The self-described “future leaders of the Jewish community” in the US have spoken. Those would be the hundred or so non-Orthodox rabbinic (and cantorial) school students, “training to teach the Torah and lead the rituals...

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Stephen Safer, but distinguished-looking and well-spoken weren’t what I imagined. Mr. Safer is six feet tall, well-dressed, and his gray hair and neatly trimmed beard give him...

What can you say to offer even a small bit of comfort to a grief-stricken mother who is sitting shivah for her children? How can you fill even a tiny space in that glaring...

America was first introduced to Andrew Giuliani in 1994, when he joined his father, Rudy, on stage during his inauguration as mayor of New York City. Both father and son raised their right arms,...

Many decades ago, I was taught in grade school by a very British English teacher that it was “good form” to have an interesting title that would catch the attention of potential readers. Today,...

Daniel “Danny” Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat and politician who has served as both deputy foreign minister and as a member of the Knesset. He was the Israeli Ambassador to the United States from...

t is said that if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million words. Enter Berel Solomon, founder of Wealthy Commercials, a company producing commercial videos for a wide...

The phone’s ringing jarred me awake. I checked the clock on my night table: 7:15 a.m. I was usually already up at this hour, but I had pulled an almost all-nighter the night before,...

Well, Shavuos is over and, hopefully, we all renewed our kabbalas haTorah. And ate blintzes, of course, in the spirit of the Rama’s citation (Orach Chaim 494:3) of the minhag to eat dairy delicacies on...

In 2009, I was taking my daughter to the Centro Israelita de Beneficencia (CIB) for Hebrew school when the taxi driver asked me if one had to be Jewish to go to synagogue. I...