Along the Ethical Divide
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
Traditionally, corporate leadership has been understood as a mechanism through which managers drive and inspire their employees to increase production...
Pollard’s Catch-22
By Esther Pollard
While this travesty of justice may not have originated on President Barack Obama's watch, it has been fully revealed under his...
Bennett: We Have No Choice But to Fight
By Naftali Bennett
On the the surface, Israel's ongoing conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip appears to have nothing to do with other events...
ZAKA Volunteer After Yesterday’s Crash: Do Not Send Out WhatsApp Messages With Names of...
By Shimi Grossman
I wanted to share my experience as a ZAKA volunteer with you.
There was a terrible, horrific accident on Highway 1 yesterday evening.
Dozens of...
Yes, We Are Our Brothers’ Keepers
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
"They kidnapped me."
On June 12th those words, those horrible words, were whispered by Gilad Shaer into his cell phone. He had...
Our Brotherly Concern
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
As we continue studying Sefer Bereishis, we learn more of the immense stature of the Avos. Parshas Vayeirah is replete with...
Chuck Hagel. Forgiven.
By NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind
I can't say that I was surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.
I had remarked to one of my aides that...
Let’s Make it Real
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
As we begin the Jewish year of 5775, all of us want to get off to a good start. I'd...
Killing Iranian Scientists is Not Terrorism
By Jonathan S. Tobin
While most of the civilized world is taking grim satisfaction from the news about the latest Iranian nuclear scientist to turn...
Who Really Cares About the Palestinians?
By Dr. Mitchell Bard
For decades there has been an international drumbeat of concern for the Palestinians, their victimhood, their welfare and their human rights....
Note to New York Times: Throwing Stones is an Act of Violence
By Alex Margolin
Last week's return of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians has had little impact on the simmering Palestinian violence in...
The Politics of Chris Christie’s Same Gender Marriage Move
By M. Haberman
Chris Christie doesn't support same-gender marriage. He vetoed a bill to legalize same-gender nuptials. He has repeatedly made clear where he stands.
But for...
The Real Case Against Palestinian UDI
By Dovid Efune
Last Thursday I attended a luncheon, organized by The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to honor departing Moroccan Ambassador...
The Medical War on Israel
By Giulio Meotti
Israel was excluded from the International Red Cross for half a century because of the Star of David. Questioned for having denied entry...
Metzorah: The Art of Speech
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
We speak, therefore we exist.
When a newly elected member of Parliament approached the esteemed British Prime Minister Disraeli for advice,...
Being Confused on Tisha B’Av – It’s OK, and It’s and Even Recommended
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
Every year, as we go through the Bein Ha-Metzarim, the period commencing with the Three Weeks and culminating with Tisha B’Av, I...
Given Eyes to See
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
- Robertson Davies, Tempest-Tost
It is true you cannot tell a book...
We Are One Community, Unity, and the Command, “Be Drunk on Purim”
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Rava said: It is one's duty levasumei, to be intoxicated on Purim until one cannot tell the difference between arur Haman...
Relying on Urim VeTumim?
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shemos, Perek Chof Ches, posuk tes vov, the Torah tells us that the Choshen was made via artisan sewing. In posuk lamed the Torah says that they inserted the Urim VeTumim in the Choshen.
The...
The Middle East’s Greatest Untold Story
By Ron Prosor
This month the United Nations marks World Refugee Day, a star-studded, multimedia campaign to raise awareness about the plight of refugees....
