisen
אַבֿרהם רייזען (1876־1953) — פּאָעט, דערציילער
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Le Pen Beckons French Jews — And Some Respond
Back in February, the right-wing Jewish website Dreuz reported on an unprecedented meeting: The Confederation Of French Jews And Friends Of Israel, it disclosed, had recently met with Louis Alliot, the vice president of...
What Is Gematria?
gematria is a numerological system by which Hebrew letters correspond to numbers. This system, developed by practitioners of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), derived from Greek influence and became a tool for interpreting biblical texts.
In gematria,...
Piercy Earns Spot on Maccabi USA Squad
There are very few athletes that ever get the feeling of competing in the red, white and blue with “USA” across your chest.
Rising junior Nicole Piercy of the University of Richmond Swimming & Diving...
ADL Poll Finds Americans Concerned About Violence Against Jews and Other Minorities
Two new public opinion polls commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) reveal important trends among Americans in terms of their views of Jews and other religious minorities.
The surveys reveal that while anti-Semitic attitudes in...
Amnon Weinstein and the ‘Violins of Hope’ break the silence of the Holocaust.
Amnon Weinstein is one of the world’s most respected violinmakers. His talented, weathered hands give new voice to silenced instruments. They fight a greater silence in the process. That struggle is his life’s work....
Adjusting to the Israeli consensus on the Palestinians
The consensus among Jewish Israelis expressed by the members of Knesset at the Ruderman Foundation town hall discussion a fortnight ago – simply put, that security trumps peacemaking with the Palestinians – continues to...
Lithuanian university grants degrees for Jewish students expelled in WWII
Following the request of an Israeli doctor and the Israeli Embassy in Lithuania, the Vilnius University decided to award bachelor’s degrees to hundreds of Jewish students who were expelled from the university during World...