Opinion: U.S. Jews Should Respond To The Murders With More Than Tears

By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn Jews throughout the United States will hold memorial services this week to mourn the murders of the three...

Obama Transforms Palestinian-American Terrorist Into Victim

After years of silence, the Obama administration has finally spoken out about an American citizen who was killed in Israel. There's just one catch. The...

I’m Allergic to Fighting

By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss One of the most fundamental missions of a Torah Jew can be found in the Rambam at the end of...

Summer Is Making U.S. Kids Dumber and Fatter

By Peter Orszag It's July, and for many of us, that brings back fond childhood memories of family vacations, summer camp or long, happy...

Answering Pope Francis’s Question About Auschwitz

By Rafael Medoff “The great powers had photographs of the railway routes that the trains took to… Auschwitz,” Pope Francis remarked this week. “Tell me,” he...

Selfless

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz The American media is distressed, because the president lectured a disrespectful reporter and then revoked his credentials. The media bosses...

Shema Yisrael & The Motorcyclist: The Meaning Of Proclaiming God’s Unity

By Rabbi Tzvi Sytner Every Sunday morning I have the pleasure of studying with two Jewish surgeons. Each week we explore the meaning of a...

‘Rabbi Abraham’ Book Documents How Lincoln Was A Jewish Role Model

By Robert Gluck Jews have held many U.S. leaders in high esteem over the course of American history, but they maintain a particularly emotional bond...

Tools of Healing

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Parshas Tazria, as Metzora which follows it, deals with the halachos of a person struck by tzoraas. Though its laws...

In Israel’s Desperate Hour, Obama Leads from Behind

By Ken Blackwell "We have your back," President Obama told Israelis when he visited that embattled country recently. Way back, apparently. Mr. Obama's administration...

The Secret Anorexic War – Part II

By Rabbi Shea Hecht It's extremely painful to see someone we care about struggling with an eating disorder. The illness is all-encompassing, causing...

Reflections on the Siyum Hashas

By NYC Councilman Brad Lander This week, the eyes of the world have been on the London Olympics, where athletes from around the world compete...

Vayeitzei: Love and Marriage

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran Not long ago, I was walking along a street and I noticed a sign in a storefront window, “College Prep.”  Beneath...

Ann Coulter: Because A Disproportionate Number Of Criminals Are Young Black Males

By Ann Coulter Black liberals keep bemoaning the danger to their own teenage sons after the "not guilty" verdict in George Zimmerman's murder trial. To...

The Cry of a Baby, The Cry of a Nation

By Rabbi Dovid Fleischmann It is a well known tradition that the cries of a baby boy at the time of his Bris ascend to...

Hello World: Israel is Out-Classing You in Civil Disobedience

The Washington Post reports: In the four weeks since the social protests have begun in Israel, hundreds of have been killed, dozens of women...

A Chanukah Message: Don’t Give Up Just Yet

By Rabbi Meir Goldberg, Matzav.com  Chanukah! The mere mention of the day brings us visions of sentimentality and inspiration.  The Menorah's wicks swim on top of...

Message from Above

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Over the past month, Jews around the world have changed. Our demeanor has changed. The way we view the world and...

5 Reasons Why Now is the Time for Israel to Reconsider Accepting US Aid

By Dovid Efune Only weeks ago, a small kerfuffle erupted when rising Israeli politician Naftali Bennett indicated in an interview with The Jewish Press that Israel's...

These Too Are From Sinai

By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss With the help of Hashem, several years ago I completed writing a commentary on bentching.  (As an aside, if you...

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