Tag: Judaism
Torah rescued during Kristallnacht read during Jewish holiday
A boy salvaged a Torah from a burn pile almost 80 years ago.
Now, the scroll is touring Jewish communities around the world, including Lynnwood.
In November 1938, synagogues in Germany were set ablaze and thousands...
The uniqueness of our people
Diversity in Judaism is common in our history and liturgy. One can visit many synagogues and observe that the order of the davening and the actual siddur text are very varied from shul to...
Conversion: time to end the stigma
Last month, I did something I never thought I’d do — not publicly, anyway. Until recently, I wouldn’t have entertained the idea. But in April, I wrote in the JC about Pesach in the...
Deputy fm calls on jews to ascend temple mount on Jerusalem day
In an unprecedented move, a deputy minister of the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called on Jews to ascend the Temple Mount during Jerusalem Day on Wednesday.
Deputy Minister Tzipi Hotovely made the request at a...
Limmud FSU: Students ‘must learn early to combat anti-Semitism’
Jewish students need to be educated on how to deal with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel situations long before they get to university. This is the view of Martin Yafe, a leading educator in New York’s...
The blinking game
If I blink to the left, my little missive will be a Mother’s Day tribute. If I blink to the right, my missive will be a tribute to my years in summer camping.
Left, right,...
After two millennia, christians begin to appreciate the jewish love of law
Ever since the apostle Paul referred to “the law”—meaning the prescriptions of the Torah—as a “curse,” Christians have been perplexed, to say the least, by Judaism’s enthusiasm for legality. Meir Soloveichik believes this has...
Is Jerusalem our capital?
Sadly we live in a time without prophets to inform us of Hashem’s will. However, in such times Hashem uses other mediums to communicate to us. World events and major news stories that populate...
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner break orthodox jewish tradition to fly with Donald
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, both practicing Orthodox Jews and two of the most abruptly powerful outsiders in Washington, will break religious tradition to fly with President Donald Trump Friday aboard Air Force One...
Why I was circumcised for my barmitzvah
Nathan Cohen faced a profound dilemma ahead of his Jewish coming of age.
The youngster, who attends King David High School in Liverpool, explains: “My dad isn’t Jewish and my family isn’t observant, so I...