admin | May 18, 2022
A senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that there are dozens of Jewish soldiers fighting in the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
admin | May 18, 2022
Jewish tradition teaches us that being part of a kehillaha communityrequires thoughtful responsibilities and actions. All Jews are responsible for one another (Babylonian Talmud, Shevuot 39a). The wicked son [at the Passover Seder is so designated because he] excludes himself from the community (Mekhilta commenting on Exodus 13:8).
admin | May 18, 2022
By Peter C. Herman When the San Diego Community College District announced that Alice Walker would be the keynote speaker for the new chancellors installation, immediate protests followed. Various Jewish organizations criticized the invitation and the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on the controversy.
admin | May 18, 2022
Years ago, something went wrong late in a friends much-wanted pregnancy. If the fetus continued to grow, it could kill her or damage her ability to have future children.
admin | May 18, 2022
This past Saturday, an 18-year-old white man went on a murderous rampage in a market in Buffalo, motivated by hatred towards blacks and others. Then, on Sunday, a Chinese man entered a Presbyterian church and killed one and wounded others, motivated by his hatred of Taiwan. And last month, a black man shot and injured 29 subway riders in New York City, motivated by racial hatred as well
admin | May 18, 2022
The Torah commands that every seventh year be declared a sabbatical year, during which the Holy Land must be left fallow and all loans are to be considered remitted. This year 5782 is a sabbatical year, so I thought it would be appropriate to discuss two Hebrew terms used to refer to the sabbatical year: shemittah and sheviit. This first essay focuses on the term shemittah (slipping away) and explores various Hebrew words which appear to be synonymous with that term.
admin | May 18, 2022
By Rabbi David Etengoff The prohibition of charging a fellow indigent Jew interest on a loan is one of the many subjects addressed in our parasha, Behar. While this topic analyzed and expanded upon throughout Rabbinic thought, on the peshat-level, our pasukim are quite clear: one may not charge interest on a loan to a fellow Jew in order for your brother [to] live with you without additional financial stress
admin | May 18, 2022
David Baddiel has insisted a new television documentary based on his acclaimed Jews Dont Count polemic will offer surprising differences from the book. The comedian and author is currently filming part of the 75 minute long documentary for Channel 4 in New York and reveals it will have many other voices apart from my own on it.
admin | May 18, 2022
One of the things that Jews do when they come to Israel is visit holy sites, and among these holy sites are kivrei tzaddikim.
admin | May 18, 2022
I want you to think about a concept that nobody talks about. You wont hear your Rav speak about this on Shabbat.
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