Tag: Thisweek
Why Did Violence Erupt in “Mixed” Cities? // the root...
“The sirens went off and people should have been running to the bomb shelters, but the Jews of Lod were too afraid and stayed...
Have the Democrats Turned Against Israel? // While Biden held...
Two Fridays ago, as Jews in Tel Aviv and Ashkelon listened to the booms of Hamas rockets and Iron Dome interceptors over their heads,...
Sophomoric Seminarians // Some would-be leaders march toward a cliff
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...
From Punk Rocker to frum Psychotherapist// Stephen (Dani) Safer uses his...
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,...
America’s Governor? // Andrew Giuliani, the son of “America’s Mayor,”...
America was first introduced to Andrew Giuliani in 1994, when he joined his father, Rudy, on stage during his inauguration as mayor of New...
Hamas vs Israel // A conversation with Danny Ayalon
Daniel “Danny” Ayalon is an Israeli diplomat and politician who has served as both deputy foreign minister and as a member of the Knesset....
Berel Solomon // Wealthy Commercials
t is said that if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million words. Enter Berel Solomon, founder of...
Galus and Gastronomy // There’s a message in your kneidel
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...
Columbia’s new Jews // The South American country is seeing...
In 2009, I was taking my daughter to the Centro Israelita de Beneficencia (CIB) for Hebrew school when the taxi driver asked me if...
Rav Leibel Stempel // In a series of conversations, Rav...
Life and death are in the power of the tongue,” says Shlomo Hamelech in Mishlei (18:21). I recently experienced that truism when I was...
