Tag: Thisweek

Revenge of the Sixth: What Impeachment Meant “If the Democrats win in November, they will move to impeach the president.” This notion is something I’ve been...

Over the last few years, a wave of change has been going on in the Jewish communities on the East Coast of the US,...

If you close your eyes and listen to the words of “Lecha Dodi,” you can momentarily forget where you are, and connect with the...

It’s been a long time since then, but I distinctly remember my son sitting in the corner after he’d done something he shouldn’t have...

Robert Meeropol was three years old and sleeping, when FBI agents invaded his home late one night, grabbed his father, formally announced that he...

I don’t remember life in Germany. I was six years old when we left for good, abandoning the world we knew, to start again in...

It’s been a long time since then, but I distinctly remember my son sitting in the corner after he’d done something he shouldn’t have...

The most common translation of Yom Kippur is “Day of Atonement.” Others may use the term “Day of Forgiveness.” But what is the etymology of...

Kiev, 2018 he government complex in Kiev is filled with checkpoints. Stern-faced policemen question all vehicles that enter the area. Flags fly in the breeze...

Zvi Bar-Sheshet can talk about shofars all day. It’s literally in his blood. The Bar-Sheshet and Ribak families have a long and proud pedigree with...