Monthly Archives: October 2023
We shouldn’t overdo it with the apologies
Fresh off a day of fasting and breast-beating, many Jews had spent Yom Kippur atoning for sins, committing to change and hoping for the best when it comes to the Book of Life. (I...
Thousands celebrate Sukkot in Hebron
While the traditional Priestly Blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City is the best known Israeli highlight of the Sukkot holiday, thousands of Jews visited Hebron and its Tomb of the Patriarchs on Tuesday.
The...
Comparing and contrasting Halloween and Sukkot
The month of October unleashes a tension of sorts in our predominantly Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood in Los Angeles. As one walks farther from Pico Boulevard, the ubiquitous sukkot on front lawns give way to macabre Halloween...
Netanyahu rejects ‘losing horse’ words by Khamenei, plows ahead with outreach
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded sharply to an anti-Israel tweet by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, saying, "While Khamenei’s terrorist regime exports ruin and destruction, Israel is advancing progress and...
UK Conservative Party candidate says London mayor ‘frightens’ Jews
Susan Hall, a Conservative Party candidate in the United Kingdom running to be mayor of London, has drawn criticism after saying that the city’s Muslim mayor scares British Jews.
“I know how frightened some of the community...
Investigative reporting ‘almost impossible’ in modern work culture, journalist Edward Jay Epstein says
Investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein has spent time over the decades with spies, international criminals, globe-trotting billionaires and world leaders, including former President Richard Nixon and U.S. statesman Henry Kissinger. He has penned more...
With North Carolina decision, school choice reaches ‘escape velocity’
North Carolina became the ninth state to enact universal school choice when it passed its budget on Sept. 22.
It is the first in the nation to allocate education funding to parents, rather than schools,...
Thousands march to threatened biblical site in Samaria
Israeli politicians, local leaders, prominent rabbis and others marched on Monday as part of a Sukkot event to a threatened site in northern Samaria that many believe to be of major biblical significance. The...
We need a global campaign to locate Nazi-looted art
Museums are often viewed as repositories of culture and history, showcasing the beauty and creativity of humanity. However, behind many works of art hanging on museum walls lies a dark history of theft, violence...
Rabbinical confab in Azerbaijan sparks debate
A conference of European rabbis that will be held in Azerbaijan next month has sparked a divisive debate among European Jewish student groups and Azerbaijani Jewish leadership over the venue due to the recent...